Roommate says Macduff had mental crisis before police shot him
Numerous calls placed for mental health intervention went ignored before fatal shooting, woman says.
Theresa Chapin says she reached out to police for help over the course of five days for her roommate, whom she believed was having a mental breakdown. When they finally responded after an emergency call from a neighbor Wednesday, Jan. 6, he was shot to death.
Chapin is still trying to wrap her head around what happened to her roommate, friend and former partner, Jacob Macduff.
Macduff, 26, was fatally shot by Tigard police officers Jan. 6, after police responded to a call about a domestic disturbance. The details of what happened when police arrived are still murky, but the department noted Saturday, Jan. 9 that five officers were on scene, including a negotiator. The officer who fired his weapon, Gabriel Maldonado, is a 14-year veteran of the Tigard Police Department. Maldonado, along with the other office
Carjacking suspect shot by officer after firing weapon at police in SE Houston, HPD says
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The shooting was reported about 1:25 a.m. in the 7600 block of Airport Boulevard.
According to HPD Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner, an officer saw a vehicle traveling nearly 100 mph on Telephone Road about 12:45 a.m. Officers said the vehicle then went eastbound on Airport Boulevard and dispatchers warned officers that a black Mercedes Benz was taken at a gas station on Beltway 8 near Telephone Road.
Police said when one of two patrol officers saw the vehicle and tried to approach the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Danielle Pope, got out of the vehicle and fired several shots at officers. Finner said one of the officers began firing back at the suspect, striking him once. Officers said they administered first aid on the suspect before he was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in serious condition.
Utah police shot at a record-tying 30 people in 2020. But Utahns do not have a clear picture of why this level of violence persists and what can be done about it because the state has failed to collect any data about police shootings.
1 dead, investigation underway after officer-involved shooting in Robeson County (Source: Robeson County Sheriff s Office) By WMBF News Staff | January 10, 2021 at 8:59 AM EST - Updated January 10 at 3:16 PM
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) - Authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Robeson County.
The Robeson County Sheriffâs Office said Sunday that deputies responded to the area of Janice Drive in Pembroke in reference to a 911 hang-up call at around 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
The caller was disconnected before dispatch was able to re-establish contact with the caller saying that they were going to âbled out.â before disconnecting again.
At the scene, deputies made contact with 46-year-old Matthew Oxendine, of Red Springs. Deputies said Oxendine was driving a vehicle on Janice Drive and was rushing the motor before backing it into the driveway and set fire to the headliner while still inside.
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