Police Pursuit Ends with Fatal Shooting

[fuzzis]

Police pursuit ends with fatal shooting (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/NEWS/801030368)

Stolen auto's driver dies in Ridgeland

...Witnesses told investigators that the man fired at officers first, Ridgeland Police Chief Jimmy Houston said. Their account has not been confirmed.

Officers shot and fatally wounded the man.

"He was armed with two pistols," Myers said. "But our preliminary investigation hasn't told us that he had fired any shots."

Police were not immediately sure how many shots were fired, but at least one bullet shattered the driver's side window of the pickup. No officers were injured....

How awful for all involved.

[loveydovey]

Reckon that happens to dope smokers as well?

[dollfus46]

Police pursuit ends with fatal shooting (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/NEWS/801030368)

Stolen auto's driver dies in Ridgeland



How awful for all involved.

I'm so sick of crime that I don't share your grief. And there is nothing lower than a thief. When I see a thief or a drug dealer go down, the last thing I'll need that day is Viagra.:smt023

[fuzzis]

I'm so sick of crime that I don't share your grief. And there is nothing lower than a thief. When I see a thief or a drug dealer go down, the last thing I'll need that day is Viagra.:smt023

Well dollfus, we could check with our law enforcement officers, but I'm pretty sure that it's never easy for them to take a life, even though that's what they're trained to do, even though it's justified. Or at the very least, it's not a pleasant experience. Which would be why I said "How awful for ALL involved".

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Awfull for those involved meaning the officer(s) involved in the shooting... I have never faced shooting anyone but can only imagine the circumstances it would take. Loved ones of the one who got shot etc... She wasn't necessarily sorry for the one who got shot... But as one who has seen a lot of misery placed on young boys it is sad to think this could result in something o this nature... Not everyone grows up with a set of parents that shared love as well as discipline...

[Fish-Bait]

They aren't trained to take a life. They are trained to stop a threat. Sometimes that leads to lethal force. I can't think of a single officer that I know who would want to take a life. No officer should. I have listened to an officer "spill his guts" one time after a shooting incident that happened just a couple of blocks away from my moms. It's not in my Hallmark of days. I feel for those officers and the rest.

[dollfus46]

They aren't trained to take a life. They are trained to stop a threat. Sometimes that leads to lethal force. I can't think of a single officer that I know who would want to take a life. No officer should. I have listened to an officer "spill his guts" one time after a shooting incident that happened just a couple of blocks away from my moms. It's not in my Hallmark of days. I feel for those officers and the rest.

I had a friend of mine who was a cop. We were in Jaycees together back in Florence, SC. He justifiably shot and killed a guy and he had to be transferred. It destroyed him. He became a PR cop. Went to all the schools giving talks. He was known and loved by all school kids as "Officer Friendly",But he couldn't bring himself be put back out on the street again. I don't know how I'd react. One never knows, but if it was my life or his, I could do it.

[Fish-Bait]

I had a friend of mine who was a cop. We were in Jaycees together back in Florence, SC. He justifiably shot and killed a guy and he had to be transferred. It destroyed him. He became a PR cop. Went to all the schools giving talks. He was known and loved by all school kids as "Officer Friendly",But he couldn't bring himself be put back out on the street again. I don't know how I'd react. One never knows, but if it was my life or his, I could do it.

That's hard to think about. If you are an officer though you better be able to at the time if you want to go home to your family. My stepfather would always call me and talk to me if he had been in a stressful situation. He has 24 years under his belt. He's never pulled the trigger, but has had a few oppurtunities that would have been justified. He is quite thankful his career has been shoot free. He is retiring in a few months and just the other day had to shoot an alligator. He is on the animal wardens license also to take care of situations like that. It was either the gator on the 4-lane or him gettin' bit..so he had to shoot it. He took more dam grief for that than he did his entire career, but like a good chief should the chief sent out a letter to the paper justifying his actions and all was quelled. Now I pick on him about it. I asked him the other day if he had saved me some of the meat...lol.

[Luvia]

I feel bad for the officers...I can't imagine how that must feel.

As for the driver. Um. Run from the cops...expect bad stuff to happen.

That's just ignorant. Beyond ignorant, but I don't know any nice words to say about that.

[Booshay]

You wanna talk about being messed up? I know a cop down in Picayune, who shot and killed his own son. From what I was told, the son came home late one night all doped up and had an argument with the mother. During the argument, he either starting beating her or pulled a knife on her. The dad woke up, came to his wifes aid. The son failed to back off or drop the knife after being told to do so...then started towards the father, at which point the father shot him. As far as I know, the father went to counciling and is still patroling the streets. I cant even begin to imagine going through that sort of grief and turmoil.