Posted on 01/31/2022 3:09:08 PM PST by Rio
A 20-year-old man was charged Monday with attempted first-degree murder in the death of an off-duty Vancouver police officer who was shot by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy during a confrontation at the officer’s home. [snip] Deputies with an aerial view of the home from an unmanned drone said the man, later identified as Segura, and the officer, later identified as Sahota, were physically fighting in front of the home, documents say. A pistol was seen falling to the ground, court documents said.
Numerous deputies arrived at the home, according to documents. Segura fled into the home, followed by Sahota, who had grabbed the gun and chased Segura, documents show. One of the responding deputies fired shots, striking Sahota, who was on the front porch, court documents said.
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“One of the responding deputies fired shots, striking Sahota, who was on the front porch, court documents said.”
That’s the SOB who should be charged with murder! Friggin’ retard fired on someone not knowing the difference between the criminal and the victim.
Not even the police are safe from the police!!!
I am surprised it took this long to announce
This is a tough one to follow. But I think you’re right. Unless I’m reading it wrong, the deputy shot and killed an off-duty cop. But it was that off-duty cop who was chasing some other guy.
So why is that “some other guy” being charged with murder? I guess it’s because cops can’t be wrong. So you gotta charge the civilian.
Mama always taught us “assumption is the mother of all f*** ups”. Sadly, the stupid deputy was never taught that lesson or forgot it…. and it cost a good man his life. He does not belong in law enforcement.
Not even the police are safe from the police!!!
***That’s almost tagline worthy. I think I’ll update the tagline page.
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I had trouble getting the article to load (my computer dates back to the Eisenhower era). But it finally did load, sort of. It seems like the charged man was on the property of the shot man.
That complicates things, and makes it looks like the charged man was indeed correctly charged.
How is is “attempted” if the victim dies? Wierd laws up there?
He’s being charged with attempted murder, based on his own words. He stabbed (three times) with the intent to kill, a man that had identified himself as a cop. Whether Officer Trigger Happy is charged is another matter.
From what I’m hearing there were 20+ LEO on scene when Deputy Wild Bill Hickok showed up and then unloaded his rifle not even twenty seconds after getting on scene.
What really underlines just how wrong this jackass was is that there are no reports of sympathetic gunfire. Meaning everyone else present was weapons tight.
So if I get this right a guy was trying stab the homeowner of the property. The homeowner got the better of stabby and was subsequently shot by a cop who arrived on scene. The homeowner happened to also be a cop. Stabby is being charged with attempted murder and the cop who arrived on scene and started blasting has not been charged.
Hold the jump to judgement here.
Officer arrives and finds two people fighting. Person A jumps up and runs into the house. Person B grabs a gun from the ground and starts to chase Person A. Cop fires to stop Person B. Just so happens that Person B is an off duty cop.
At least, that is how the article reads to me.
Why they are charged is based on the legal theory that if no crime had been committed in the first place, there would not have been a confrontation. If two rob a bank, and one gets killed by the police, the other is charged with murder for this very reason.
The headline makes you believe that the sheriff's deputy who killed the off-duty officer, was the robber who was engaged in the fight on the front lawn.
So, it was the 20 year old, who had no involvement in law-enforcement, and was in fact a robber, was charged with attempted 1st degree murder. I thought if you were involved in a crime where a life was taken, made them eligible for a murder charge. So, why is he not charged with 1st degree murder, instead of attempted first degree murder?
Thank you for the new tagline.
The suspect stabbed the victim (an off duty cop) 3 times, then a sheriff’s deputy shot the victim.
So the theif/robber is only being charged with attempted murder for the stabbings. Later they might upgrade him with the felony murder rule.
I hope they fire Officer Trigger Happy.
Maybe they should figure out who they’re shooting at when they arrive at a residential address. They knew it was the home of an off duty cop vs suspect. Yet when they pulled up, they opened fire within seconds of arrival, with a rifle, killing the homeowner/cop.
Who is the shooter on first....?
Thanks for the clarification.
Friendly fire is a bitch...
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