Metro Police Officer William Mosher testifies about shooting Erik Scott during a coroner’s inquest at the Regional Justice Center Thursday, September 23, 2010.
It may be the drugs Scott was using clouded his judgment in how to respond, but I don't see any indication that he was trying to force the police to shoot him. Not if he pulled a holstered gun.
It's possible - and this is pure speculation - that he, like many normal Americans, developed a dependency on drugs that were prescribed following a medical situation (like surgery, physical rehab, etc.)
That's much more plausible to me than the claim that he was "suicidal."
I’m not buying any of this. Too many eyewitness accounts within feet of Scott tell a different story. And Las Vegas has a record of lying/covering up.
The murdered man is reported to be a West Point graduate and veteran with university degree(s) and a successful representative for a company that sells medical devices. This is mentioned in virtually every report I have seen until this inquest when suddenly he is a drug-addled, beligerent gun nut and very possibly suicidal to boot. It has been months since the shooting and none of this was reported until this inquest.
Technical malfunctions certainly occur. Amazing how this one just happens to coincide with this murder. This stinks to high heaven.
Doesn’t LAPD have any standards covering minimal physical requirements for its officers? I guess not based on the picture of the one who led the firing squad.
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Dieing sux worse, Shai
The officer who shot from the front needs to up his caliber to soemthing starting with a “4”, as in .45. Two shots center mass and the perp backed up and turned around before falling forward after taking five more rounds to the back. ‘9mm will not save you, friends, unless you can make head shots, consistently.’
He also testified that he didn’t recall ordering Scott to “drop his gun.” But those commands are distinctly heard on the 911 tape that was played for the jury.
The tape was again played for Mosher, who said it was his voice on the tape. He was the only officer issuing commands, he said.
The following is heard in the 911 call: “Put your hands where I can see them now. Drop it! Get on the ground! Get on the ground!”
“He refused to comply with those commands, to show his hands, or to get on the ground,” Mosher testified.
Uhm, officer Mosher, you also told him to "DROP IT!"
Nothing unusual at all in this investigation. The results were as expected. No surprises for the public.
Shia Lierley, Costco Loss Prevention Employee who called 911.
Looks like only testimony is that of the perps.
Seriously? I didn't realize that is was in its holster, but either way...amazing.
He also testified that he didn’t recall ordering Scott to “drop his gun.” But those commands are distinctly heard on the 911 tape that was played for the jury.
Good thing the 911 tape didn't disappear.
The tape was again played for Mosher, who said it was his voice on the tape. He was the only officer issuing commands, he said. The following is heard in the 911 call: “Put your hands where I can see them now. Drop it! Get on the ground! Get on the ground!” “He refused to comply with those commands, to show his hands, or to get on the ground,” Mosher testified.
You mean the commands that you didn't remember giving, until you heard them on the 911 tape?
One of the pics on this link http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/23/erik-scott-day2/ show a graph with Scott’s morphine level at 1800ng/ml and the lethal level show at 70-350 ng/ml.
WTF? He had 5-25 times the lethal amount?
Witnesses did not sense the victim was any danger to the cop who murdered him.
Cops and other responsible parties (video camera operators) should ALWAYS ASSUME THAT THAT WILL BE THE WORKING ASSUMPTION of a jury when evidence under their control goes missing. They should guard such evidence as though their life depended on it—because it SHOULD!
Las Vegas Metro is utterly corrupt, where else does a police officer of the law have a stripper as wife and have it seen as “normal” behavior.
They have open jails with no cells. How would you like to be a guard in that jail??
That has got to be one of the worst pictures of a LEO I have seen in a long time. I wonder how many their photographer took until they got one that made him look that awful.
Shai Lierley - now we know the name of the Costco creep.
Yet, in far less difficult circumstances, these Las Vegas pigs killed a West Point grad who was none of the above.
It may be the drugs the police officers were using clouded their judgment in how to respond, but ... they murdered him anyway, according to several of eye witnesses.
Everything about this makes me sick to my stomach.