enhanced_deficit
10-18-2014, 03:21 PM
Why this question is not being raised by uncontolled media owners?
Wal-Mart death: Cop yelled 'put it down' before shooting man with air rifle, 911 caller says
October 02, 2014 at 2:19 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A 911 caller who reported a man carrying a gun in Wal-Mart told state investigators he heard an officer repeatedly say "put it down" about two seconds before police shot the man, killing him, according to a summary of the interview released by the state.
The 24-year-old caller, Ronald Ritchie, was interviewed the day after the Aug. 5 shooting at the Beavercreek store in suburban Dayton that killed John Crawford III. Crawford, 22, had been talking on a cellphone and carrying an air rifle he picked up from a shelf as he walked through the store.
http://media.cleveland.com/nationworld_impact/photo/15984218-large.jpgAbout 100 people rally in support of John Crawford Jr. and his family in their pursuit for answers into the Aug. 5 shooting of John Crawford III, in Beavercreek,, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. The rally coincides with the selection of the special grand jury that will consider evidence and decide whether any criminal charges should be filed in the fatal police officer-involved shooting. AP Photo/The Daily News, Ty Greenlees
Ritchie's account, released with other investigative documents Tuesday, provides some support for written statements made by the two officers involved, who said Crawford appeared to be carrying a black assault rifle, didn't respond to repeated commands to drop it and turned toward them aggressively. Crawford's relatives and their attorneys have questioned that version of events, contending the shooting was unreasonable and he was "shot on sight" with no chance to respond.
Ritchie's comments and an interview with another shopper who overheard the shooting indicate little time elapsed between the officers' orders and the gunshots. The second shopper said he didn't see the shooting but estimated the first gunshot came one or two seconds after he heard yelling, according to a report on that interview.
Store surveillance video captured the shooting from a distance but doesn't include audio and therefore doesn't document any comments by the officers or any reply, or the time between such comments and when Crawford drops to the floor.
Lee Cee Johnson, Crawford's girlfriend, told investigators she was on the phone with him and heard him say, "It's not real" almost immediately before she heard two gunshots.
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2014/10/beavercreek_wal-mart_death_cop.html
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Wal-Mart death: Cop yelled 'put it down' before shooting man with air rifle, 911 caller says
October 02, 2014 at 2:19 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A 911 caller who reported a man carrying a gun in Wal-Mart told state investigators he heard an officer repeatedly say "put it down" about two seconds before police shot the man, killing him, according to a summary of the interview released by the state.
The 24-year-old caller, Ronald Ritchie, was interviewed the day after the Aug. 5 shooting at the Beavercreek store in suburban Dayton that killed John Crawford III. Crawford, 22, had been talking on a cellphone and carrying an air rifle he picked up from a shelf as he walked through the store.
http://media.cleveland.com/nationworld_impact/photo/15984218-large.jpgAbout 100 people rally in support of John Crawford Jr. and his family in their pursuit for answers into the Aug. 5 shooting of John Crawford III, in Beavercreek,, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. The rally coincides with the selection of the special grand jury that will consider evidence and decide whether any criminal charges should be filed in the fatal police officer-involved shooting. AP Photo/The Daily News, Ty Greenlees
Ritchie's account, released with other investigative documents Tuesday, provides some support for written statements made by the two officers involved, who said Crawford appeared to be carrying a black assault rifle, didn't respond to repeated commands to drop it and turned toward them aggressively. Crawford's relatives and their attorneys have questioned that version of events, contending the shooting was unreasonable and he was "shot on sight" with no chance to respond.
Ritchie's comments and an interview with another shopper who overheard the shooting indicate little time elapsed between the officers' orders and the gunshots. The second shopper said he didn't see the shooting but estimated the first gunshot came one or two seconds after he heard yelling, according to a report on that interview.
Store surveillance video captured the shooting from a distance but doesn't include audio and therefore doesn't document any comments by the officers or any reply, or the time between such comments and when Crawford drops to the floor.
Lee Cee Johnson, Crawford's girlfriend, told investigators she was on the phone with him and heard him say, "It's not real" almost immediately before she heard two gunshots.
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2014/10/beavercreek_wal-mart_death_cop.html
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