Thursday morning feel good stories.
From CHATTANOOGA, TN
If this does not give you a warm fuzzy feeling in the morning…nothing will.
Police in Chattanooga, Tennessee say an officer unintentionally fired his department-issued firearm three times, hitting a person who had just committed suicide.
The incident happened around 11:35 a.m. Sunday morning. Police spokeswoman Elisa Myzal says officers arrived and told a person who was acting suicidal to put down a handgun.Myzal says the person shot and killed themselves.According to the CPD release, the officer then accidentally fired three rounds, hitting a chair twice and the leg of the person.
Hehehehehehehe, “All Clear”. Accidents happen. I wonder how many the “person” put into their own head, I figure they got off 10-12 rounds.
Feeling threatened, and trying to protect his family, deputies say a homeowner was forced to shoot someone trying to break into his house. Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says it happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday, on Emerald Street, just north of Highway 6 in Fresno. What started as a peaceful night, turned chaotic when deputies say the suspect kicked down the homeowner’s front door.
He along with his wife and two young children were fast asleep when the scary commotion woke them up. Deputies say the homeowner then reached for his gun and gave a fair warning to his intruder. “The homeowner yelled, get out of my house! Stop please, he pleaded with him, please get out of my house, and he kept coming,” said Lt. Michael Fischer with the Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say the homeowner shot the suspect twice, once in the arm and once in the leg. His family hid in the master bedroom during the home invasion.
When deputies arrived on scene, they found the intruder on the ground. “He was screaming, they’re after me, they’re after me, no one was after him,” said Fischer.
They suspect he may have mental health issues as well.
DNA from a mask worn in a deadly home invasion almost one year ago in northern Jefferson County has finally put the alleged intruder behind bars.
Jason Dale Boatwright, a 40-year-old Bessemer man, is charged with murder, second-degree assault, burglary and robbery. One of Boatwright’s friends – Stephen Douglas Crump – was killed when authorities say he and Boatwright broke into a home in Mulga’s Bayview community. Another friend, Horace D. Stokes, was also charged with murder as the reported getaway driver.
The homeowner was hit in the head with a handgun. During the struggle, a shot was fired. One of the suspects – the 38-year-old Crump – was hit by the bullet and dropped to floor. The other suspect – Boatwright – was wearing a mask that came off during the struggle. He fled the scene. Crump was pronounced dead inside the home. The homeowner was taken to the hospital for treatment of a cut to the head.
On Aug. 15, 2018, sheriff’s detectives received information from ADFS indicating that a DNA match had been obtained and identified Boatwright as the second suspect. Boatwright had previous felony convictions – including robbery and cocaine possession – and had just been released from an Alabama prison in February 2017, only seven months before the ill-fated home invasion. Because of his previous crimes, his DNA was already in the CODIS database.
Category: Politics
“the officer then accidentally fired three rounds”
Glock?
Ain’t no such thing as an “accidentally fired”. Apparently the orificer had his booger hook on the bang switch when he should’na ought’a and had a Negligent Discharge.
I think maybe the cop had too much coffee and donuts? A little jumpy perhaps??
“…unintentionally fired his department-issued firearm three times, hitting a person who had just committed suicide.”
Get your booger hook off the bang switch, you moron. (No disrespect intended to the poor fellow who shot himself, but it’s difficult to not laugh at this.)
How about some desk time for this pohlease person???? I sure don’t want him showing up if I report a gas attack in my yard by a space alien.
I suspect the “unintentionally” adverb was the rationalization for shooting someone intent on shooting himself or committing suicide by cop. One doesn’t shoot any pistol three times accidentally if one is a trained shooter.
I’m still laughing at “They suspect he may have had mental issues as well”…. buncha damn clue following Sherlock Holmes level certified genii there.
What a pleasant experience that was – the writer of the TX tory was not even slightly confused about who the bad guy was and seemed to have no desire to confuse us readers either. Simple, straightforward recitation of the facts. Refreshing.
Don’t get used to it, tomorrow hasn’t been touched yet. Yesterday’s editing was such a cluster the commentators in the newspaper article were trans polluted.
I ain’t sure the officer in Alabama was as wrong as some of y’all seem to think. Subject with a weapon, is you finger on the trigger or not? Hear and see a shot, do you shoot?
Here’s one for a morning giggle:
“Harper was interviewed by detectives with the Huntsville Police Department and gave a full confession to the auto theft from Bill Fick Ford. Harper appeared relieved to be out of the woods and described being attacked by a group of racoons as he attempted to hide in a deer stand. He also received numerous cuts and scrapes from various trees and bushes.”
https://www.facebook.com/NewWaverlyNews/posts/1890211514419190
Spending a summer night in a Texas thicket is not something to be taken casually. He’s lucky there weren’t any feral hogs in there!