Miami officer fatally shoots man with a metal pipe in park
Source: Associated Press
Miami officer fatally shoots man with a metal pipe in park
| June 11, 2015 | Updated: June 11, 2015 10:45pm
MIAMI (AP) A Miami police officer fatally shot a man holding a metal pipe in a downtown park where dozens of people were present Thursday, including several children, authorities said.
The shooting happened after officers responded to calls about a violent disturbance at Gibson Park, Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes said. He said the man was shot when he refused to drop the pipe. The nature of the disturbance was not immediately clear.
Police said in a news release that the man was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Llanes said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Miami-officer-shoots-man-with-pipe-in-park-6321513.php
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)The officer who shot the man will be placed on administrative leave, said Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes, according to local media.
Llanes also said there were approximately 40-60 witnesses at the scene and that the officers were given information on the phone that the man was armed with a metal object. While there was a pipe on scene, they were not yet sure if it was the metal object previously mentioned...
Original story: A Miami police officer shot a homeless man in front of 50 children Thursday morning, witnesses claimed, according to local media. The homeless man, who was carrying a stick, was allegedly shot five times before being transported to a nearby hospital. Miami police have neither confirmed eyewitness reports nor revealed the condition of the injured man.
Police fired at the man around 10 a.m at Gibson Park in the predominately-black Overtown neighborhood of Miami after the homeless man refused to drop his metal stick, alleged witnesses. The park is notable for its public swimming pool and athletic fields and is designed for local families, according to its website. The children who allegedly witnessed the shooting were attending a summer camp in the park, according to a tweet by CBS reporter Natalia Zea.
Judi Lynn
(160,695 posts)It was not too long ago the Miami cops shot and killed a man in a wheelchair who was sitting in a Miami Park.
They've had a problem there for a very long time.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Here is a cop rendering of the scary bad man as he attacks Santa Claus (out of picture).
Good thing the Peace Officer discharged his service firearm, no doubt the crazed metal pipe maniac was about to kill all those kids...as they were heading to church.
SunSeeker
(51,817 posts)The man was white and a well-known retired judge who appears to have snapped. I guess cops know how to be patient when it's someone they care about.
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/600/article/p2p-83759225/
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Fucking pigs!
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)What do they need to investigate? The officer just confessed to murder.