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Woman, 92, fatally shot as 3 Atlanta officers wounded
By JEFFRY SCOTT, S.A. REID
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/21/06
A 92-year-old woman was killed after she shot three Atlanta narcotics officers Tuesday night when they broke down the front door of her home trying to serve a search warrant, police said.
One officer was hit in the arm, one was struck in the shoulder, and one was shot in the thigh. All were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where they were in stable condition late Tuesday night. Police did not release their identities.
Atlanta assistant police Chief Alan Dreher, in a news conference outside the hospital emergency room, declined to confirm the identity of the woman, but he said the warrant was served at the correct address. He said he did not know what name was on the warrant. He said the woman was the only one in the home at the time.
Sarah C. Dozier identified the dead woman as her aunt, Kathryn Johnston. Dozier said she had been looking forward to going to her aunt's house for Thanksgiving dinner as she does every year.
Dozier said she talked to her aunt every day and the conversation was often about crime in the neighborhood.
"Every window in her home and every door on her home has burglar bars," said Dozier. "I talked to her the other day about a 72-year-old who was raped. I know she was just scared."
Dreher, the assistant police chief, said as far as he knew the narcotics officers did "everything by the book. They had a search warrant, they announced themselves and knocked first." He said the incident is still under investigation and "will be for days."
He declined to say how many shots were fired and what kind of gun the woman had. Dozier said her aunt owned a pistol. "I don't know what kind and it was rusty, but apparently it was working well."
A neighbor, Yolanda Jackson, 42, said she was sitting on the front porch of her home on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard a block away when undercover narcotics officers, who were not in street uniforms, showed up around 7 p.m. to serve a search warrant at Johnston's home, at 933 Neal St.
"I heard 'pow, pow, pow, pow,' " said Jackson. "A whole lot of gunfire, really fast." She estimated the number between 16 and 24. She said within five minutes, "about 20" police cars swarmed into the area.
A few minutes later ambulances showed up and a helicopter was hovering over the neighborhood, which is an intown mix of dilapidated homes, houses being refurbished and a few new infill houses.
By 8:15 p.m. police had Neal Street blocked off from the corner of Joseph Lowery as investigators went in and out of the home bringing out bags of evidence, according to neighbors, and TV news crews set up street shots.
Comparison to DeKalb shootings
"The same thing is happening here as is going on in DeKalb County," said neighbor Tony Torrance, making a reference to 12 police shootings in the neighboring county this year. "Police are shooting people. They aren't following procedure."
The shooting came on the same day the district attorney in DeKalb announced she would ask for a grand jury to review Police Department investigations of a string of deadly police shootings there this year.
Atlanta police declined to say what they were searching for when they went to Johnston's home. The woman's niece, Dozier, who lives in Fayette County, said she had yet to be told by police that her aunt was dead even though police had called a news conference and talked to reporters outside Grady Memorial Hospital.
"I had to hear she had been shot on TV," said Dozier, who said she wants a lot of questions answered and plans to hire a lawyer to get that information from police.
"As far as I'm concerned, they shot her down like a dog," she said.
AJC Article
Just MHO, but someone who is worried about getting raped in her own home is most likely not dealing drugs out of it. The article also doesn't state if the woman lived alone or with a relative who might have been dealing.
Sad situation all around.
Woman, 92, fatally shot as 3 Atlanta officers wounded
By JEFFRY SCOTT, S.A. REID
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/21/06
A 92-year-old woman was killed after she shot three Atlanta narcotics officers Tuesday night when they broke down the front door of her home trying to serve a search warrant, police said.
One officer was hit in the arm, one was struck in the shoulder, and one was shot in the thigh. All were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where they were in stable condition late Tuesday night. Police did not release their identities.
Atlanta assistant police Chief Alan Dreher, in a news conference outside the hospital emergency room, declined to confirm the identity of the woman, but he said the warrant was served at the correct address. He said he did not know what name was on the warrant. He said the woman was the only one in the home at the time.
Sarah C. Dozier identified the dead woman as her aunt, Kathryn Johnston. Dozier said she had been looking forward to going to her aunt's house for Thanksgiving dinner as she does every year.
Dozier said she talked to her aunt every day and the conversation was often about crime in the neighborhood.
"Every window in her home and every door on her home has burglar bars," said Dozier. "I talked to her the other day about a 72-year-old who was raped. I know she was just scared."
Dreher, the assistant police chief, said as far as he knew the narcotics officers did "everything by the book. They had a search warrant, they announced themselves and knocked first." He said the incident is still under investigation and "will be for days."
He declined to say how many shots were fired and what kind of gun the woman had. Dozier said her aunt owned a pistol. "I don't know what kind and it was rusty, but apparently it was working well."
A neighbor, Yolanda Jackson, 42, said she was sitting on the front porch of her home on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard a block away when undercover narcotics officers, who were not in street uniforms, showed up around 7 p.m. to serve a search warrant at Johnston's home, at 933 Neal St.
"I heard 'pow, pow, pow, pow,' " said Jackson. "A whole lot of gunfire, really fast." She estimated the number between 16 and 24. She said within five minutes, "about 20" police cars swarmed into the area.
A few minutes later ambulances showed up and a helicopter was hovering over the neighborhood, which is an intown mix of dilapidated homes, houses being refurbished and a few new infill houses.
By 8:15 p.m. police had Neal Street blocked off from the corner of Joseph Lowery as investigators went in and out of the home bringing out bags of evidence, according to neighbors, and TV news crews set up street shots.
Comparison to DeKalb shootings
"The same thing is happening here as is going on in DeKalb County," said neighbor Tony Torrance, making a reference to 12 police shootings in the neighboring county this year. "Police are shooting people. They aren't following procedure."
The shooting came on the same day the district attorney in DeKalb announced she would ask for a grand jury to review Police Department investigations of a string of deadly police shootings there this year.
Atlanta police declined to say what they were searching for when they went to Johnston's home. The woman's niece, Dozier, who lives in Fayette County, said she had yet to be told by police that her aunt was dead even though police had called a news conference and talked to reporters outside Grady Memorial Hospital.
"I had to hear she had been shot on TV," said Dozier, who said she wants a lot of questions answered and plans to hire a lawyer to get that information from police.
"As far as I'm concerned, they shot her down like a dog," she said.
AJC Article
Just MHO, but someone who is worried about getting raped in her own home is most likely not dealing drugs out of it. The article also doesn't state if the woman lived alone or with a relative who might have been dealing.
Sad situation all around.
