Posted on 05/14/2014 3:29:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The woman killed by a Salem police officer Friday night died from gunshot wounds to the head and chest.
State Medical Examiner Dr. Karen Gunson conducted the autopsy on Jacklynn Rashaun Ford, officials said in a release.
Ford, 25, was pulled over by Officer Trevor Morrison shortly after 10 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Watson Ave and NE Alameda Street. Officials said she ran and was hit by a bullet in Eastgate Basin Park.
Salem police shot Jacklynn Rashaun Ford to death after she ran from a traffic stop, May 9, 2014. She was 25. (KOIN 6 News) Salem police shot Jacklynn Rashaun Ford to death after she ran from a traffic stop, May 9, 2014. She was 25. (KOIN 6 News) Although she was given first aid by the pursuing officers until medics arrived, she died shortly thereafter at a nearby hospital.
Investigators at the scene found a gun in the location Ford fell, authorities said.
Eyewitness accounts
Eyewitness Michael Shelley told KOIN 6 News on Sunday he saw Ford standing in front of a streetlight when she was shot. Shelley said he doesn’t believe he saw her holding a gun.
“I just watched. I was mesmerized,” he said. He saw Ford standing across the street from his house after wrestling with a Salem police officer.
“They asked me if I saw a weapon at all. I said, it couldn’t have been on the right side. (That side was lit by the streetlight.) I couldn’t see anything on the left side.”
Crystal Ford, the mother of Jacklynn Ford, who was shot to death by Salem police, May 11, 2014 (KOIN 6 News) Crystal Ford, the mother of Jacklynn Ford, who was shot to death by Salem police, May 11, 2014 (KOIN 6 News) Ford’s mother, Crystal Ford, told KOIN 6 News Sunday her daughter was right-handed. She also said investigators aren’t giving her much information.
“I just want to know what happened. They won’t tell me anything,” she said.
“To me, it doesn’t seem right. I mean, how she was a threat to this officer.”
Mark Sharp, who lives near the site of the shooting, said he saw Ford run across the street and wrestle with officers.
“That’s when I hear a man’s voice yelling ‘stop, stop, stop,’” he told KOIN 6 News on Saturday.
“I hear ‘pop-pop-pop’ and I’m, like, wait a minute. I saw him standing over her and smoke was rising up from the firearm,” he said.
Salem police shot Jacklynn Rashaun Ford to death after she ran from a traffic stop, May 9, 2014. She was 25. (KOIN 6 News) Salem police shot Jacklynn Rashaun Ford to death after she ran from a traffic stop, May 9, 2014. She was 25. (KOIN 6 News) “The dog had the woman, pulling her, dragging her across the grass then the other officers started showing up.”
Crystal Ford also met with Sharp on Sunday when she dropped off some flowers at the spot where her daughter was shot.
“It’s very inhumane,” she said. “There’s no justification for that. I don’t understand that at all.”
Morrison, a 12-year veteran of the force, is on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Neither he nor his K-9 partner, Baco, were hurt in the chase.
The Oregon State Police Major Crimes Division is leading the investigation.
Im confused.
“Slain Woman Shot by Salem Police in Head, Chest”
Is that like “Dead woman killed by death?”
Why would police shoot a slain woman?
Why’d they shoot a slain woman?
“Im confused.”
I’m glad to see it’s not just me
There was no slain dog to shoot. /s
This is almost unreadable. What part of the body is the Eastgate Park? I am not very good at Latin. Sounds like the cop might have accidentally dropped his backup gun.
I’m more interested in the events than the grammatical style. Why’d she get shot for just a traffic stop? Was she stopped on some felony warrant? If not, what traffic violation could merit deadly force?
“Investigators at the scene found a gun in the location Ford fell, authorities said.”
Yea, I bet they did. /s
Why would police shoot a slain woman?
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Possibly they’ve watched too many episodes of The Walking Dead.
If you’ve ever been shot in the Eastgate Basin Park, it hurts like heck.
Ba-da-bum, Ba-da-bing!
“Investigators at the scene found a gun in the location Ford fell, authorities said.”
Yea, I bet they did. /s
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I’m with you-—I don’t believe the “found gun” was the girl’s. Some cops keep an unregistered, cheap “saturday night special” concealed on them to plant at a crime scene. And that’s not only on television folks.
Thank you. I’ll be here all night. Be sure to tip your wait staff.
Why was the witness wrestling with a Salem police officer?
This article is such a mess, I really can't follow the story.
Why would they shoot a slain woman?
;-)
A good friend of my quit the Lancaster Texas police and lost a good career as a police office over their apparent history and habit of planting guns on people arrested for more minor violations.
“If not, what traffic violation could merit deadly force?”
Any violation requiring such action by a PolicePerson which might result in wasting the sacramental calories bestowed upon said PolicePerson in the Donut Sacrament is a felony and may result in shooting at the sole discretion of said PolicePerson.
Mock not the Donut Sacrament!
THAT'S the important part of the story.
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