TheeBadOne
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Cop blows away man in his front yard in front of his family
LONG BEACH — A "mentally ill" Long Beach man with a meat cleaver and a butcher knife was fatally shot today after charging at relatives and a police officer, authorities said.
The encounter occurred shortly before 9 a.m. in the 2000 block of Myrtle Avenue, said Long Beach police Officer Greg Schirmer. The armed man charged the officer and the family members, but they were not hurt, Schirmer said.
Authorities withheld the dead man's name.
The officer was responding to a reported disturbance involving "a mentally ill family member who was not taking his medication," Schirmer said.
While the officer was talking to family members in front of their residence, the man came out a back door and was holding a knife, Schirmer said.
"The suspect saw the officer and returned inside," Schirmer said. "The suspect then came back outside with a butcher knife and a meat cleaver and charged at the officer and the family members."
The officer ordered the man to stop, then fired when the suspect kept advancing, Schirmer said.
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This has got to be the ultimate "Oh sh1t!" call. Called for some Civil intervention/assistance, and suddenly you are attacked and presented with a deadly force situation! My thoughts are with the family, and with the Officer forced to do what he did.
One of the scary things about dealing with mentally ill people is you never know what will happen 1 second to the next. This fellow may never have had any violence in his background, and now he snaps, reacting incredibly violently.
LONG BEACH — A "mentally ill" Long Beach man with a meat cleaver and a butcher knife was fatally shot today after charging at relatives and a police officer, authorities said.
The encounter occurred shortly before 9 a.m. in the 2000 block of Myrtle Avenue, said Long Beach police Officer Greg Schirmer. The armed man charged the officer and the family members, but they were not hurt, Schirmer said.
Authorities withheld the dead man's name.
The officer was responding to a reported disturbance involving "a mentally ill family member who was not taking his medication," Schirmer said.
While the officer was talking to family members in front of their residence, the man came out a back door and was holding a knife, Schirmer said.
"The suspect saw the officer and returned inside," Schirmer said. "The suspect then came back outside with a butcher knife and a meat cleaver and charged at the officer and the family members."
The officer ordered the man to stop, then fired when the suspect kept advancing, Schirmer said.
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This has got to be the ultimate "Oh sh1t!" call. Called for some Civil intervention/assistance, and suddenly you are attacked and presented with a deadly force situation! My thoughts are with the family, and with the Officer forced to do what he did.
One of the scary things about dealing with mentally ill people is you never know what will happen 1 second to the next. This fellow may never have had any violence in his background, and now he snaps, reacting incredibly violently.