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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOff-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-n1263493An 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.
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
"Bad cop brings work home". He suspected thievery, he shot them running away. Why was he ...
marble falls
Apr 2021
#7
PortTack
(32,751 posts)1. So 2 are dead over "attempted" car theft?
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,316 posts)3. "He believed."
Elessar Zappa
(13,952 posts)2. So they were running and got murdered?
Completely unjustified.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)4. So many things wrong with this. Car theft is not a "death row" crime.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Executed when they ran instead of obeying his orders.
Wonder how the military version of "qualified immunity" compares.
Tbear
(486 posts)6. You can't shoot someone for property theft
Or for running away even if God herself told them to stop.
Only in self-defense or to save anothers 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 ...
... not Miranda'd and cuffed?
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)8. Did he live in the complex or was this a second job?
sarisataka
(18,570 posts)9. He has been charged
Happy Hoosier
(7,277 posts)10. Guilty. If he fled, why the fuck did he shoot?
The penalty for breaking into a car is NOT death.