Police Shoot & Kill Grandfather While Responding To Burglary Call

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/28/police-shoot-kill-grandfather-while-responding-to-burglary-call/

Jittery illtrained Arsewipes!

First, the old guy who got shot probably should not have picked up a gun and went to investigate the alarm. He is not a cop. If an alarm is going off and you are in the vicinity armed with a gun and you are not a policeman, what do you think you look like to a cop?

Second, the stupid police didn't say "halt?" or, "drop the gun?" Did they just shoot? They need to get desk jobs for life or be fired. They don't deserve to be cops.

Family of man fatally shot by Fort Worth police disputes details

Police officials said Tuesday it wasn’t clear how two responding officers — identified by police as Richard A. Hoeppner and Benjamin B. Hanlon — ended up at Waller’s house. They encountered him with a pistol inside or near his garage. One or both officers opened fire, hitting Waller multiple times.

Officials said the officers — both of whom graduated from the police academy last November — identified themselves to Waller, but felt threatened.

"When I went out there, the place was totally dark," said Kathy Waller, the victim's wife. "All I could see were flashlights.”

She said her husband might have mistaken the officers for burglars, just as they apparently mistook him for a suspect.

“They just came down my driveway, flashing lights, and he thought it was burglars going after his car,” Mrs. Waller said Tuesday night.

The family released a statement Wednesday that said they were "deeply troubled by the police department misrepresenting details of the incident in their interviews with the media," and that Jerry Waller's body was found in his own garage.

"We were disturbed by suggestions that police may have felt threatened by a man in his own garage faced with unknown trespassers wielding flashlights," the family's statement read. "We look forward to a full investigation of this terrible incident that will lead to meaningful steps to ensure that nothing like this will happen again."

so,they killed the Man on his own Property,possibly inside his dwelling!

and by two rookie cops...

Good for them! We need less old people in the world!
We need more babies running things around here!



Darn cops!
I bet they were in kahoots with the Mountain Dew stealing aliens!

yep,more Babies like those two Dumb Rookies!

How in hell can they pair up two Rookie-Cops on patrol like this?

This is why I believe every Texan should carry a gun!

Have you ever been to FT. Worth?

He was shot 6 times in his garage.

Mayor, legal experts weigh in on Fort Worth grandfather shot in his garage.

FORT WORTH -- As the investigation into an officer-involved shooting that left a 72-year-old grandfather dead continues, there are fresh calls for an outside, third-party review of the incident.

Jerry Waller was killed inside his own garage in the Woodhaven neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

A pair of Fort Worth police officers, who have been on the force less than a year, were responding to a burglary alarm in the area.

The pair was originally dispatched to a home across the street from the Waller's, but for some reason, ended up face-to-face with Waller after he opened his garage door.

Sources say it was Ofc. Richard Hoeppner who opened fire and shot Waller, after feeling threatened because he was carrying a .38-caliber handgun.

Outside legal experts say Waller was legally able to have a gun in his own garage.

"A garage is part of your house -- if someone went into your garage, you would charge them with burglary, so it's part of your house," said Jerry Loftin, a longtime Fort Worth-based defense attorney.

The Waller family has said Waller was carrying a weapon because he and his wife noticed lights and noise outside, and he went to see if burglars were on his property.

The family wants an outside entity to review the case.

Loftin agrees that is the best way to ease concern and end growing speculation that is surrounding the investigation.

"There has to be a review from outside," he told News 8.

On Thursday, Fort Worth police again said they wouldn't provide additional details until after their internal review is finished. That could take at least a few weeks.

Mayor Betsy Price wouldn't go into details about the incident, either.

When asked about whether an outside investigation was warranted, she said, "It's really hard to say... I think the police department will take a look. They generally do an excellent job in their investigations."

What happened between Waller and officers Hoeppner and Ben Hanlon, the other rookie involved, in the moments just before the shooting remains unknown.

The police association told News 8 on Wednesday that they hope the public doesn't rush to judgment, and that more details about what happened will emerge.

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