Reported by NBCDFW.com

Police were “trigger happy” when at least one officer shot and killed a 72-year-old homeowner while responding to a burglar alarm across the street, the man’s wife said Tuesday.

Kathy Waller said she and her husband, Jerry, noticed bright lights from outside their bedroom window at about 1 a.m. Tuesday.

He grabbed a .38-caliber pistol and went outside to see what was going on.

“He probably thought it was a group of yuckos out there or something messing around,” she said.

It was police responding to a burglar alarm, which wasn’t at their house, but across the street.

“I’m just curious as hell how it happened,” she said. “I heard he was shot six times in the chest by a Glock, I guess, or whatever the police use. I’m disgusted.”

Police offered few details about the shooting but promised a thorough investigation.

Fort Worth police spokeswoman Cpl. Tracey Knight said two officers — each with less than a year on the force — responded to a burglar alarm call and feared for their lives when they encountered the armed homeowner.

Knight would not say whether Jerry Waller raised his weapon or refused an order to drop it or if one or both of the officers opened fire. She also would not name the officers involved but said they were on routine leave pending the investigation.

“This is a tragedy for everybody,” Knight said. “A family lost a loved one, and you can never replace that loved one, and we know that. It is a horrible tragedy. And an officer went through an incident that no officer ever wants to go through.”

Kathy Waller said she would like more answers from police.

“Married 46 years and somebody gets a little trigger happy and away they go, you know,” she said.

It was unclear why the officers were behind the Waller home because the call was at a neighbor’s directly across the street.

Kathy Waller said officers told her they thought the alarm call came from her residence.

Still in her bedroom, she heard yelling at about the same time she heard gunshots, she said.

Her husband, who had apparently just opened the garage door, was shot and killed by at least one officer.

“It happened in less than five minutes,” she said.

She ran downstairs and saw her husband lying at the edge of their garage and driveway.

“I looked down and saw he was gone,” she said.

At first, she said she thought her husband had been killed by a burglar.

Paramedics took Kathy Waller to the hospital because her blood pressure was high.

At the hospital, a detective told her what had happened, she said.

“I have to tell you the truth,” she quoted the detective as saying. “It was one of our officers.”

Kathy Waller said she responded, “I appreciate you telling me but I’m very angry. He’s a very good person.”

She and her husband had been married for 46 years. He operated a tire recycling business in Seagoville, she said.

The couple has three children and four grandchildren.

“He would give you the shirt off his back, and he was loving, and he was a wonderful husband,” Kathy Waller said. “I think the police made a terrible mistake.”

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Wife-of-Man-72-Killed-by-Police-Wants-Answers-209275771.html

Reported by MyFox8

NEW YORK (CNN) — A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities was killed by police gunfire, a Nassau County, New York, police spokeswoman said Saturday.

Police fired eight shots at the intruder, who authorities say was holding a gun to the head of Andrea Rebello, 21, during a home invasion robbery Friday at an off-campus house in Uniondale.

One of the shots hit Rebello in the head, killing her, police spokeswoman Maureen Roach said.

Also killed was the intruder, whom authorities identified as Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead. He was struck seven times.

Authorities say Smith was wearing a mask. He invaded the home Rebello shared with her twin sister and two others during the predawn hours on Friday.

At some point, a female roommate of the twins was able to leave the home and call police, a police spokesman told CNN on Friday.

When a police officer arrived, Smith was holding a gun to Rebello’s head, Roach said.

He told the officer he was going to kill Rebello, and then turned the handgun toward the officer, she said.

The officer, fearing for his life, drew his gun and fired, Roach said.

Authorities have not identified the officer.

At the time of the shooting, Smith was wanted for jumping parole, police said.

He was on parole for first-degree robbery and had an “extensive” arrest history that includes robbery, assault, and promoting prison contraband, said police in Nassau County.

A warrant for his arrest was issued April 25 for allegedly absconding from parole, police said

Rebello’s high school principal, Carol Conklin-Spillane, said the twins’ home community in Westchester, New York, was heartbroken.

She described Rebello as a fun-loving, personable and self-aware young woman.

Her parents, Fernando and Nella Rebello, are closely tied to the Portuguese community, and always worked to create opportunities for their children, Conklin-Spillane said.

Rebello, a junior, was majoring in public relations.

Hofstra University said it is offering counseling to students.

“Our hearts and minds and our thoughts and prayers are with her family, her friends and her classmates,” the university said in a statement.

A funeral mass is planned for Wednesday.

http://myfox8.com/2013/05/19/police-gunfire-kills-hofstra-university-student-official-says/

Reported by Twincities.com

A memorial with smiling photos, red and white roses and messages scribbled in English and Spanish rested against a budding tree Sunday, May 12, on the Minneapolis corner where Ivan Romero was killed last week.

The 23-year-old Minneapolis man’s Yamaha motorcycle collided Friday with a Minneapolis police squad car en route to an incident about 10 blocks west in which two officers were shot and a suspect killed.

On Sunday, about 40 people gathered in the sun and about 25 motorcycles were lined in the shade at the corner of Blaisdell Avenue South and West 26th Street. Solemn faces were shown by women grasping children and men in leather motorcycle jackets.

Romero’s uncle Olegario Romero Flores said the family is seeking answers from police about what led to his nephew’s death.

“We are here because we want justice,” Flores said through translation from Romero’s friend Jesus Ramon.

Minneapolis police chief Janee Harteau said Saturday that the department is sharing information as quickly as possible.

“I ask for the public’s patience in allowing us the necessary time to thoroughly review and investigate,” Harteau said in a statement. “We owe it to everyone involved and the general public to be thorough and disclose the facts as we get them, and not simply respond to speculation.”

Minneapolis police said the squad car was traveling “well below the posted speed limit as it approached the intersection at the time of impact.” Police said Romero’s motorcycle collided with the rear passenger side of the squad car, which had its red lights and siren activated.

When asked to provide a timeline of the incident on Bryant Avenue and the motorcycle accident later, police spokeswoman Cyndi Barrington declined, citing the investigation.

“There are no benefits to anyone, specifically all those involved and impacted, to give information without supporting facts and evidence,” she said.

Earlier Sunday, Ramon and other friends rode to Stillwater to honor Romero and said his biker buddies will work to raise money for his family.

“We want to help his family because we know they need it,” Ramon said.

Romero’s passenger was his live-in girlfriend, Joselyn Torrejon, 20. She was in satisfactory condition Saturday at Hennepin County Medical Center, police said. The driver of the squad car was uninjured, police said.

Romero moved to Minnesota from Morales, Mexico, about eight years ago, family and friends said Sunday. He worked at the Franklin Street Bakery for the past two years, they said.

Romero loved the freedom of going on three- or four-hour rides on his motorcycle, Ramon said.

Also Sunday, the Hennepin County medical examiner officially released the identity of the burglary suspect killed in a struggle with two police officers in the 2700 block of Bryant Avenue South.

Terrance Terrell Franklin, 22, died of gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner.

Two officers, Michael Meath and Ricardo Muro, shot during a struggle with Franklin were in satisfactory condition Saturday, Minneapolis police said.

At some point during the struggle, which took place in the basement of a home, Franklin tried to gain control of an officer’s firearm, an MP5 submachine gun, police said.

It has not been determined who fired the gun or how many times it was fired, police said.

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_23227686/minneapolis-suspect-killed-struggle-police-identified-cause-death

Reported by WUSA 9

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) – A man is dead after an early morning officer-involved shooting in Southeast and his family has many questions they want answered about the details on Tuesday.

Officials say Cleman Sweptson was shot by a police officer shortly after 3 Tuesday morning in the 2500 block of Sheridan Road near Stanton Road after getting on his bike to leave his mother’s apartment building. According to police on Tuesday morning, officers in the area of Stanton Road and Sheridan Road noticed a man acting erratically, possibly high on drugs, in the street. They instructed him to get out of the street and move to the sidewalk, according to police. Once the man got to the sidewalk, police say he pulled out what appeared to be a gun, causing an officer to fire. An officer fired two shots that struck Sweptson in the upper body.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The officer was not injured.

His family says Sweptson does not criminal record, and he was not carrying a weapon at the time of the shooting. Police say, however, he was armed and fired at an officer. They also say a gun was recovered from the scene.

According to his family,  Cleman Sweptson was sitting on the stoop of his mother’s apartment building when police came and told him to move along.  The family says he got on his bike to leave, and the next thing they heard were gunshots. His mother says police may have mistaken a small radio she gave him for a gun.

She also said that he does not own any weapons. “He was not that kind of kid,” said Carolyn Bell.

Police later confirmed on Tuesday that Sweptson was riding a bike, but family members and police disagree about what happened after he turned the corner on his bike.

Ward 8 ANC Commissioner Natalie Williams, who was with the family on Tuesday after the shooting, also had questions about what happened. “My first question is, why was he asked to move? Then what happened from here to less than a block away for him to be shot?”

Williams says she has told the family to wait to see what the surveillance cameras in the area will tell them.

Bell says Sweptson was sitting on her porch playing music and was not high or acting strangely before the shooting.

Sweptson’s niece questioned why the crime scene was cleared so quickly and why an ambulance did not show up.

Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, MPD released the following information in an emailed statement:

“The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal police involved shooting which occurred in the 2500 block of Sheridan Road, Southeast.

Preliminary investigation reveals that at approximately 3:04 am on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, a police officer from the Seventh District encountered a subject that appeared to be under the influence of narcotics in the 2500 block of Sheridan Road, Southeast. While investigating, the subject brandished a handgun and fired at the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his service weapon striking the suspect. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and did not find signs consistent with life and the decedent remained on the scene. A handgun was recovered at the scene.”

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/253541/44/MPD-Investigating-Officer-Involved-Shooting-In-Southeast

Reported by The Raw Story

Two officers in Florida have been placed on leave and a family is demanding answers after a suicidal man was shot and killed by police over the weekend.

The mother of 43-year-old Arthur Dixon Jr. called St. Petersburg police on Sunday evening because he doused himself with gasoline and threatened to take his own life.

Neighbor Ray Wuest told The Tampa Bay Times that he went into Dixon’s home and found the man soaked with gas and smoking a cigarette. Wuest said that he mopped up the gas and took the cigarette, but police told him to leave after they arrived.

St. Petersburg police spokesperson Mike Puetz said that Dixon had been “belligerent and threatening” when officers tried to negotiate with him.

At around 7:30 p.m., the suicidal man allegedly ran at Officers Devin Jones and Curtis Wright with scissors while they were stationed at the back of the house. Both officers opened fire, hitting Dixon in the torso multiple times. He was transported to Bayfront Medical Center and pronounced dead at around 10 p.m.

Dixon’s mother, Lydia Andrews, told Bay News 9 that officers did not have to shoot her son.

“The police assured me that they weren’t going to hurt him, that they were concerned for his safety,” she explained. “He has no weapons, he’s never hurt anyone ever. So, they forced him out the back of the house and they shot him three times.”

“I want to know why they shot him, he had no weapons and he’s drunk,” she continued. “He has a traumatic brain injury, he’s blind in one eye, can’t see well out of the other. Why did they shoot him?”

But the St. Petersburg police spokesperson insisted that officers had been threatened by the scissors.

“Scissors are a deadly weapon,” Puetz said in a statement. “They can cause great harm. They can be just as dangerous as a knife.”

Wuest said that Dixon had been a landscaper who became disabled after suffering a traumatic brain injury.

“If they would have left us alone with him, we could have gotten him out of the house,” Wuest lamented.

Officers Jones and Wright have been placed on administrative leave pending a routine investigation.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/12/florida-police-gun-down-disabled-man-threatening-to-kill-himself-with-gasoline/

Reported by KTSM

EL PASO — We now know the name of a man shot and killed while in the custody of El Paso police. Daniel Saenz, 37, died Friday night after being shot outside the El Paso county detention facility.

Police said Saenz was handcuffed while he violently fought with the officer before the officer shot him.

Wendy Velazquez knew him for five years. She said Saenz was a body builder and may have looked intimidating to officers, but she only knew him as a “sweet guy.”

“I just really think that his name shouldn’t be dragged through the dirt above all cause he was a great person,” said friend Wendy Velazquez. “He focused a lot of religion, his family, himself and I just think there was a huge injustice and I think people really need to look into that. I don’t know the whole story but according to what I’ve heard, I don’t believe it’s right.”

But police said there was a different side to him. They said Saenz was being booked that day for multiple violent charges, including assault on a public servant, assault bodily injury, assault and injury to an elderly. He also had been found guilty on theft, assault and violating protective order charges.

The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit, Shooting Review Team and The Texas Rangers continue their investigation into Friday’s shooting.
Once that investigation is complete, District Attorney Jaime Esparza said it’s his office’s policy to present all shootings that involve officers to a grand jury.

Police have not released the name of the officer that allegedly shot Saenz.

http://www.ktsm.com/news/friend-remembers-man-shot-killed-police-great-person

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Reported by SFGATE

(03-06) 20:28 PST HAYWARD – A man shot dead by Hayward police was identified Wednesday as 19-year-old Shawn Joseph Jetmore Stoddard-Nunez.

Stoddard-Nunez, who lived in Hayward, was in a passenger in a Honda Civic who died when he was shot by police over the weekend.

An officer had been trying to shoot the driver, Arthur Pakman, 23, of Oakley for aiming his car at a patrol cruiser near Fletcher Lane and Watkins Street about 3:20 a.m. Sunday.

The officer, who was accompanied by a civilian riding along in the patrol car, fired to prevent Pakman from hitting them, said Hayward police Sgt. Eric Krimm.

But a bullet ended up hitting Stoddard-Nunez instead, Krimm said. The Honda hit the passenger door of the police car, knocking the door into the civilian, who suffered a minor injury.

The Honda sped off but crashed a half-mile away at D Street and Foothill Boulevard. Officers found Stoddard-Nunez dead. An Alameda Country coroner’s autopsy confirmed that he died of a gunshot wound and not injuries from the crash, Krimm said.

Pakman fled on foot but was soon arrested. He is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on a probation violation pending a review of the case by Alameda County prosecutors.

Stoddard-Nunez as one of five men killed since Thursday in confrontations with Bay Area law-enforcement officers. The other incidents involved a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy and Daly City, San Jose and Union City police.

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Man-killed-by-Hayward-police-identified-4334764.php

Reported by Altadena Patch

A man who was shot and killed by police in North Hollywood was identified today as an Altadena resident.

Moises de la Torre, 25, was shot around 7:35 p.m. Sunday at Vineland Avenue and Archwood Street, according to Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section and Ed Winter of the coroner’s office.

Police went to the scene in response to a report of a man with a gun, Eisenman said.

“They encountered the suspect in the street and there was an officer-involved shooting,” Eisenman said.

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Police did not say what de la Tor[r]e did to draw police fire or if a weapon was recovered.

http://altadena.patch.com/articles/police-shoot-and-kill-altadena-man-north-hollywood-moises-de-la-torre

Reported by Philly.com

Reported by KTVQ

BILLINGS – Billings Police released the name and long list of criminal history of the man shot and killed by an officer early Monday morning.

Lieutenant Kevin Iffland said 32-year-old Jason Shaw died after he refused to comply with an officer’s orders. He instead reached for a gun in his pocket.

Shaw was stopped by police about 1:30 a.m. on Monday, as police were searching for another man near 23 Custer Avenue. As Officer Grant Morrison approached a suspicious vehicle, Shaw got out of the back seat.

Morrison ordered him to put his hands up and get on the ground, but Shaw refused. As Shaw reached for a weapon in his pocket, Morrison shot him in the abdomen.

Officers on scene performed first aid until an ambulance arrived, but Shaw was later pronounced dead. Further investigation revealed the gun the suspect reached for was actually a replica handgun — a BB gun — pictured above.

Shaw’s storied criminal history dates back to 1998 and spans across the state. It includes multiple felony thefts, obstruction of peace officers, felony criminal endangerment and violation of a protective order.

Officer Morrison is now on paid administrative leave until the investigation wraps up.

http://www.ktvq.com/news/man-shot-and-killed-by-billings-police-identified/

Reported by KWTX

COPPERAS COVE (February 5, 2013)—Kristofer Gagliardi, 24, the knife-wielding man whom a Copperas Cove police officer shot to death Saturday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had used the knife he was carrying to cut his own wrists, his mother, Dawn Prewitt, said Tuesday.

Prewitt said she was standing about five feet from her son Saturday night outside of a duplex in the 500 block of Westview Lane when the officer fired, striking Gagliardi twice in the chest.

She said her son called the officer a racial slur before he was shot.

“He said ‘go ahead and shoot me’ and used the racial slur, and as soon as he said that he shot him twice,” Prewitt said.

Then, she says, the officer handcuffed her son and dragged him into the yard of the duplex.

“They drug him like a dead animal across the yard, they just had no compassion,” Prewitt said.

“There was no other police officer there,” she said.

“I was the one that had to witness my son dying in vain, I’m the one who had to see that he was crying for help,” she said.

Gagliardi’s brother Josh, said Tuesday he thought Kristofer had been doing better since moving to Copperas Cove with his mother.

He got a job with the City of Killeen Mowing and Drainage Department and had finished his GED, he said.

Coryell County Justice of the Peace John Guinn pronounced Gagliardi dead at 9:50 p.m. Saturday.

Guinn said when he arrived, Gagliardi’s body was in the yard of the duplex and there was a knife with a blade about five inches long next to him.

Guinn said it appeared Gagliardi had been shot twice in the chest.

“Officers were responding to a domestic violence call and when they arrived Gagliardi came out of the duplex with a knife,” Guinn said.

Guinn said that the first officer on the scene retreated to the street in front of the duplex and that at some point fired the shot that killed Gagliardi.

Authorities ordered the body sent to Southwest Institute of Forensic Science, in Dallas, for autopsy.

On Monday Guinn said the preliminary autopsy report showed the cause of death was the two gunshot wounds to the upper body.

Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.

Coryell County District Attorney Dusty Boyd said he expects to get a report on the results of the investigation by the end of the month.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Local-Man-Killed-By-Police-Was-Bipolar-Family-Questions-Officers-Actions-189931631.html

The report below by The Daily Herald is the last information we can find on this case. We will dig some more to see if this case ever went to trial and if so the outcome.

A former Scotland Neck police officer has been indicted in connection to the November death of Roger Anthony.

A grand jury in Halifax County indicted John Turner, 26, on the charge of involuntary manslaughter, in the Nov. 21 death of Roger Anthony, 61, who died after Turner shot him with a stun gun.

Turner responded to a call in reference to an intoxicated man around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21. When Turner arrived, he saw Anthony riding his bike in the area and tried to get him to stop. When Anthony didn’t stop, Turner shot him with his stun gun.

According to the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office, Anthony died from head trauma suffered when he fell from his bicycle and hit his head on the pavement.

Anthony had a history of seizures, according to the autopsy report, and had endured a craniotomy in the past, which is a surgical procedure where part of the skull is removed to allow surgical access to the brain.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation looked into the case at the request of the Scotland Neck Police Department, and after a lengthy investigation, the Halifax County District Attorney’s office obtained an indictment June 25.

Turner was served with an order for arrest July 6 and has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in Anthony’s death.

He is free on bond and is due in court Aug. 6.

Turner resigned from the Scotland Neck Police Department after Anthony’s death.

Scotland Neck Mayor Leonard Bunting and Police Chief Joe Williams declined to comment on the case when reached this morning.

District Attorney Melissa Pelfrey did not immediately respond to a request to comment this morning.

She emailed The Daily Herald last week she had no comment on the Anthony case.

http://www.rrdailyherald.com/access/ex-officer-faces-manslaughter-charge-in-taser-case/article_2e04e146-cc28-11e1-abfd-001a4bcf887a.html

Reported by MLive

KALAMAZOO, MI – AKalamazoo Public Safetyofficer was involved in a shooting late Thursday at the Best Western Hospitality Inn on East Cork Street, KDPS Chief Jeff Hadley said.

One person who was wounded in the incident was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital, Hadley said. An update on that person’s condition was not immediately available Thursday night.

Hadley said no officers were injured during the incident at the hotel, which is located at 3640 East Cork Street near Sprinkle Road.

It was not immediately known Thursday night why officers had initially responded to the hotel.

We’ll have more details as soon as they become available.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/01/police_officer_involved_in_sho.html

Reported by NBCDFW

The Grand Prairie and Arlington police say a felony theft suspect was shot and killed after he fled to the parking lot of a community college in Arlington.

A Grand Prairie officer shot 22-year-old Jordan Hatcher in the Tarrant County College Southeast Campus’ south parking lot on Thursday afternoon.

Police said Hatcher led officers on foot to the community college after a struggle at a Target store on the other side of state Highway 360 in Grand Prairie. Another suspect was arrested at the store.

Authorities said Hatcher physically fought with an officer and grabbed the officer’s stun gun. The officer feared for his life and shot Hatcher multiple times, police said.

Arlington police arrived at the parking lot just after the shooting. An Arlington police officer performed CPR on Hatcher, who died at the scene.

The man did not appear to be armed, police said.

No officers were injured.

A parking lot on the south side of the campus is closed, but the north and west parking lots remained open.

Grand Prairie police and Arlington police are investigating the shooting.

The Grand Prairie officer who shot the suspect is a veteran officer with several years of experience. The officer will be on leave for three days for review.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Officer-Involved-Shooting-at-TCC-188279961.html

Reported by fox6now.com

TOWN OF GENEVA (WITI) — Alfredo Villarreal, an 18-year-old inmate, is dead following an altercation with a Walworth County Sheriff’s Deputy at Lakeland Medical Center Monday, January 21st.

According to police, Villarreal was shot around 6:45 p.m. on Monday after he attacked the deputy guarding him in an attempt to escape custody.

Officials say Villarreal began punching and kicking the deputy in the face multiple times after he requested to use the bathroom and was let out of his restraints. The deputy called for assistance and multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the medical center.

Police say the deputy deployed a taser, which failed to stop the inmate. After being tased, Villarreal used a chair to break the window in his room. When this attempt failed, Villarreal attempted to strike the deputy over the head with the chair. The deputy then discharged his handgun, striking the inmate.

According to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, life-saving measures were immediately implemented by law enforcement and medical staff. But Villarreal died at the scene.

On Tuesday, some of Villareal’s family came to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office seeking answers.

The investigation has been turned over to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office. They say they weren’t told until 1:00 a.m. Tuesday about what happened. They described Villareal as a kind teen who may have had some problems, but nothing, they say, that should have warranted this.

Villareal’s family says medical authorities told them Villareal was taken to the hospital because he had been having seizures — another piece of this story that for them, doesn’t add up.

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/22/inmate-dead-following-altercation-with-deputy-at-lakeland-medical-center/

Reported by 8newsnow.com

By Brian Brennan, Reporter

BOULDER CITY, Nev. – All three family members involved in a Boulder City shooting died from gunshot wounds to the head, according to the Clark County coroner.

The coroner said the gunshot deaths of 46-year-old Kathryn Michelle Walters and 5-year-old Maximilian Walters were homicides. The coroner said the manner of death for 52-year-old Hans Pieter Walters, a Metro police lieutenant, was suicide by a gunshot wound to the head.

The shootings happened Monday morning in the 1300 block of Esther Drive in Boulder City. Police say Walters called 911 and said he had killed his wife and son and was preparing to set the house on fire.

When emergency crews arrived at the home, they briefly saw Walters outside the house, but he went back inside and shot himself.

A small memorial has grown in front of the house.

“We were just talking about how you don’t expect it to happen, especially from someone in the police department. It’s not something you expect to see,” said Lacie Cannabo, who left a card at the memorial in from of the home.

Neighbors said Walters, his wife, and son seemed like any regular family. The boy attended kindergarten at Andrew Mitchell Elementary School across the street from his home. One woman told 8 News NOW she was good friends with Kathryn Walters and she never indicated there was any trouble in her home.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/20652404/breaking-news-coroner-releases-information-in-boulder-city-shooting

Editor’s Note: Since Kathryn is also a law enforcement officer, will her death be counted in the annual statistics of LEO deaths even though it was at the hand of her LEO husband? And what about his? Will it be counted?

Reported by 8newsnow.com

By Brian Brennan, Reporter

BOULDER CITY, Nev. – All three family members involved in a Boulder City shooting died from gunshot wounds to the head, according to the Clark County coroner.

The coroner said the gunshot deaths of 46-year-old Kathryn Michelle Walters and 5-year-old Maximilian Walters were homicides. The coroner said the manner of death for 52-year-old Hans Pieter Walters, a Metro police lieutenant, was suicide by a gunshot wound to the head.

The shootings happened Monday morning in the 1300 block of Esther Drive in Boulder City. Police say Walters called 911 and said he had killed his wife and son and was preparing to set the house on fire.

When emergency crews arrived at the home, they briefly saw Walters outside the house, but he went back inside and shot himself.

A small memorial has grown in front of the house.

“We were just talking about how you don’t expect it to happen, especially from someone in the police department. It’s not something you expect to see,” said Lacie Cannabo, who left a card at the memorial in from of the home.

Neighbors said Walters, his wife, and son seemed like any regular family. The boy attended kindergarten at Andrew Mitchell Elementary School across the street from his home. One woman told 8 News NOW she was good friends with Kathryn Walters and she never indicated there was any trouble in her home.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/20652404/breaking-news-coroner-releases-information-in-boulder-city-shooting

Reported by The Huffington Post

A Maryland jury has convicted a District of Columbia police officer of killing his mistress and leaving their baby daughter to die in hot car.

The Prince George’s County jury returned the verdict Thursday evening against Richmond Phillips on two counts of first-degree murder.

Phillips was arrested in June 2011 after police found the body of 20-year-old Wynetta Wright in the Oxon Run Stream Valley Park. Her 1-year-old daughter, Jaylin, was found dead nearby in a car seat in Wright’s car. Police say the girl may have died as a result of exposure to the heat. Court records show Phillips and Wright were involved in a paternity dispute.

Prosecutors say Phillips faces life without the possibility of parole plus 20 years at sentencing March 22.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/richmond-phillips-guilty-murder-mistress-wynetta-wright-baby-die-police_n_2499692.html

Law enforcement investigating law enforcement:

According to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation report, the Cherokee Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Yarbrough has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting of Andrew Messina.

After release of a 700-page report prepared by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, District Attorney Garry Moss ruled that he found no reason to arrest or prosecute Yarbrough, the summary states.