Little Rock Police investigate shooting death

[DirtyDawg]

This will be interesting to follow.

http://www.katv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13653589

Associated Press - December 10, 2010 4:54 PM ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Little Rock police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 67-year-old man who was killed after two off-duty officers walked through his open apartment door to check on him.

Police said Friday that Officer Donna Lesher and Detective Tabitha McCrillis were on private security detail at a southwest Little Rock apartment complex Thursday night when they saw the man's apartment in disarray and entered.

Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings says 67-year-old Eugene Edward Ellison attacked the officers and took a baton away from 1 of them. As the officers appeared to have control of Ellison, he broke free and started swinging a heavy wooden cane.

Witnesses reported that Lesher told him several times to drop the cane. Lesher then fired two shots. Ellison died at a hospital.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

 

[doctorjj]

Wow!!

 

[gearys 5600]

Two off duty officers entered the mans apartment, then shot and killed him?? Sounds like a bunch of B.S.

 

[DirtyDawg]

If you think this story is crazy, check out the story of "Ken Ballew". Look it up on Wikipedia.

 

[MBB]

If you think this story is crazy, check out the story of "Ken Ballew". Look it up on Wikipedia.

Wow. I had never heard of that.

 

[MyMonkey]

Another thing to make you go Hmmmmm...

 

[HMFIC]

wow... I have to say, I don't fully understand why two officers (one of them a detective) were on "private security detail" at the complex? Does that mean the apt complex hired them? It sure sounds like a story that we are missing a bunch of information about...

 

[Danny]

wow... I have to say, I don't fully understand why two officers (one of them a detective) were on "private security detail" at the complex? Does that mean the apt complex hired them? It sure sounds like a story that we are missing a bunch of information about...

What is hard to understand??? Officers routinely take security jobs when away from their real job. Especially at apt complexes because they usually get discounted rent for providing that service.

If you were patrolling and saw an apartment in disarray, would you not go in and try to check the welfare of the tenant? What was the tenant on that made him so crazy is a better question.

 

[GlockCop]

Ive got an idea DD. Why dont you tell us on here what you do for a living. Then well dig up obscure storys of how someone in that particular line of work screwed up and we can all jump in. Like if you are a plumber for example I can tell how the plumber came to my house and didnt snake my line right and two days later I had to call him again cause he didnt push the blockage all the way down the line. Just sayin.

 

[doctorjj]

Ive got an idea DD. Why dont you tell us on here what you do for a living. Then well dig up obscure storys of how someone in that particular line of work screwed up and we can all jump in. Like if you are a plumber for example I can tell how the plumber came to my house and didnt snake my line right and two days later I had to call him again cause he didnt push the blockage all the way down the line. Just sayin.

Comparing a plumber not doing his job well to someone coming into someone else's home and ultimately killing the guy are not even in the same ballpark. And yes, I am a doctor, so any doctor horror stories you want to post on here, feel free.