Shots were fired Sunday at Cleveland police officers in a foot chase of a suspect near the site of a boy’s fatal encounter with officers last year, police said.
Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters Sunday afternoon that officers responded that morning to a report of six men waving guns and a man at the scene fled police when they tried to question him. The chief said the man pointed a gun at police and an officer fired four rounds without hitting the man, who continued running.
A number of unidentified people then began firing at officers from behind as police continued chasing the man, who was apprehended a few blocks away, Williams said.
No one was shot, but the man who fled was treated at a hospital for what appeared to be a small puncture wound to his stomach, Williams said.
“We believe that wound occurred while the suspect was jumping fences,” Williams said.
The chase occurred not far from where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot in November by an officer. That racially charged case sparked outrage around the country. The boy was black; the officer is white. A grand jury is to decide whether charges should be brought against the officer.
Dozens of people gathered nearby Sunday as police investigated, and they yelled angrily at officers. The crowd’s anger eventually eased. The anger appeared to have been triggered by unsubstantiated rumors of police wrongdoing, Williams said.
“Rumors like this get going and then people get upset because they think police are trying to cover up something, which is not the case,” he said.
Police found the handgun they believe the man pointed at officers and apparently threw through a window into a vacant house, Williams said.
Police spokesman Ali Pillow said the department’s use of deadly force investigation team will look into the shooting, and he expects that the officer who fired his weapon and the two officers who were shot at by unknown suspects will be placed on administrative leave. He had no additional information on the injured man’s identity or age.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/shots-fired-cleveland-police-foot-chase-suspect-31763408
“A number of unidentified people then began firing at officers from behind as police continued chasing the man,….”
BRAVO!!!…. Good citizens working on the pig infestation problem. I’d like to read about this happening everyday. It’s refreshing to know that there are some responsible Americans out there, who understand their civic duty to fight for their rights. The stinking pig bastards are the main violators of them.
Don’t feel bad about slaughtered pigs. They took the oath, and decided to violate it. They’re murderous criminals, every one of them, and they’re intentionally beating the crap out of innocent Americans just for kicks.
They’re our society’s biggest menace, and they have to go. One way or another.
“Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters Sunday afternoon that officers responded that morning to a report of six men waving guns and a man at the scene fled police when they tried to question him.”
So nobody was hurting or harming anyone but the pigs had to charge in and make it seem like they were after some kind of criminals in order to justify their existence. So I guess the charges will be something like “standing around while armed and talking without a permit.”