Posted on 07/15/2013 3:14:18 PM PDT by DCBryan1
ITTLE ROCK (KATV) - A routine traffic stop Monday turned into a chase and ended with an officer-involved shooting.
Sgt. Cassandra Davis said a man in his 30s was pulled over for a traffic stop near the corner of 12th Street and Jefferson because he was believed to be driving a stolen black SUV. The suspect reportedly ran about five blocks behind a building at 1110 Adams Street.
Davis would not give further details about what escalated the situation into a shooting but did confirm that the suspect was dead. The officer was not injured.
Various witnesses have reported hearing anywhere from five to eight shots fired. Because the shooting happened behind a building, there are few witnesses who saw the entire situation.
As of 3:15 p.m., police still would not confirm if the suspect shot at police or was armed at all.
The owner of the car showed up around 2:45 and told KATV's Jason Pederson that the car was not stolen and the driver was her husband, 26-year-old Deon Williams. She said that he had spent some time in prison recently and was out on parole. While she said Williams may have been driving without a license when police pulled him over, she knew of no outstanding warrants that would motivate him to run.
A crowd of more than 100 by some estimates formed after the shooting. As of 3:00 p.m., the crowd was shrinking but becoming more vocal, some holding signs reading
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Target rich environment.
Let them keep self identifying as the weak-minded herd ... the time has arrived to deal with the democrips’ division of Americans. No better time to wake up and stomp the crap out of this anti-American racist foolishness than right now, with the criminal racists so exposed. Let their low IQ minions self-identify! They come in several colors too, if you want diversity!
They should do like LAPD does and play the Jaws theme over the chopper PA.
Those on the ground love it!
let’s have a gathering shouting F Treyvon !
dope smoking punk gansta wannabe
500 Gibsmedats milling about?
Where is a Chechen when we need one?
Obviously it's Utah. :-P
Is that Debo on the bike with the doo-rag?
Hey, here’s an idea.
Stop stealing cars and stop running from the police.
“Where all these people found time to get off work, I have no idea.”
What freaking work?!
The man owes them a living and if you don’t pay up they will rob your butt and then riot if they get caught.
I’ve never seen a bunch of such low life people who THINK they are discriminated against by the very people providing them with everything they have. And don’t appreciate anything. They continue to demand more.
I am so sick of it!
They will never change because they don’t know how. Their entire life they have been told how bad they have it and how it is never their fault they can’t get ahead.
Like a bunch of feral hogs running around destroying everything they touch. Makes me want to puke!
And believe me, they aren’t all black, not by a long shot.
Williams was convicted on the drugs charges as an habitual offender.
Some members of the crowd started yelling profanities at police. Dozens of officers have responded to keep the situation under control. They also established a staging area around two miles away for fast response should extra police presence become necessary.
A spokesperson with the NAACP at one point used a police cruiser's loudspeaker system to ask the crowd to at least send any children or teens home so that if the situation escalates they will be safe. He also told the crowd that a vigil being held tonight at the State Capitol at 8:30 in honor of Trayvon Martin would be a better venue to show their frustrations with this incident.
Looks like they prefer m&m’s...
So when do our non-representatives call for a, "Trayvon holiday"?
A museum?
Will Travon's picture be memorized on the dollar bill?
Rename schools...Rename government buildings?
Trayvon Martin High School!
Trayvon Martin Memorial Park!
don’t forget “boulevard”
Oh....I missed it...
Trayvon Martin Blvd!....in every city.....
With corrupt government backing every bit of this.
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