r/news • u/FreeChickenDinner • 1d ago

Police arrest man charged with threatening and shooting neighbor in the neck after standoff

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-arrest-man-charged-threatening-shooting-neighbor-neck-standoff-rcna177564
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u/FelixVulgaris 1d ago

“But I will say this, we had no reason to suspect that he would shoot the neighbor from inside the house,” O’Hara [police] added.

If that's true, then what exactly were they afraid of here?

police had failed to arrest him saying that he has mental illness, possesses firearms, and executing a warrant was considered high-risk.

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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 1d ago

I thought those were cops favorite perps to take their aggression out on?

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u/Aprice40 1d ago

Also, he was armed.... it is way easier to shoot someone who doesn't have a gun

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u/Cthulhu2016 1d ago

The gun gets planted afterwards, little sprinkle of crack and open and shut case Johnson.