Posted on 07/15/2009 2:49:28 PM PDT by smokingfrog
A naked, gun-toting man shot and killed by officers outside a police station in northeast Houston yesterday apparently had been seen holding a gun to is own head moments before the fatal shooting.
Officials identified the man as Tony Wayne Johnson, 29. He died outside the Houston Police Department's Northeast Patrol Station in the 8300 block of Ley Road about 2:40 a.m., police spokesman John Cannon said.
Around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said, they received reports, including one from an Aldine ISD police officer, of a shirtless man — later identified as Johnson— in a white Mitsubishi Mirage driving erratically and waving a gun around the U.S. 59 and North Loop interchange.
Police said that the Aldine officers also reportedly saw him pointing a gun at his own head as he drove.
Cannon said Johnson, who was alone in his car, then drove to the station and smashed into a locked gate at the lot where officers park their private vehicles.
He went around the building, failed to smash through a second gate, reversed course and smashed into a car under a sally port where police process prisoners, Cannon said.
Johnson emerged from the car with a 9mm handgun and threatened officers, firing at least once, Cannon said.
"They had no idea who they were dealing with," he said. He said officers couldn't determine if the man was irate or possibly trying to help a prisoner who was being brought to the station.
That's when six officers fired at him.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
ib4 “which one”
“Is that a gun in your pocket, or......never mind”.
Probably didn’t have a concealed carry permit.
What is the point in killing someone who has a pistol to his head? isn’t that like saying the cops wanted to get it over with because they were tired of looking at his naked self?
How many nutjob, sexual sickos have the middle name of Wayne? It’s a curse from birth, I reckon.
Read it again.
He had the gun to his head for a while, then threatened officers with it.
SIX of them shot at him. They didn't just get tired of looking at his butt all at once.
I’m at a loss for a remark on this one.
Just damn.
It’s the heat...just the heat.
That makes more sense. Some of the cops probably enjoyed looking at his butt...
Another inductee in the “Wayne Hall -O-Fame”
That's got to be a first for you HG!
The cops shot him because they were pissed he was holding a gun, a two liter bottle of Pepsi and a half-dozen donuts all at the same time.
That takes talent.
Okay, I have no idea what race this guy was, but for some reason, I’m reminded of Cleavon Little in “Blazing Saddles”.
“The Naked Gun Man”
Poor guy. "My kingdom for AC!!!"
That’s got to be it. The AC in his car probably went out and he can’t afford to get it fixed.
That’s got to be it. The AC in his car probably went out and he can’t afford to get it fixed.
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