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62-Year-Old Woman Shot and Killed After Threatening Officer With Scissors
The Blade via YellowBrix
December 16, 2009
The officer responsible will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the department’s firearms review board.
The incident is the fifth this year in which Toledo police have shot and killed a suspect.
Chief Navarre acknowledged that number is “very high.” “It’s unusual to have more than one or two a year,” Chief Navarre said.
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On May 24, Richard Dale Carr II, 32, shot and wounded three of his neighbors under the delusion that they had killed his parents, who were out of town at the time.
Mr. Carr, who reportedly had been treated for mental illness, was shot and killed by Toledo police responding to the scene.
Devon Tyrone Woods, 21, was wanted in Michigan on murder charges in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend when he exchanged gunfire with police in West Toledo on Aug. 9. Officers fired 34 rounds at Woods before he was taken to Toledo Hospital and pronounced dead.
On Oct. 29, Toledo police shot and killed Pyon Yong Su Simmons, 29, who was bipolar, after he stabbed his mother inside their North Toledo home.
As she escaped, officers arriving on scene were confronted by Simmons, who assaulted officers with metal pipes. Tasers were deployed unsuccessfully and Simmons was shot several times.
Alvin Tate, 28, was shot three times by police outside Big Shots tavern at 931 West Central Ave. after he had first fired multiple rounds on Nov. 7. He died days later.
Lawful_Blue
over 3 years ago
1184 Comments
People..........
Whalewatcher
over 3 years ago
9792 Comments
Sad that someone who needed better care from her caregivers was so tragically let down, and lost her life as a result. The officers did their best to quell this situation with less-than-lethal force(the failed Taser shock), and were forced to use deadly force. I am glad they went home in one piece
Anonymous
over 3 years ago
I was a little skeptical when I read the title.. but after reading the article and working with High Violent mentally ill offenders.. I give the ladies the thumbs up. It is unfortunate that the taser malfunctioned, it is also unfortuante this lady was too ill to understand the danger she posed. But I gotta agree, at the end of the day the LEO's went home unharmed. WTG Ladies!
bourneshooter
over 3 years ago
18 Comments
Good shooting. Way to avoid a potential stabbing wound and to be able to go home safely at the end of your shift officers.
Anonymous
over 3 years ago
This sounds like a good shoot! Hats off to the officers for being on their toes. Too bad the Taser didn't work properly in this situation though, because this could have probably been avoided.
jmccall1972
over 3 years ago
124 Comments
if the officer shootings in toledo were not up then the officer death rate in toledo would be nice job girls it was a good shoot. DONT HESITATE stay safe choose your words wisely chief
7yt43tquma
over 3 years ago
7224 Comments
Glad the officers are safe and unhurt. A threat from a non medicated schizophrenic is astounding, one of the medical students 3 years ahead of me was stabbed multiple times by a noncompliant actively psychotic shizophrenic and he died..it was sad. From that point on, every interview room has a panic button, and the med staff sit at the door, that is where the guy made his mistake, the psychotic pt was seated nearest the door, and he was across the room where there was no exit. I too question why this patient was not court ordered to have depot anti-psychotic injections.....she maybe alive today. Sad how schizophrenics get lost in the cracks. Anyway, again, I am very glad the officers are OK, but, I hope they get the counseling they need as well now that they had to take a life.............
Katz
over 3 years ago
8264 Comments
It's sad that the woman hadn't been given her meds. that was the caregivers responsibility, I would think. As for the shooting, the officer had to protect herself.
Jonas
over 3 years ago
38360 Comments
Why weren't the care givers doing something about the medication. What kind of care were they giving. This is very sad. And what DarkBlue said, too!
DarkBlue
over 3 years ago
4880 Comments
After The Chief made the comment that Police shootings resulting in the Deaths of a suspects is "very high " , he should of also stated that this is due to the VERY HIGH RATE that Police are being attacked by the Public. One goes with the other.....and it's coast to coast.
This assaultive Mindset starts with those HIGH in Power PUBLICLY judging Police Officers without all the facts, and making statements like " they acted stupidly " ....and that most LEO's are Racially Biased. This is just the beginning I'm afraid.
Anonymous
over 3 years ago
Good question, Rescue. A lot of postings on here would seem to bear that out. Of course, that also brings up the question of where their caregivers and family members are and why, if so many people knew that these people needed care, nobody was around to give it until after the cops are involved.
Well, the officers tried to subdue her peacefully and, from what I see, properly exercised their use of force doctrine, so good on them for trying their best.
RescueNanny
over 3 years ago
2646 Comments
Is it just me or are we as a nation (as a whole) seeing an increase in people with mental illness? It seems that a lot of officer involved shootings that were done in defense of themselves and the public occured because the suspects all had history of mental illness.
I'm glad the officers got to go home at the end of the day though.
chpprsinc
over 3 years ago
402 Comments
If you mess with the bull your gonna get the horns unfortunatly at the cost of a human life in this case. Good job, officer safety is #1
trooperman911
over 3 years ago
2448 Comments
fplasencia, I do recall my training from Calibre Press, on Officer Survival, and the distance one can close toward a target at twenty-five feet is astronomical. I have to give this shooting a Thumbs up and add that with the amount of LEO's being killed, there is no room for a second place winner out on the streests any longer. To close...when you dance you pay the fiddler.
Anonymous
over 3 years ago
Sorry for the lady, but I have to rate this up. Well done girls.
Does anyone remembers in training how quickly someone can get to stab you from 25ft...? If you do, you'll see this the way I do... Can't take any chances with this threat.