Pittsburgh police shoot driver, mother in chase

[jeff of pa]

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man and his mother are in serious condition after being shot by five police officers in the South Side early Sunday morning.
The incident started around 1:30 a.m. when the 37-year-old man ran a red light on 8th Avenue in Homestead, with his mother in the car.
Police then followed the car and chased the man at high speeds through Homestead, West Homestead and eventually down E. Carson Street on the South Side.

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Driver And Mother Shot By Police During Chase, In Serious Condition « CBS Pittsburgh

 

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[Infowarrior]

They shot the people inside the cars?!?!

What ever happened to taking their tires out?

I cant imagine how safe it is for 5 officers to be firing at a moving vehicle through the city.

 

[truckinbutch]

Good for them .

 

[dieselram94]

They were running from police, can't be the most upstanding citizens.........kind of asked for it don't you think?

 

[truckinbutch]

They were running from police, can't be the most upstanding citizens.........kind of asked for it don't you think?

They gave up their rights when he stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake .

 

[Gunrunner61]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

funny how gun violence is ok all of a sudden

 

[diggummup]

The police nowadays shoot first and ask questions later. I agree the guy shouldn't have run from the cops, but in this case, he had already crashed his car. The pursuit was over. His mother, who may or may not have been a participant, was also shot. She was probably an innocent victim in this matter and didn't deserve a bullet. If anyone needs gun control, it's the cops. Too many Barney Fife's running around these days.

 

[jeff of pa]

The police nowadays shoot first and ask questions later. I agree the guy shouldn't have run from the cops, but in this case, he had already crashed his car. The pursuit was over. His mother, who may or may not have been a participant, was also shot. She was probably an innocent victim in this matter and didn't deserve a bullet. If anyone needs gun control, it's the cops. Too many Barney Fife's running around these days.

Yes and if I caught the story correctly, all 5 police were off duty,
which may mean they were at the club, & carrying.
maybe not illegal, & maybe mandatory.
but obviously showing off.

is there an operating a weapon under the influence statute for off duty police especially ?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Didn't ANYONE even read the CBS news report...? Cops were ON-DUTY; driver was wanted for a crime, elsewhere; and using his car... AS A WEAPON! It IS unfortunate about his mother... BUT! The guy was 37; SHE couldn't even control him... read the damn REPORT!

 

[jeff of pa]

Didn't ANYONE even read the CBS news report...? Cops were ON-DUTY; driver was wanted for a crime, elsewhere; and using his car... AS A WEAPON! It IS unfortunate about his mother... BUT! The guy was 37; SHE couldn't even control him... read the damn REPORT!

The chase eventually stopped when five off-duty officers working detail at the nearby bars shot at the car and it slammed into another parked car near 13th Street on the South Side.

working detail how ? testing taste of the Molson ?


so that's the story they come up with after the fact ?

Remember the ending of "Beverley Hills cop" ?
& how everyone pumped their chests in their minds ?
(the cops in that still broke the law)

not saying it's happening in this case,
just asking, can we really trust that report ?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

working detail how ? testing taste of the Molson ?


so that's the story they come up with after the fact ?

Remember the ending of "Beverley Hills cop" ?

& how everyone pumped their chests in their minds ?

not saying it's happening in this case,
just asking, can we really trust that report ?

The cops were "working detail at the nearby bars..." the FACTS are...? Drinking...? Dunno.

 

[jeff of pa]

The cops were "working detail at the nearby bars..." the FACTS are...?

that facts are I still wish I knew what the facts really were

I trust what I see but not necessarily what I'm told

 

[Rebel - KGC]

working detail how ? testing taste of the Molson ?


so that's the story they come up with after the fact ?

Remember the ending of "Beverley Hills cop" ?
& how everyone pumped their chests in their minds ?
(the cops in that still broke the law)

not saying it's happening in this case,
just asking, can we really trust that report ?

It is a CBS NEWS report; the cops were ON-DUTY "working details" at nearby bars; MAYBE, NOT for the PD... BUT!
Gotta define "working details" by PD terms... AND! Whatever the politicies & procedures of the PD are... DON'T know what "Intel" they had on that guy; coulda been "armed & dangerous".

 

[jeff of pa]

It is a CBS NEWS report; the cops were ON-DUTY "working details" at nearby bars; MAYBE, NOT for the PD... BUT!
Gotta define "working details" by PD terms.

Yea I'd like to know how someone can be off duty & working Detail ?

off duty should mean not being paid.

so any detail would be free or on someone else's dime,

& to me off duty means Off duty

& I still see stopped when five off-duty officers working detail
in the CBS report above

 

[Rebel - KGC]

that facts are I still wish I knew what the facts really were

I trust what I see but not necessarily what I'm told

You "saw" it on the news, didn't ya...?

 

[jeff of pa]

not other then what's on the vid above.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

not other then what's on the vid above.

Still saw it on the "vid", tho.

 

[jeff of pa]

yea I saw the cops with their guns drawn & heard them yelling at everyone

 

[Rebel - KGC]

yea I saw the cops with their guns drawn & heard them yelling at everyone

Didn't watch "vid"; are they in uniforms? I read where Mass. State Police were Construction Worker Flaggers on "detailed duty". WHOO! NOT sure if it was on "company time"...