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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeesburg officers encountered a suicidal man with a gun and didn’t fire
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/leesburg-officers-encountered-a-suicidal-man-with-a-gun-and-didnt-fire/2015/06/20/4fcb3a9a-1113-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html?uuid=jd39Hg7YEeWg_tzP6kZT7g
The man called 911 to report trouble breathing, although in fact his plan was to commit suicide with a pistol and have paramedics find him. But when the fire-and-rescue truck arrived at his Leesburg apartment, he was still alive, holding his gun. The paramedics backed away and called the police.
Sgt. Mark Davis and Officer Alex Hilton of the Leesburg, Va., police pulled up soon after and peeked through the open apartment door. There the 78-year-old man stood, holding a gun against his chest, saying nothing. He would not answer dispatchers phone calls.
Davis and Hilton stepped in with their guns drawn, and Davis repeatedly told the man to put his pistol down. The man did not comply. Instead, he darted into the next room, hid behind a wall and held his gun out in the doorway, daring the officers to make the next move.
But this story does not end as many others have recently. The officers did not shoot.
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Leesburg officers encountered a suicidal man with a gun and didn’t fire (Original Post)
LiberalArkie
Jun 2015
OP
Remember that it's being reported to make a point, not because it's unusual. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jun 2015
#7
Meanwhile, in Texas, deputies encounter suicidal man "armed with power drill"...and kill him:
Faryn Balyncd
Jun 2015
#6
valerief
(53,235 posts)1. Guy had to have been white. No other explanation. nt
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)4. Another "No Shit Sherlock Moment"
kath
(10,565 posts)5. Yep. Absolutely.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)2. They had to do something to try to change the tone
I doubt they wanted to recycle this guy again.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)3. Too bad this is news.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)7. Remember that it's being reported to make a point, not because it's unusual. N.T.
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)6. Meanwhile, in Texas, deputies encounter suicidal man "armed with power drill"...and kill him:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Deputy-fatally-shoots-man-after-he-charges-6340675.php
Here's a bit more:
Resident Christopher Smith says, "I heard a gunshot, went outside." And as the story began to unfold they were even more startled..."It was really loud and sounded like a canon, couple neighbors came out and said did you hear that what happened," says Jasmine Singleton.
Cesar Washington adds, "The wife was screaming and being hysterical saying why did you shoot him, why did you shoot him?"
Harris County Sheriff's deputies say the first deputy on scene met the wife as she came down the stairs from the apartment. She had called 911 reporting her 49-year-old husband was drunk and hurting himself. Investigators say as the deputy went upstairs the husband had a cordless drill in his hand and drilled into his own arm, before lunging towards the deputy.
http://abc13.com/news/hcso-officer-involved-shooting-in-nw-harris-co/797997/