Posted on 05/21/2015 5:16:50 PM PDT by Publius
Two stepbrothers suspected of trying to steal beer from a grocery store were not armed with guns when they were shot Thursday by a police officer who confronted them in Washington state’s capital city, authorities said.
The officer reported he was being assaulted with a skateboard early Thursday before the shooting in Olympia that left a 21-year-old man critically injured and a 24-year-old man in stable condition. Both were expected to survive.
The shooting, which is being investigated by a team of detectives from several agencies, prompted some protests.
“We are committed to helping our community work through this difficult circumstance and help us understand this tragic event,” Olympia Police Chief Ronnie Roberts said at news conference.
Brad Watkins, chief deputy of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Department, said two skateboards were recovered from the shooting scene and an investigation will likely take three to six weeks.
Officer Ryan Donald was among those who responded around 1 a.m. to a call from a Safeway store, Roberts said. Employees said two men tried to steal beer and then threw the alcohol at workers who confronted the pair.
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The store owner should have called a crackhead.
Ping.
I dont normally take a slug in the gut .. but .. for Dos Equis.. Hands down, my choice..
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Should have been “Olympia”; it’s the Tumwater.
Or a dealer. His posse would have done a driveby on their asses, and that would have never even made the Seattle news.
Was he wearing leathers?
I love how the headline makes it seem like they were shot because they had tried to steal beer, while the second paragraph alleges they were shot because they were assaulting the officer with a skateboard.
It doesn’t even allege they were shot stealing beer. It just says they stole beer sometime earlier that day. The media is doing a stellar job undermining local police. All the people that are allowing this propaganda to influence them, are going to hate where this ultimately takes us.
This is getting old.
In close quarters, fists can kill. (Easily if the person knows what he or she is doing.) A skateboard wielded as a club can kill even more easily.
“Unarmerd”? In close quarters, NOBODY who has training or “street skills” is ever truly unarmed.
black guy shoot and kills white woman cop who has just had a baby.
Where is the outrage there?
Channel 5 led with this and had a black spokesman on who said "the police are killing us." The local media are doing their best to start trouble.
two skateboards were recovered? I thought beer was stolen, why do the cops say the skateboards are "recovered"? Is that anything like a skateboard buyback?
The police should shoot anyone who comes near them.
Just another day in the Olympia Socialist Soviet worker’s paradise, comrade!
(I should know, I live in Olympia!)
What a F'n DISGRACE!
How about "You scumbag criminal POS do crime you're going to be arrested. You resist arrest and you're going to get hurt. You assault our officers and you're going to get killed."
Such language would be considered “insensitive” here.
Yup, Libs are outnumbered...
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