Man mistaken for burglar killed by cops while cleaning out late grandma’s home [at 1 am] [Fled in vehicle]: family

nypost.com ^

[BenLurkin]

An Ohio man has died after being shot by police who believed he was a burglar – but his family says he had only been cleaning out his late grandmother’s house.

Police in Wyoming, a city outside Cincinnati, encountered Joe Frasure Jr. 28, while responding about 1 a.m. Monday to a 911 call that a few people were trying to break into an apartment on Durrell Avenue, NBC News reported.

Cops found Frasure Jr. and his father, Joe Frasure Sr., at the rear of the building, where the younger man refused orders to get out of a minivan, Police Chief Brooke Brady said.

“The minivan reversed at a high rate of speed, before hitting a tree, at which point the vehicle accelerated rapidly at our officers,” she said in a video statement, according to the news outlet.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

And down goes Frasure!

[Roman_War_Criminal]

No protests are scheduled I imagine

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

...but his family says he had only been cleaning out his late grandmother’s house

I have to wonder why he refused to exit the vehicle - and then sped away?

[BenLurkin]

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/funny.wav

[Leaning Right]

> I have to wonder why he refused to exit the vehicle - and then sped away? <

I’ll bet he had an outstanding warrant.

[HollyB]

This was so avoidable.

[V_TWIN]

"No protests are scheduled I imagine"......... .........doubtful........wonder why?

[BenLurkin]

[dfwgator]

That was a hanging curve ball, if there ever was one.

[teeman8r]

in before the down goes... oh dang.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yeah, I expected at least a couple of people to beat me to it.

[gundog]

Amazing how many people will trade a felony (or worse) for a slim chance of avoiding going to jail. Locally, they won’t arrest anyone. Some folks could probably paper a room with their accumulated citations.

[kiryandil]

The Police Body Cam Video Nazi sez:

"No video for you!"

[chaosagent]

I have to wonder why he refused to exit the vehicle - and then sped away?

Maybe because the last guy that got out of his vehicle when the police ordered him to got beat to death?

[Fresh Wind]

Maybe 1 a.m. isn’t the best time to be doing something like that?

[NorthMountain]

Yes ... we must arrange our lives for the convenience of our public servants.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Grandma didn’t exactly keep a neat house, did she?

[heartwood]

I hope there is video showing the van reversing “at a high rate of speed” towards the officers. High being more than a creep.

There was one case down south where the police killed at woman “driving at officers.” She was completely blocked in; she didn’t have three inches of motion.

Too bad the cops sometimes lie as much as the criminals.

It’s sad that Frasure died; I only hope it was justified.

[for-q-clinton]

That is a stupid comment. It’s perfectly fine and legal to do that.