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[Chron] Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair.

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  1. BetterThanEver

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    http://www.chron.com/news/article/Officer-shoots-kills-double-amputee-in-wheelchair-3886121.php

    HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

    Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.

    She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.

    "Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

    Police did not immediately release the name of the man who was killed. They had been called to the home after a caretaker there called and reported that the man in wheelchair was causing a disturbance.

    The owner of the group home, John Garcia, told the Houston Chronicle that the man had a history of mental illness and had been living at the house about 18 months. Garcia said the man had told him that he lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.

    "He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia told the newspaper.

    Silva identified the officer as Matthew Jacob Marin, a five-year veteran of the department. He was immediately placed on three-day administrative leave, which is standard in all shootings involving officers.

    Houston police records indicate that Marin also fatally shot a suspect in 2009. Investigators at the time said Marin came upon a man stabbing his neighbor to death at an apartment complex and opened fired when the suspect refused to drop the knife.

    On Saturday, Marin and his partner arrived at the group home around 2:30 a.m. Silva said there were several people at the house at the time. The caretaker who called police waited on the porch while the officers went inside, she said.

    "It was close quarters in the area of the house," Silva said. "The officer was forced into an area where he had no way to get out."
     
    #1 BetterThanEver, Sep 22, 2012
  2. RedRedemption

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    So the officer couldn't have simply pushed the guy down?
    Seriously?
     
    #2 RedRedemption, Sep 22, 2012
  3. cheke64

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    I bet he unloaded 2 mags on the victim. Forget road rage, authority rage.
     
    #3 cheke64, Sep 22, 2012
  4. ItsMyFault

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    ****ing pigs...

    buncha useless idiots.
     
    #4 ItsMyFault, Sep 22, 2012
  5. Rocket River

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    Things like this make me think . .. "Damn!! Police officers scare rather easily"
    D*mn near cowardly. . . .

    Rocket River
     
    #5 Rocket River, Sep 22, 2012
  6. AroundTheWorld

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    This sounds terrible.
     
    #6 AroundTheWorld, Sep 22, 2012
  7. KingCheetah

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    I need more facts -- I detect bias from the author.
     
    #7 KingCheetah, Sep 22, 2012
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    I think some of these cops have watched police academy
    a little too much.
    [​IMG]
     
    #8 plcmts17, Sep 22, 2012
  9. dockerland

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    From the information in the article it doesn't sound good at all :eek:
     
    #9 dockerland, Sep 22, 2012
  10. rocketfan83

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    It's pretty popular to trash the police here and I'll defend them in most cases. This one is is nearly impossible to support them given what's been released. But still it's one incident....
     
    #10 rocketfan83, Sep 22, 2012
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    The officer has been in a past situation where a person was stabbed to death when he repeated told the aggressor to stop. He was forced to shoot.

    After being traumatized by that incident, here he is cornered by a person armed with an unknown (to him) metal object who is known to be mentally ill.

    I can definitely understand the reason behind the officer's actions. Sometimes **** happens. Just unfortunate.
     
    #11 kaitanuva, Sep 22, 2012
  12. CometsWin

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    Why not use a taser if you're unable to escape the one armed, one legged man in a wheel chair wielding a pen?
     
    #12 CometsWin, Sep 22, 2012
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  13. Pistol Pete

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    I agree.
     
    #13 Pistol Pete, Sep 22, 2012
  14. cardpire

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    maybe it was one of those james bond-style pens that shoot bullets.

    those things are expensive...cost an arm and a leg.
     
    #14 cardpire, Sep 22, 2012
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  15. CourtOfDreams

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    On my phone but I would post the gif of that hacker in goldeneye twirling the pen and clicking it. Then it goes boom. Someone?
     
    #15 CourtOfDreams, Sep 22, 2012
  16. rolyat93

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    This story doesn't have any legs to it.
     
    #16 rolyat93, Sep 22, 2012
  17. Pole

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    I disagree. There is one.
     
    #17 Pole, Sep 22, 2012
  18. cardpire

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    the poor guy wasn't even armed.
     
    #18 cardpire, Sep 22, 2012
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  19. rolyat93

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    The man should shoulder some of the blame for this incident, sounds like he just didn't want to admit defeet.
     
    #19 rolyat93, Sep 22, 2012
  20. rhino17

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    Why not quit your job and accept an ass whopping from a pen if you are unable to escape a one armed, one legged man in a wheel chair?
     
    #20 rhino17, Sep 22, 2012
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