Man shoots himself while handcuffed in APD (Austin)patrol car

CBS Austin ^ | 01/08/2017 | CBS Austin

[Responsibility2nd]

I know little to nothing about these things, but I do suspect the Number One rule of transporting prisoners was broken.

[ClearCase_guy]

“Hey, Officer! Hold muh beer and watch this!”

[DannyTN]

Wait,

• They handcuffed him and put him in the patrol car without removing the gun from his belt?
• After the man pulled the gun, they used the car radio to radio for help before fleeing the vehicle?

[JonPreston]

A gun can be missed, but he should have been cuffed behind his back.

[Responsibility2nd]

Well, sure. If you’re going to be sloppy and careless and not search the prisoner, then you’ll sure run like hell away when he pulls a gun.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I know little to nothing about these things, but I do suspect the Number One rule of transporting prisoners was broken.

Ditto. If he was able to access the gun while handcuffed then it should have been easily discoverable when frisking him.

[Bubba_Leroy]

If you are handcuffed behind your back it is not hard to pull your hands over your butt and feet and to your front (assuming that you are young and fairly limber).

[Flick Lives]

Now the burning question is whether or not he was searched.

Having pulled a gun from his waistband, I think we know the answer to this question.

[Mamzelle]

Keep Austin Weird.

[Reno89519]

He should have asked to get out of car first. Too bad for someone to have to clean up the mess. Plus, he failed.

[trisham]

“If this individual had chosen to remove that weapon and fire it at the officer instead, without saying something, we could be discussing a very different incident here today,” Manley said.

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Good grief.

[Responsibility2nd]

He did fail.

I imagine the cost to Austin taxpayers is now a quarter million dollars.

And rising.

[Celtic Conservative]

The prisoner was likely:

A. front cuffed (which I NEVER do for obvious reasons).

And,

B.Improperly searched. Procedure is procedure for a reason.

And the officer is:

C. Royally screwed.

CC

[blu]

Lazy cop-should have searched the kid and cuffed him BEHIND his back.

[DannyTN]

But that’s just it. They didn’t. They hung around long enough to call in for help on the car radio before running.

Something don’t smell right in Austin.

[Responsibility2nd]

Good thing the kid wasn’t black. If he was - this would be national news with racists heading to Austin to protest, loot and stuff like that.

Just a white kid? (Yawn)

[thoughtomator]

What are the chances that the video mentioned in the article actually exists?

[thoughtomator]

Absent exonerating video evidence, the only reasonable presumption here is that the deceased was murdered.

[Responsibility2nd]

Perhaps he committed Arkancide.

Shot himself twice in the back of the head. While cuffed even.

[Organic Panic]

Usually when a “teen” is shot, it’s the families “looking for answers.”