Posted on 02/09/2021 3:39:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
A law enforcement officer shot and killed an Idaho Falls man who was in the location where a suspect fled following a traffic stop early Monday morning.
The Idaho Falls Police Department hosted a news conference explaining the situation. Police Chief Bryce Johnson said the man shot was a homeowner in his backyard and was holding a gun. The suspect was found in the vicinity a short time later.
Neither of the names of the victim or suspect is being released at this time.
According to a news release, IDPD said shortly after midnight a Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a car on First Street in Idaho Falls. The car came to stop at Lincoln Drive and one occupant fled on foot into a residential neighborhood. The deputy informed law enforcement of the direction the man fled on foot and provided a clothing description, including a black shirt.
A number of IFPD officers and sheriff’s deputies responded to the area.
While searching for the suspect a police officer spoke briefly with a resident near Tendoy and Syringa drives and explained the situation and that law enforcement would be in the area for a while.
During this time, law enforcement was able to determine the identity of the suspect and learned he had multiple warrants out for his arrest and had a history of violent interactions with law enforcement.
A second occupant in the car that was stopped spoke with law enforcement and provided law enforcement with a GPS location of the suspect, which put him in the backyard of a residence on the corner of Tendoy and Syringa drives. Officers and deputies surrounded the location to prevent the suspect from fleeing. Based on known information about the suspect, officers entered the area with their weapons drawn.
According to a news release, officers heard yelling and approached the backyard where they encountered a man wearing a black shirt armed with a firearm. Officers gave instructions for the man to drop the gun.
“We do not currently have the answers as to what exactly occurred during these moments,” said Chief Johnson. “We do know that during this interaction, an Idaho Falls Police Officer discharged his service weapon firing one shot which struck the man. Officers attempted life-saving measures, but they were unsuccessful. Emergency medical personnel from the Idaho Falls Fire Department also responded and were also unable to provide any lifesaving aide to the man.”
Ultimately, officers and deputies determined that the man that had been shot was not the suspect male but was actually the resident of that address.
Shortly after the shot was fired, a deputy in the area reported seeing a man running through the area. Officers and deputies tracked this man to a nearby residence where he was found hiding in a shed in the backyard of the residence. This man was positively identified as the suspect male who ran from the traffic stop and was taken into custody at that time.
The IFPD officer who discharges his weapon has been placed on administrative leave.
The Eastern Idaho Critical Taskforce is investigating the situation, with Idaho State Police leading. Police said from the time of the traffic stop, the shooting and arrest of the suspect was about 10 minutes.
“There are no words to express how heavy our hearts are today,” Johnson said in a statement. “This situation is devastatingly tragic for the family, for the officer, and those that love and care about them. We all feel the weight of what has occurred today. Our sincere sympathies are with the family and friends of those involved, most especially the family of the deceased.”
I find it simple:
Was the person shot the person the cops were chasing?
if not, murder.
There should be NO excuses or mitigating circumstances in ANY shooting: shoot the wrong person, for whatever reason, in any situation, and you should either hang or go to jail for life. I
Idaho State Police audio recording shows misunderstanding right off the bat:
“Idaho?”
“Yes, you da ho.”
nowadays some police officers appear to be as muscular as possible...
roid rage could be an attributing factor in some of these incidents...
drug testing all officers seems appropriate and mandatory to correct these problems...
And what was the charge they were after the bad guy for? Didn’t see that.
“There are no words to express how heavy our hearts are today,” Johnson said...”
Oh hell, no harm no foul...well maybe a little bit of harm.
The moral of the story is if there are cops wandering around with their guns out HIDE!
There was no charge. He ran away from a traffic stop.
He probably has a gun....now.🙄
“We do not currently have the answers as to what exactly occurred during these moments,”
Sure we do...one of your morons killed an innocent man.
Bang bang bang.
Don’t move!!”
“Get down on the ground!!!”
There I fixed it for you.😵
Every one slow down and think about it.
You are in your home. Cops and robbers running all over the place.
Why would you go outside? You heard a noise or saw a shadow in your back yard?
Dumb reason to go out.
First, in almost every state in the union (Texas being the only one I am aware of that differs) will enforce in court the theory that so long as you stay in your house and the bad guy is outside the house, you are safe.
There are many cases of record where homeowners have gone to prison for shooting someone who was on their front porch banging on their door.
So you want to play hero and go outside and trap the bad guy, but he fights back and you have to shoot him....You are now going to go through hell in the court system.
Smart people stay inside, armed.
If it was a regular citizen, would there be any charges? The last time I checked, the use of weapons by Police is supposed to be for Self Defense
Well, this is my rifle, this is my gun. But I would not want to drop my gun.
There is not the slightest evidence this man even knew there were police around, or doing anything other than being i his own yard. And for that you throw all that at him?
Because they aren’t our masters, they are our servants. there simply isn’t any legitimate excuse for a cop to shoot an innocent citizen.
Why do some people insist on glorifying and kowtowing to thugs with badges?
I godamned well have a right to step outside in my yard, armed or not. And kill any son of a bitch, with our without a badge, who thinks I shouldn’t.
Hopefully, the commie left is blaming this shooting on Hop Sing Xiden’s psychobabble. Trump is gone, can’t blame him.
Does this mean all us White Supremacists get to Burn, Loot and Murder without being Arrested and Charged?
I’m thinking it may be a case where the guy fired at the police 1st not knowing who they were or what was going on.
drug testing all officers seems appropriate and mandatory to correct these problems...
= = =
Nope, Union protection, and ‘personnel privacy.’
Of course you have a right to step out in your back yard, armed or not.
But smart people know when it is appropriate to exercise their rights.
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