Garland Officer On Leave After Deadly Shooting

Wildscar · Post by **Wildscar** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:55 pm

All I can say is good. The Driver of the SUV got what he deserved.

Garland Officer On Leave After Deadly Shooting

http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_253195205.html

Tiani Jones
Reporting

(CBS 11 News) GARLAND A Garland police officer is on administrative leave after shooting and killing a man after a chase.

Police say the officer was driven to use deadly force after a man tried to run him over in a business parking lot.

Video provided to CBS 11 News from a witness shows police arriving on scene just minutes after the shooting.

According to police, the officer involved was attempting to make a traffic stop but the SUV he was trying to pull over would not stop.

The officer chased the male driver into an area apartment complex where the suspect got out of his truck and began to run. After the officer gave chase the men eventually ended up back near their vehicles.

While the officer was still on foot, the suspect jumped into his SUV, began ramming the patrol car and then headed toward the officer.

"The officer, at that point, has to suspect or has to realize that he's (the suspect) trying to use that car as a weapon and trying to kill him," Garland police spokesman Joe Harn explained.

According to police the suspect continued toward the officer who then opened fire. The suspect was hit and later died at Baylor Medical Center in Garland.

Police say they hope to identify the suspect from his fingerprints.

Rokyudai · Post by **Rokyudai** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:04 pm

Likely true,

Administrative leave is (from what I gather) a standard procedure in shooting cases involving LE. Now, I'm sure the purpose of reporting that in the article is to give some poor schlep the idea that there is suspicion of wrong doing on the officer's part. I am not saying they do not take this time to investigate his or her actions as is appropriate but what other reasons are there to place it in the news report? Is it somehow covering the police department in some manner?

nitrogen · Post by **nitrogen** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:44 pm

I think the officer was 100% in the right here, according to the article. Usually, officers are placed on leave for mental health reasons after use of force as a matter of policy, not for any suspicion of wrongdoing. I hope the guy is doing okay.