Posted on 12/20/2021 12:12:18 PM PST by simpson96
DETROIT – Police have determined that a woman who was shot and killed by Detroit officers this weekend for pointing and waving a gun at gas station customers and employees was armed with an airsoft pistol, according to the chief.
The incident began at 5:57 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 19) at the Sunoco gas station at the intersection of Hayes Street and 7 Mile Road on Detroit’s east side, according to authorities.
Officials said they received several 911 calls about Nakita Williams, 33, of Detroit, waving a gun at customers and employees at the entrance of the gas station store. Four Detroit police officers responded to the scene.
Detroit police Chief James White provided a timeline of events during a Monday afternoon briefing.
“At 5:59, Ms. Williams is inside the store, and at this point she cuts in front of those three customers that you see there (picture below) and produces the gun,” White said. “At 6:06, Ms. Williams has the gun in her hand at the entrance of the store.”
White provided still images from surveillance cameras at the gas station. They appeared to show customers fleeing from the gas station entrance, both on foot and peeling off in a car.
“She continues to point the gun at this citizen, and he is fleeing toward his vehicle,” White said.
Officers said when they arrived at 6:09 p.m., Williams walked out of the gas station store and pointed her gun at a customer.
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As many here like to say, play stupid games ...
What is change her family win ghetto lottery?
It looks like a Glock 45 to me.
I have an airlift pistol and rifle. They are licensed from from the makers of real firearms, and are identical to the real thing, on the outside.
How the heck was anyone supposed to figure that out, as if it is some kind of evidence of poor policework or self defense?
I wonder why they obscured the perps face.
That’s AIRSOFT. Autocorrect, what can’t it mess up?
Yes indeed, play stupid games you get lousy awards.
In the old days, her family’s chance of a civil payout would be zero. But today many prospective jurors are poisoned by mainstream media propaganda. So who knows?
Maybe Detroit will decline to roll the dice, and offer the family some amount of money just to make the whole thing go away.
She removed the orange tip. The only one who knew it was an air soft was her.
Airsoft info:
“Airsoft guns do not have the firepower required to kill. However, if you were intending on using your airsoft gun as a home protective measure, you can still do plenty of damage with this. The BB pellets fired by an airsoft gun can damage an eye, leave a bruise, or puncture an eardrum.
Without protective gear they will hurt a lot too, so an airsoft gun can, in some cases, be a decent protective measure if you are fearful of people breaking and entering.
This being said, due to many airsoft guns being so similar to real guns, you can get add-ons. You can get accessories which will enhance the firepower of this simulation weapon, in this case it is still unlikely to kill, but it can certainly do a significant amount of damage.”
We have a few too. They are not cheap. The weight is the same. Materials etc
A long record of this type of thing in legal annals.
The reason “toy guns” and “replica guns” are illegal to brandish is there is no way in under three seconds at most to distinguish one for certain.
1) Maybe it’s only a toy (four shots kill three people including the officer in next five seconds.)
2) Drop the weapon. I am a police officer. Doesn’t comply, aims it at officer, then is shot. Dead thug had toy after all.
3) terrified bystander in store is held hostage until clerks hand over money. Turns out to be a toy gun. Defense attorney in court: “And you never saw a real weapon because my client had nothing but a toy. He will go to prison for a toy.”
Part of Wikipedia “Toy Gun” entry (interesting about other aspects as well as this:)
In the United States, federal law and regulations indicate that all toy guns transported or imported into the country must have a 6mm-wide blaze orange tip or a blaze orange stripe 1-inch (2.54 centimeters) thick on both sides of the barrel. However, this is not required by federal law for airsoft and paintball. Part 272 of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations on foreign commerce and trade (15 CFR 272) states that “no person shall manufacture, enter into commerce, ship, transport, or receive any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm” without approved markings; these may include an orange tip, orange barrel plug, brightly colored (safety orange) exterior of the whole toy, or transparent construction.
New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and parts of Michigan have completely banned airsoft guns.[citation needed]. In New York City, as of 2003, the sale of replica toy guns was punishable with one year’s jail term plus $1,000. Chicago goes even further with their mandates. It is considered a crime to wield a look-alike or replica gun (e.g., toy gun, airsoft gun) in public. If a toy gun or replica gun is used to commit a crime in Chicago, then that person is treated as though they had actually used a real firearm.[citation needed] However, state laws relating to the regulation of toy, look-alike, or imitation firearms, or purporting to ban the sale or manufacture of bb guns, paintball guns, or airsoft guns are preempted by federal law.
Looks like orange tip removed.
Do you really?
A little impulse control goes a long way here.
“..she cuts in front of three customers..”
To do what?
Was she paying for her items?
Wasn’t that nice?
Probably had the correct change and everything.
Must be a pretty big caliber...........................
Nakita “found out.”
Good shoot.
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