Lately cops have been running into armed naked people from California to Florida. I can understand that phenomenon in Kookfornia, but in Florida and elsewhere? If it’s not the result of dope, then it must be a phase of the moon.
POLICE SHOOT NAKED MAN IN BURNING HOME
Bay City News Service
October 21, 2012
VALLEJO, Calif. -- A police officer fatally shot a naked man armed with a rifle inside a home that had been set on fire in Vallejo early this morning, police said.
Officers responded at 1:28 a.m. to a home in the 2500 block of Alameda Drive on a report that two men were arguing and trying to burn their house down, according to police.
The men had also apparently broken windows of several cars in front of the home, police said.
The officers arrived to find a naked man running into the home.
When they confronted a naked man inside, a second naked man appeared from the back of the house armed with a rifle, police said.
The man pressed the barrel of the rifle against an officer's stomach, prompting another officer to fire his service weapon at the man, striking him, according to police.
As the officers took the two men into custody, they realized the house was on fire and took them outside. Other officers followed a blood trail to the backyard of the home where they found a recently slaughtered animal, police said.
Firefighters responded and put out the fire, which had engulfed the home.
The 29-year-old man who was shot by police was taken to KaiserPermanente Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. His name is not yet being released.
The other man taken into custody, a 28-year-old whose name is also not yet being released, was taken to a hospital for observation. He was not injured and was later booked into jail, police said.
Investigators believe the two men were under the influence of some kind of controlled substance and had shut power off to the home and set it on fire. The rifle, which was taken into custody, was loaded with a round in the chamber, according to police.
The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, as is standard department procedure while the case is investigated by police and the Solano County District Attorney's Office.
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2 OFF-DUTY OFFICERS FATALLY SHOOT NAKED WOMAN
The county sheriff’s office said in a news release that the men were approached by an ‘armed, naked and irrational female'
Associated Press
October 21, 2012
TAMPA, Florida — Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering Saturday, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday north of Tampa. The county sheriff's office said in a news release that the men were approached by an "armed, naked and irrational female." The news release does not identify the weapon, but it says "one or both of the law enforcement officers fired their weapons, striking the female." She died at the scene.
Lt. Cinda Moore, a spokeswoman for the Hernando sheriff's office, said in an email late Saturday that she could not immediately identify the woman or disclose the weapon she was carrying. She said she also could not comment on what the woman specifically said or did or whether she was told to drop the weapon.
The Tampa-area shooting comes two weeks after a naked, unarmed University of South Alabama freshman was fatally shot by a campus police officer after going to the police station there and pounding on the glass. The shooting has led to protests by students.
Police said 18-year-old Gil Collar had taken LSD and acted aggressively when an officer came outside carrying a gun. The officer repeatedly backed away from the student before firing. An attorney for the student's family says Collar never touched the officer and the fatal shooting never should have happened. Authorities have said a grand jury will review that shooting to determine whether charges should be filed.
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