Longview police shooting victim ID’d as 17 year-old girl with knife; Anonymous vows retaliation

[TexasTowelie]

Kristiana Coignard, 17, was reportedly shot to death by Longview police officers in the lobby of the police station, Jan. 22, 2015.

Three Longview police officers were put on paid leave Friday after the shooting death of a Longview teenager in the lobby of the Longview Police Department.

Officials identified the victim in the Thursday night incident as Kristiana Coignard, 17, a former Pine Tree ISD student. Police say she was shot after brandishing a weapon at officers.

Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace James Mathis, who declared her dead, said Coignard was shot “multiple times.”

Beyond those details, other questions remained unanswered about the teen’s death about 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of the central police station at 302 W. Cotton St. and the overnight lockdown of the station. Among them: What led Coignard to enter the station and ask to speak to an officer? What did she say? What sort of weapon did she have in the station’s lobby before being shot and taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center?

Read more: http://www.news-journal.com/news/local/police-shooting-victim-id-d-as-longview-teen/article_c40b74d2-781f-5754-8cb0-50526edddc56.html

Aunt says Longview teen killed at police department suffered from ‘mental illness’

Kristiana Coignard’s family declined to comment to a News-Journal reporter Monday, saying they would reserve statement until after they receive an update from the Texas Rangers.

Coignard’s aunt, Heather Robertson, told the political blog ThinkProgress that her niece had been struggling with mental illness including depression and bipolar disorder.

“She had been hospitalized twice in recent years after suicide attempts. ... Since arriving in Longview in December, Coignard had been taking medication and regularly seeing a therapist. She had no criminal record and ‘was only violent with herself,’ ” ThinkProgress reports.

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A preliminary autopsy released today shows a 17-year-old girl killed by police last week died of gunshot wounds to her trunk and upper body.

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Official confirms city of Longview targeted by hackers

Longview’s website went offline briefly this weekend, likely due to cyber attacks.

“The website did go down temporarily, but as far as we are aware nothing was compromised,” city spokesman Shawn Hara said.

A YouTube poster who claimed to be part of hacktivist organization Anonymous took credit for the alleged attack.

“We would like to say that we did shut down the Longview Texas city website, of course it’s back online, trust us when we say we wouldn’t have made this video if we knew the op wouldn’t be a success,” the poster, who goes by AnonSec 101, commented on a video uploaded Saturday.

Read more: http://www.news-journal.com/news/local/official-confirms-city-of-longview-targeted-by-hackers/article_576d78a6-a581-11e4-a5d4-cbf0dbce7890.html

Anonymous threatens retaliation after Texas police kill 17-year-old girl

Three Longview police officers have been placed on administrative leave after a 17-year-old girl was shot to death in the police station lobby, according to the Marshall News Messenger.

Officials have identified the teenager as Kristiana Coignard, a former student in the Pine Tree school district. She was shot multiple times about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the News Messenger reported.

The hacker group Anonymous has threatened retaliation against the city for the shooting and claimed to have already attacked the city's website, according to Inquisitr.

The Longview Police Department's Facebook page has this entry about the incident:

"On January 22, 2015 at 6:28 p.m., Longview Police were dispatched to the front lobby of the Police Department for an Unknown Problem. When Officers arrived they were confronted by a white female who threatened them. The suspect brandished a weapon, made threatening movements toward the officers and was shot. The suspect was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center where she were pronounced dead by a Justice of the Peace. The Texas Rangers have been called in to investigate this shooting."

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Reports-Teenaged-girl-fatally-shot-by-Longview-6042931.php#photo-7442962

[drray23]

1. policemen are such incompetent cowards those days

I refuse to believe three trained police officers could not find a way to disarm a teenager with a knife without shooting her. If it can be done in civilized countries why not here ?

http://thedailybanter.com/2014/08/uk-police-stop-someone-knife/

[They_Live]

2. I don't advocate tazers, but...

why not use a tazer instead of lots of bullets in this situation? Or martial arts for that matter.
bolos. even pepper spray. I don't get it.

[They_Live]

3. What really needs to happen

is for everyone to have access to mental health services. Everyone.