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.
(Excerpt) Read more at clickondetroit.com ...
Suicide or stupidity?..... She made the choice!
Suicide or stupidity?..... She made the choice!
And how were they to know she was not lethal ?!?
Think of it as evolution in action.
She removed the orange tip. The only one who knew it was an air soft was her.
—
Yup.
One again, negligent and racist police failed to use their superior Jedi mind powers to properly assess the threat. The damages will be enormous.
“What is change her family win ghetto lottery?”
In Detroit, not too good, because the government there is very familiar with the game.
Looks more like a S&W SD9VE.
“How the heck was anyone supposed to figure that out, as if it is some kind of evidence of poor policework or self defense?”
Here’s how it shoulda gone down... A Shootist should have recognized that it was a fake from 75 feet as he drew a hot-rodded combat match pistol and shot single-handedly the fake replica out of the hand of the perpetrator...
Excellent training aids for the actual firearms in many cases.
You're right. The color of the slide is an exact match.
I shouldn’t laugh at that, but...that’s good!
What was she trying to accomplish? Rob the store? Rob a customer? Get a cop to kill her? Did she say anything? Or was this woman just a stoned, drunk, or naturally impaired nut?
Are you answering my rhetorical question with a rhetorical question?
;^)
Well, that was certainly a stupid thing to do. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
HAHAHAHA! You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.
Apparently
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.