Posted on 03/02/2009 7:50:00 PM PST by Drew68
Family members and a man who lives on the Denver block where a police officer shot a motorist Thursday night are raising questions about the death.
The family of Davlon Reagor, 37, gathered today at the spot where he was killed, bringing flowers, balloons and grief.
Police have yet to release the name of the dead driver but aunts and other relatives said it was Reagor. "He was not a criminal. He had made mistakes like we all do. This could have been dealt with in a better way," said Reagor's aunt, Alberta Henderson, 48.
Records show that he had been arrested 37 times since 1990, however.
Reagor was behind the wheel of his girlfriend's 1986 Ford Escort when a Denver police officer shot him.
Following the shooting, Denver police released a statement saying that an officer attempted to stop a speeding car about 10:25 p.m. on Thursday.
The driver refused to stop, then lost control of his vehicle, according to the release.
The vehicle came to rest facing north on Lafayette Street, just a few feet south of East Fifth Avenue in Denver's Country Club neighborhood.
Police said the officer got out of his cruiser and approached the vehicle on foot. The suspect raced his engine, causing the officer to think he was about to be run over, so he fired a number of rounds into the vehicle's windshield.
Police have not yet released the officer's name and on Sunday police spokeswoman Sharon Avendaño said there had been no pursuit. She had no further details on the incident.
Tom Scholten, 50, heard the gunshots about 10:30 p.m. and went to his window. He saw a Denver police cruiser parked at a 45-degree angle to the curb on 5th Avenue about 15 to 20 feet from the corner of Lafayette.
The Ford was at a stop sign on Lafayette facing 5th Avenue and the officer was in between the two vehicles with the gun still pointed at the windshield, he said.
"Why didn't he run into the car or cut him off," Scholten said.
Family members questioned why there were no skid marks or other evidence that someone had been speeding near the intersection.
Reagor had been classified as a habitual offender in Colorado courts with the 37 arrests, including seven escape and failure to appear charges, as well as arrests on drug, theft and menacing charges, according to police records. He used seven aliases, most variations on the spelling of his name, court records indicate.
He served an extensive amount of time in local jails and state prisons. He escaped from custody six separate times.
Reagor's mother, Carol Braxton, said Reagor called her before he was shot and said that he had had a fight with his girlfriend and he was planning to come to his mother's home.
The girlfriend told Braxton that Reagor stole her car, her money and assaulted her before leaving her Denver home. She said she believes the girlfriend called police to report Reagor prior to the shooting.
Reagor was the third son that Braxton has lost to violence. In 1995, Royce Reagor, 27, was stabbed to death at the Fremont Correctional Center.
In 1993, Tymone Reagor was killed after a gunman knocked on his door and asked for crack. The man shot him when he grabbed for the gun, according to a news report of the time.
Davlon Reagor's shooting is under investigation.
Said his aunt.
Arrested 37 times in 19 years and spent extensive time behind bars. Looks to me like when he wasn't incarcerated for something he was getting arrested for something else.
I'm sure Mr. Reagor was "pulling his life together." After all, according to his aunt, he just made a few mistakes --like we all do.
I know it isn't PC to think this but I can't help but feel that the world is just a little bit better place now that Davlon Reagor no longer occupies it.
“He was always a good boy. He’s only been arrested 37 times. And that’s not counting the 150 times he wasn’t caught.”
If we all do that, I am seriously behind in life.
‘”He had made mistakes like we all do. This could have been dealt with in a better way,” said Reagor’s aunt, Alberta Henderson, 48.’
‘Records show that he had been arrested 37 times’
Apparently he was really stupid, repeating same mistakes constantly.
Why no count of convictions? Maybe the judges didn’t sentence well enough?
Yow. 37 times in 19 years.
Agree this officer may have saved the world a little grief and a lot of dollars.
vaudine
In 1993, Tymone Reagor was killed after a gunman knocked on his door and asked for crack. The man shot him when he grabbed for the gun, according to a news report of the time.
Davlon Reagor's shooting is under investigation.
“Yow. 37 times in 19 years.”
Piker.....
;-)
Sounds like the poster family for the Obama administration.
That's what I thought as well. He gets arrested nearly twice a year on average. Of course, how many of those 19 years has he spent behind bars?
Gotta side with cop on this one.
37 arrests....who kept letting this guy out?
Who names a kid "Tymone"?
The whole family sounds like they were trouble with a capital T.
He’s a good boy, says his mama,
Loves Jesus, and America too.
He’s a good boy, crazy ‘bout Obama
Loves his mama, and her boyfriends too.....
Heard this story before, and before, and before that.
3 sons lost to violence now. Sure seems to me like the mother was irresponsible in their upbringing!!!!!!!!
Im sorry, but I am sick and tired of all these minorities causing problems in society and then claiming victimhood.
Based on a lot of posts I see lately, it appears most of America is sick of this as well and finally speaking out.
Also not counting his juvenile offenses. I'll bet he didn't just go bad on his 18th birthday.
“Reagor was the third son that Braxton has lost to violence. In 1995, Royce Reagor, 27, was stabbed to death at the Fremont Correctional Center.”
I’m going out on a limb and guessing that the mother does not work for a living. I’d be willing to bet that none of the three dead sons did anything legal for a living, either. How much public assistance have we given this family and their offspring over the years?
In 1993, Tymone Reagor was killed after a gunman knocked on his door and asked for crack. The man shot him when he grabbed for the gun, according to a news report of the time.
I wonder if this woman feels even a nano-second of responsibility for the violent ends of her three sons, as well as the gobs of misery they were responsible for inflicting on others?
That dumb ass statement says a lot about the mental abilities of a whole lot of "baby mommas" in the hood...
Someone should have asked the silly bitch - exactly how many arrests, jail terms, custody escapes and crimes does it take to be regarded as a criminal....
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