Bizarre LEO ND leads to death of suspect.

[techres]

Tragic Case of ND:

Driver Accidentally Killed By Lebanon Officer

McKinley and Officer Mitch McDannald arrived at the crash scene.
After Thompson wrecked, McKinley approached the driver's side of his car and tried to remove Thompson from the vehicle, Lebanon police commissioner Billy Weeks said.

With a weapon drawn, police said, McKinley went into the ditch toward the car, slipped and accidentally discharged his weapon.

McDannald said he saw McKinley hit the ground and the gun discharge and thought Thompson had shot McKinley. McDannald then returned fire and shot Thompson multiple times, killing him. Neighbors said they awoke when they heard about 15 gunshots.

Almost like a friendly fire case, but not really. So, in this case, even though the first round went into the ground safely, it started a course of action for the following 15.

Be careful out there. Even if your ND is controlled, you have no idea what it could start around you.

Prayers to all involved.

 

[garagegunmaker]

Interesting story. Never really thought of what a ND might cause.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Lesson learned: there's a price to pay for the newfangled ninjy notion of keeping your finger on the trigger. Too bad something else had to pay the freight on that.

"How many times have you fallen down and then think about how many gunfights you've been in. Get your FINGER off the TRIGGER." Clint Smith.

This is shocking to me as I have been in gun school class with Lebanon PD for many years now.

Must be more to this and I know the media does not always get it right.

 

[Bigum1969]

Not knowing too many facts, it does sound like the shooting could've been averted with some better situational awareness.

 

[wtfd661]

A Wilson County man was fatally shot and killed by police after an officer believed the driver had shot at pursuing officers. Lebanon Officer David McKinley said the pursuit began after the driver, Gregory Thompson, 22, nearly hit his vehicle head-on along the Highway 70 bypass.

Definitely a sad story all the way around.

 

[Protest]

The story makes it sound like it was a high speed pursuit leading up to the crash and then the incident.

 

[schafe]

I guess that is just another reason not to run from the cops. when they do catch up with you..and they probably will...They will have guns drawn, and aimed at you. Still, though, this is truly tragic. I'm glad i'm not the officer who mistakenly shot the young man. I can't begin to imagine how he must feel! He'll be living and reliving this incident for the rest of his life.

 

[SMiller]

Something isn't right with this, I am sure Sheriff Ken would have his officers top notch trained, I find it hard to believe he would have his finger on the trigger...


Almost makes me think the guy went for something and the officer made something up. Truth is we will never know what really happened.

 

[Bushido Devil Dog]

Lesson learned: there's a price to pay for the newfangled ninjy notion of keeping your finger on the trigger. Too bad something else had to pay the freight on that.

"How many times have you fallen down and then think about how many gunfights you've been in. Get your FINGER off the TRIGGER." Clint Smith.

This is shocking to me as I have been in gun school class with Lebanon PD for many years now.

In Lebanon, Tennesee,

LEBANON, Tenn. -- A Wilson County man was fatally shot and killed by police after an officer believed the driver had shot at pursuing officers....

...where this took place? Just curious...

Must be more to this and I know the media hardly ever gets it right.

Fixed it for ya...

 

[Bushido Devil Dog]

Something isn't right with this, I am sure Sheriff Ken would have his officers top notch trained, I find it hard to believe he would have his finger on the trigger...

Maybe it is the fact that this was in Lebanon, Tennessee...

LEBANON, Tenn. -- A Wilson County man was fatally shot and killed by police after an officer believed the driver had shot at pursuing officers.

...not Lebanon, Indiana.

 

[96firephoenix]

The OP didn't make it clear what state this town of Lebanon was in... so I can easily see where assumptions would be made.

horrible accident, and I"m glad no LEO were hurt.

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

I'm a former LEO. Think about that before beginning a flame war.

On the surface this doesn't sound like an accident. It sounds like gross negligence leading to a homicide. One guy slides down the ditch, pops a round, and the other comes over the hill and empties a mag into an immobilized, unarmed, formerly fleeing suspect? Seriously?

Where's the situational awareness training? Where's the communication between officers? Where's the training to keep your finger away from the button? Something just doesn't pass the smell test here.

 

[jmiller676]

3 sides to every story; yours, mine, and the truth.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Originally Posted by Kirk Freeman
Lesson learned: there's a price to pay for the newfangled ninjy notion of keeping your finger on the trigger. Too bad something else had to pay the freight on that.

"How many times have you fallen down and then think about how many gunfights you've been in. Get your FINGER off the TRIGGER." Clint Smith.

This is shocking to me as I have been in gun school class with Lebanon PD for many years now.

Originally Posted by The Dog

In Lebanon, Tennesee,

Yes, I have been in gun skul with officers from Lebanon, Tennessee.

I mean my parole officer does let me out of the state, dog.

 

[SMiller]

My bad, I "figured" this was Lebanon, IN since this is a Indiana web-site. I just can't see Boone Co. sherriff's dept. making this kind of mistake, they are probably the most well trained PD in the state.

 

[edsinger]

This is sad.....

 

[IndyMonkey]

All of it could of been avoided by not running from the police.

 

[buffalo-springfield40]

All of it could of been avoided by not running from the police.

agreed.....kinda ironic..this guy runs from leo and accidently now is dead...O.J. runs for hours with a gun in his hands with a hundred cops chasing him...well...wheres a good accident when ya need it?

 

[bigiron]

My bad, I "figured" this was Lebanon, IN since this is a Indiana web-site. I just can't see Boone Co. sherriff's dept. making this kind of mistake, they are probably the most well trained PD in the state.

make no mistake, BCSD isn't part of Lebanon Police Department. although the departments have alot of common ground, Lebanon runs their own show. we now know this is lebanon tenn. You're right, sheriff ken teaches the exact opposite of what happend here. lebanon on the other hand, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, maybe. anyhow, this situation sucks for all involved but the lesson to be learned is not to run from the police and when they catch up to you expect the worst, thats common sense.

 

[buffalo-springfield40]

prayers goes out to everyone involved in this terrible situation...but i can't imagine what the cop who shot this guy must be going thru....gotta be ruff!