Witnesses recall fatal police shooting at Costco

Las Vegas Sun ^ | Published Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 | 8:42 a.m. | By Kyle Hansen, Cara McCoy

[Oztrich Boy]

The officer shot Scott, who turned, dropped the gun, was shot again, then fell to the ground.

Now, how did the other five bullets get into his body?

[Moonman62]

And in my trips to Costco, I don’t get up close and personal with a dozen employees. Their accounts seem...coordinated.

So after being so rational, you're now going to say it's a conspiracy?

[Moonman62]

Any reasonable person reading the transcripts that have been posted so far would conclude Scott was high on something. He made the mistake of carrying his weapon in such a condition and therefore set the stage for this tragedy.

According to the article, in Nevada it's illegal to carry a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, so it was more than a mistake.

[Moonman62]

Nothing is adding up and I can't wait for more people to testify to get the real picture.

It doesn't add up because the conclusion you jumped to long ago doesn't correlate with the facts.

[Mr Rogers]

I’m saying people see and remember what they expect or want to see & remember. Unless Scott was causing a huge ruckus - and no one seems to be claiming that - the store employees wouldn’t pay enough attention to notice red eyes, etc.

My first job was at a Baskin-Robbins. Unless a pretty girl stripped naked (which never happened), I wouldn’t have noticed anything about the hundreds of customers that I could have reliably testified about on the following day.

It would also be interesting to find the police records of their initial interviews...did they ask questions like, “Did you notice signs of drug use? Did he have red eyes, or stumble around?” Leading questions, even if asked innocently, can create the memory with no intent of deception.

By coordinated, I’m suggesting the desire of the Costco employees both to have something significant to say and to notice what the police discussed with them could result in the sort of total agreement that just doesn’t exist in reality.

[Moonman62]

I’m saying people see and remember what they expect or want to see & remember. Unless Scott was causing a huge ruckus - and no one seems to be claiming that - the store employees wouldn’t pay enough attention to notice red eyes, etc.

He was causing enough of a ruckus for security employees and store managers to interact with him.

Of particular interest is the testimony of the employee at the membership desk. Scott's behavior was so unusual (she also noticed his knuckles were bleeding) that she notified her supervisor. I don't think police questioning caused her to do that, and this was before the water bottle incident.

[Ronald_Magnus]

This from Assistant Manager Lopez:

“Scott held his hands in the shape of a gun and pointed them at Lopez’s head, saying that if someone came in and held a gun to his head that he would take care of it, Lopez said.”

But of course, some here will say “What The hell’s unusual about that? I always hold my hand in the shape of a gun and point it at someones head. You have to get your point across, don’t you?”

[JLS]

I would say the LV cops shot a guy for no reason and should be fired and criminally charged. What do you say about criminals like those in the LVPD?