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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,316 posts)
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 09:47 AM Apr 2021

Off-duty Pentagon police officer fatally shoots 2 people in Maryland

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/duty-pentagon-police-officer-fatally-shoots-2-people-maryland-n1263493

An off duty Pentagon police officer shot and killed two people he believed were breaking into a car in Maryland early Wednesday, according to local police.

The Takoma Park Police Department said that an unnamed officer for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency shot and killed Dominique Williams, 32, and James Lionel Johnson, 38, both of Maryland.

Shortly after 5 a.m. TPPD officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired at the Takoma Overlook Condominiums on New Hampshire Avenue.

After they arrived the officers were approached by an off duty PFPA officer who stated that he had fired his service weapon at suspects, saying they fled after not obeying his commands when he confronted them for what he believed was an in-progress car break-in.
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Off-duty Pentagon police officer fatally shoots 2 people in Maryland (Original Post) WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 OP
So 2 are dead over "attempted" car theft? PortTack Apr 2021 #1
"He believed." WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #3
So they were running and got murdered? Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #2
So many things wrong with this. Car theft is not a "death row" crime. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2021 #4
Executed when they ran instead of obeying his orders. Hortensis Apr 2021 #5
You can't shoot someone for property theft Tbear Apr 2021 #6
"Bad cop brings work home". He suspected thievery, he shot them running away. Why was he ... marble falls Apr 2021 #7
Did he live in the complex or was this a second job? blueinredohio Apr 2021 #8
He has been charged sarisataka Apr 2021 #9
Guilty. If he fled, why the fuck did he shoot? Happy Hoosier Apr 2021 #10

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Executed when they ran instead of obeying his orders.
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 10:01 AM
Apr 2021

Wonder how the military version of "qualified immunity" compares.

Tbear

(486 posts)
6. You can't shoot someone for property theft
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 10:01 AM
Apr 2021

Or for running away even if God herself told them to stop.
Only in self-defense or to save another’s life.
This person is a cop? Something is wrong here.

marble falls

(57,063 posts)
7. "Bad cop brings work home". He suspected thievery, he shot them running away. Why was he ...
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 10:18 AM
Apr 2021

... not Miranda'd and cuffed?

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