Posted on 01/12/2016 8:41:17 PM PST by Impala64ssa
DUNCANNON, Pa. (AP) â A constable serving an eviction order at a central Pennsylvania apartment fired at an armed tenant but the bullet passed through the man's arm and fatally struck his 12-year-old daughter, authorities said.
The constable went to the apartment near Duncannon, about 10 miles northwest of Harrisburg, at about 10 a.m. Monday to enforce a district judge's eviction order, state police said Tuesday.
A man answered the door, closed it, then reopened it and exchanged words briefly with the constable, police said. He then pointed a loaded .223-caliber rifle that had been "slung and concealed along his body" at the constable's chest, police said. The girl was standing behind her father, authorities said.
The constable, investigators said, drew his own .40-caliber weapon and fired once, but the bullet went through the man's upper left arm and hit the girl. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name wasn't immediately released.
State police said the suspect's rifle was found "with a loaded chamber and a magazine containing 30 rounds."
In Pennsylvania, constables are elected officials with limited law enforcement powers. They serve warrants, transport prisoners and perform other duties for Pennsylvania's district courts, the lowest level of the judiciary.
The man being evicted, Donald Meyer, 57, was flown to Hershey Medical Center for treatment. He is charged with aggravated and simple assault, terroristic threats, and recklessly endangering another person. A phone listed in his name wasn't working Tuesday and court documents don't list an attorney who could respond to the accusations.
Apartment complex employees were at the scene to assist with and witness the eviction and provided statements to investigators, police said.
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Constable Clarke Steele
Thanks... Don’t know him.
Most constables are really great caring guys. Some are wanna be cops without education or training and let the power of the badge and uniform go to their heads.
Constables are independent contractors as elected officials and do not answer to the judicial system unless they are working directly for a judge.
Maybe he is paying three fourths of his income in child support. Not uncommon for fathers to be homeless while the moms get their nails done every two weeks.... Hundreds of dollars on purses.. I see it every day.
He opened the door and saw who was there before he closed the door, got his gun and the opened the door again with the loaded gun in his hands. Then, he pointed the loaded gun at the person at the door. The person at the door wouldn’t have needed to know if the guy’s gun was loaded or not. This is what can happen when a guy with a loaded gun is being evicted and thinks the authorities might be coming to take away his kid(s).
He had a .223 revolver he could have sold or pawned to pay some rent, yes?
Eviction, disease, or bankruptcy.... there are some things you just don't sell.
“He had a .223 revolver he could have sold or pawned to pay some rent, yes?
Eviction, disease, or bankruptcy.... there are some things you just don’t sell.
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I rent to the low end of the market. I’m flabbergasted by how much stuff all of my renters have. One, on limited income, has both satellite and cable. All of them have more -stuff-(entertainment, clothing, meat) than I have. They are frequently short of money.
When I was a child I asked my mother if we were poor. She said, -poor people spend what they have on beer and cigarettes. I spend what we have on meat and potatoes. No, we’re not poor. Poor is a state of mind.-
Seems he felt the constable wouldn’t drill him if his daughter was there; they both got drilled instead. RIP for the daughter; murder charge for the father (just like those ferals that caused fatalities in the stolen cars).
Imagine the #BLM protests if this were a black man and his daughter. Meanwhile, the reaction here is summed up as “tragic, but the father caused this outcome.”
The father's actions are directly responsible for his daughter's death, could he be charged with her murder?
Play stupid games around your family and they win stupid prizes...
One of the previous threads on this story said he is being charged with manslaughter.
Felony murder rule.
I can't find any pics of her father?
Found a few pics on Google Pics but can't confirm the correct one?
The father should be charged with murder and do hard time.
“The father’s actions are directly responsible for his daughter’s death, could he be charged with her murder?”
Do you really think so?
30 in the mag, one chambered for total 31?
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