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Police Shoot Dead Grandfather, 72, While Searching the Wrong Home for Burglar
http://www.theblaze.com ^ | 07/27/2013 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 07/26/2013 9:30:35 PM PDT by redreno

Police in Fort Worth, Texas, are blaming “poor lighting” after two officers went to the wrong home in search of a possible burglar and ended up shooting a 72-year-old man dead in his garage. The officers, who are both in their first year with Fort Worth PD, were responding to a burglary alarm on May 28 when the tragic mistake occurred.

“Due to poor lighting conditions, and officers attempting to arrive on the scene undetected,” the cops approached the home of Jerry Waller by mistake, according to an affidavit. The house they were actually supposed to go to was across the street.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; donutwatch; fortworth; guncontrol; guns; jbta; justiceforjerry; moronwithbadge; policeshooting; poorlighting; rookiemistake; sourcetitlenoturl; standyourground; texas; warriorcops; wronghouse; wronghouseagain
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To: redreno

OMG!!! The Police shot an elderly WALKER!!!


61 posted on 07/27/2013 12:06:03 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Gene Eric

None, why do you ask? It’s just that this whole continuing thread of cops going to the wrong house is mystifying to me.

We have so many stories of gung-ho LEOs barging into houses and ruining lives...at the wrong address.

For so much firepower to get aimed in the wrong direction is comically depressing.


62 posted on 07/27/2013 12:15:10 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.)
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To: Errant

While there are many jokes to be made of the headline.....One day that will be me.

Cops just running out depending on Tom-Tom or Garmin type systems will always make this mistake.

I will shoot the first bastard that rushes my homestead, badge or no, I am innocent.


63 posted on 07/27/2013 12:20:16 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: redreno

Obviously, the man should have had a dog. Then the Barney Fife guys would have shot the dog and alerted the homeowner to their presence.


64 posted on 07/27/2013 12:20:46 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: The Cajun

I cannot even identify with 15 years ago. This Nation is on a fast track to utter mayhem. This tribal crap is going to ruin America.


65 posted on 07/27/2013 12:24:07 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Rhetorical.

>> We have so many stories of gung-ho LEOs

Paramilitary and SWAT.

Policy, bureaucracy, and unions have decimated preparedness and accountability.


66 posted on 07/27/2013 12:30:41 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: redreno

These cops said he pointed the gun at them. They always say that! They will probably be promoted now. /s


67 posted on 07/27/2013 1:18:53 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: Chode

My first thought.


68 posted on 07/27/2013 1:19:46 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: redreno
Police shoot dead grandfather...

Shooting an old man's corpse for target practice?

69 posted on 07/27/2013 2:34:06 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Jet Jaguar

But Chief, he looked exactly like those targets we used. We were just falling back on our training.
Also how come you never here about an ambulance picking someone up at the wrong house or the fire department responding to the wrong residence. Maybe the Fire Department should be sent first so the cops will know where to stop. Look for the big red truck.


70 posted on 07/27/2013 3:18:29 AM PDT by DeWalt
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To: redreno

Thank God he was already dead.


71 posted on 07/27/2013 3:24:49 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: DeWalt

Excellent!


72 posted on 07/27/2013 3:25:17 AM PDT by glock rocks (No comment.)
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To: roadcat
Just hope she would be able to hide the camera hard drive so the cops don’t steal it.

Auto continuous backup to the cloud.

73 posted on 07/27/2013 3:53:04 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: redreno

As a citizen who was not speaking Spanish, or from Iran
or Mexico illegally, HE HAD NO RIGHT TO LIVE.


74 posted on 07/27/2013 3:55:14 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Sherman Logan

the real HDD should be hidden too, put a dummy one out for the thieves/cops to take


75 posted on 07/27/2013 3:56:34 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Jeff Head

One result of ever expanding SWATification. Except that the original SWATs (the TV show had a pretty cool tune, I used to play it as a piano exercise) didn’t show up for mere run of the mill burglaries. What kind of “superheros” get odd and even house numbers confused?


76 posted on 07/27/2013 3:58:15 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: GeronL

Actually, both HDDs can be “real” ones. It’s just that one of them is in a hidden location.


77 posted on 07/27/2013 3:58:56 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

true!


78 posted on 07/27/2013 3:59:32 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: EEGator

“They should pay a price, but I highly doubt they planned to kill him before arriving.”

I’m sure they’ll be sternly chastised and banned from donut shops for a whole week!


79 posted on 07/27/2013 4:09:40 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (GOTS: Food, water, guns, ammo, useful skills, friends, cash, and precious metals.)
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To: SaraJohnson

“We would go to jail for killing the wrong guy at a crime scene. The excuse of “I could not see who I was shooting” probably would not go over real big.”

Silly serf. Of course you would go to prison. And Lord help you if the person you happened to shoot was a 17 y.o. black male high on cough syrup.


80 posted on 07/27/2013 4:14:43 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (GOTS: Food, water, guns, ammo, useful skills, friends, cash, and precious metals.)
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