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Death Certificate Shows Southaven Man Killed by Police Bullet to HeadWarrant Served at Wrong Address
WREG ^ | AUGUST 4, 2017 | David Royer

Posted on 08/10/2017 3:05:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The death certificate for a man shot in his home by police last month confirms he died of a gunshot wound to the head from a 9 mm handgun.

The document classifies the death as a homicide, adding that it occurred by “police shooting.”

Lopez, an auto mechanic, was shot dead by a Southaven police officer while standing in the doorway of his home on Surrey Lane just before midnight July 23.

But an arrest warrant shows police were at the wrong address.

DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion confirmed two officers were responding to an aggravated domestic violence call across the street at the request of another law enforcement agency.

Police have said that Lopez was holding a weapon and cracked the front door just before he was shot.

But family members deny he was holding a weapon and attorneys for Lopez’s family say evidence show police fired through a closed door.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; leo; mississippi; police
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To: NohSpinZone

Journalism today has as standards as low as law enforcememt today.


21 posted on 08/10/2017 3:43:37 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: nickcarraway
Hmmm...seems like these folks shoulda been warned - like the folks in Minneapolis...


22 posted on 08/10/2017 3:44:44 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: Timpanagos1

“The cops are so stupid they do not know the difference between an Even Number and an Odd Number.

Or, the police force is made up Thrill Killing Thugs.”

Both. My ambivalence toward the police has never been higher. If they think BLM is badass they better figure their shit out before there is an all lives matter movement, No excuses. By the way what is going on with that puke cop in Mickeymouseapolis who murdered the Aussie lady?


23 posted on 08/10/2017 3:46:49 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: NohSpinZone

Ismael Lopez-Rodriguez. Click on the link.


24 posted on 08/10/2017 3:54:39 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: nickcarraway

“They should get a commendation every time they serve a warrant on the right address.”

...and a participation trophy if it’s the wrong house.

I mean hey, they showed up, right?


25 posted on 08/10/2017 3:55:17 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Vlad The Inhaler
Don’t they teach LEO’s to verify they are at the correct address before taking action?

Of course the exception would be when the feel they are in danger.

26 posted on 08/10/2017 3:55:36 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Police have said that Lopez was holding a weapon and cracked the front door just before he was shot”

Why that’s a capital crime! I’d do the same thing at my front door.


27 posted on 08/10/2017 3:56:00 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: nickcarraway
This article has a bit more information in it.

Attorneys call for Southaven resignations after police shooting .

Attorneys for the family said they were able to view Lopez’s body at the coroner’s office and discovered he had been shot once in the back of the head.

28 posted on 08/10/2017 3:57:08 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: nickcarraway

The zillionth FR post where the STATE is a deep, dark secret.


29 posted on 08/10/2017 3:59:33 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Pontiac

Charge all police involved with first degree murder, let the federal prosecutor hit all the same cops with Civil Rights, violations and the city needs to write of very big check to the victim’s family.


30 posted on 08/10/2017 4:05:30 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1; nickcarraway
Bullet holes left in the house and even bullets hitting Lopez’s dog indicate several shots were fired.

At least the cops didn’t forget to shoot the dog.

31 posted on 08/10/2017 4:09:20 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Arthur McGowan
SOUTHAVEN, Miss.

Go to the article and you will know.

32 posted on 08/10/2017 4:11:16 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Arthur McGowan; Pontiac

I put “Mississippi” in the keywords.


33 posted on 08/10/2017 4:15:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Arthur McGowan; nickcarraway

Happened here: misiissippi

(Actual keyword)


34 posted on 08/10/2017 4:17:58 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: MeganC

Just above you in post 11


35 posted on 08/10/2017 4:19:53 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

And the victim was shot through the back of the head?

From what has been reported thus far, it would seem this is yet another case where the cops are going to have some big issues confronting them. And another wrong address? Shot fired through the door?

Brutal...


36 posted on 08/10/2017 4:21:25 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PAR35
OK, tell me where you see that in the first three grafs, which includes the first mention of the guy's name.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — The death certificate for a man shot in his home by police last month confirms he died of a gunshot wound to the head from a 9 mm handgun.

The document classifies the death as a homicide, adding that it occurred by “police shooting.”

Lopez, an auto mechanic, was shot dead by a Southaven police officer while standing in the doorway of his home on Surrey Lane just before midnight July 23.

37 posted on 08/10/2017 4:27:54 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: headsonpikes
Well, they didn’t shoot the dog, so there’s that.

They DID shoot the dog.

http://wreg.com/2017/07/24/southaven-police-shoot-and-kill-a-man-but-were-they-at-the-right-house/

38 posted on 08/10/2017 4:43:49 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

“They DID shoot the dog.”

Damn!

I hate it when stereotypes fulfill themselves.


39 posted on 08/10/2017 4:52:24 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: NohSpinZone

Some folks look at the pictures. Particularly in Mississippi.


40 posted on 08/10/2017 5:02:28 PM PDT by PAR35
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