Posted on 08/24/2015 4:14:26 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Wichita police release more details about an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead and an officer hurt.
Interim Chief Nelson Mosley said the driver who was killed was 26-year old Nicholas Garner and described the chain of events beginning Saturday at 10:10 p.m. He said that is when the officer made a traffic stop on a silver Prius on W. Kellogg Drive.
Mosley said the officer was speaking through an open door of the Prius, when the driver put the vehicle in drive.
"Investigators believe that the officer may have tried to stop Mr. Garner from driving to leave and became lodged in the vehicle with his legs hanging outside of the vehicle," Mosley said.
Mosley said the Prius made several laps around the parking lot while dragging the officer. The Prius then jumped a barrier and hit a second vehicle in the McDonald's parking lot before spinning out.
The Prius then entered the westbound lanes of Kellogg driving eastbound and almost striking three more vehicles.
"When the Prius continued driving at a high rate of speed, Mr. Garner collided with a motorist traveling west bound on Kellogg Drive and the officer fired his duty weapon," Mosley added.
(Excerpt) Read more at kwch.com ...
That doesn't seem to show anything.
Prius?
If a car drives away like this, the authorities could then just go to the person's house and pick them up later.
That would put a stop to incidents like this...
Forgive me if I’m starting to get suspicious of cops who put themselves in harm’s way in order to justify killing someone. That cop had no business with his body halfway into someone’s car for the simple reason that he put himself in danger by doing so.
You can’t tell me he needed to do this. Nope, no way.
What if the car is stolen or doesn’t belong to the driver ?
Stolen cars are generally reported as such. Just saying.
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RighT ...
Too lazy to click...
Let me guess:
Holder’s people? Or white meth addict/dealer?
A driver in a Prius or electric car could drive off without any warning, since no engine has to be running. Perhaps it is protocol to have the driver remove keys from the ignition and the driver refused to do it?
I doubt the officer was hoping for a chance to shoot someone just for the heck of it.
After Kansas gets "license plates", maybe Kansas police officers can be issued "computers", which will tell them INSTANTLY (OK, maybe a little bit longer) if a car is stolen.
That would be NEAT!
It can be hours if not days before a car is noticed missing.
Bottom line is the cop put himself into harm’s way for no constructive reason.
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