Police accidentally shoot 7-year-old girl in house search From The Detroit News - Polidicks

[QUOTE][B]George Hunter, Doug Guthrie and Valerie Olander / The Detroit News[/B] [I]Detroit[/I] -- Mertilla Jones recounted the horrific death of her granddaughter this evening outside the home where the 7-year-old was killed by a police bullet. "They blew my granddaughter's brains out. They killed her right before my eyes," Jones said. "I watched the light go out of her eyes. I seen it." Aiyana Jones was fatally shot early Sunday by a Detroit Police officer hunting for a murder suspect, police said. She had been asleep on a living room sofa when officers raided her east-side home. Advertisement Police arrested a 34-year-old suspect, but declined to say if he was found in the downstairs apartment where the girl was shot or in an upstairs flat they also raided. The shooting happened at 12:40 a.m., when the Special Response Team executed a no-knock search warrant on the duplex in the 4000 block of Lillibridge. Officers rushed in after throwing a stun grenade through the glass of a front window. Family members said they were told by police the gun discharged when Mertilla Jones, 46, attempted to wrestle away the officer's weapon. Later Sunday, police spokesman John Roach said the weapon may have fired simply because Jones and the officer collided. Mertilla Jones was held until Sunday afternoon, and it remained unclear if she will face charges. Police said she spent several hours hospitalized with what police described as medical issues. Ron Scott, leader of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, said tonight that his group will seek an investigation of the shooting by the U.S. Department of Justice and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. "They came into my house with a flash grenade and a bullet," said Charles Jones, father of the slain girl. "They say my mother (Mertilla Jones) resisted them, that she tried to take an officer's gun. My mother had never been in handcuffs in her life. They killed my baby and I want someone to tell the truth." Police had been seeking the 34-year-old suspect from Friday's slaying of 17-year-old Southeastern High School student Jerean Blake at a liquor store near the corner of Mack Avenue and St. Jean, said Detroit Police Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee. Speaking on behalf of Police Chief Warren Evans, who is on vacation, Godbee said, "This is every parent's worst nightmare. It's also every police officer's nightmare." Godbee stressed that information he released was preliminary, and that the police department planned to launch a full investigation. He also said police are not categorizing the shooting as accidental yet, "although we don't believe the gun was discharged intentionally." Deputy Chief James Tolbert said investigators will submit a warrant for the 34-year-old man "as soon as possible." The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on leave with pay during the investigation. "Based on our intelligence, we got a search warrant for the location (on Lillibridge)," Godbee said. "Because of the violent nature of the crime, we thought we were entering a potentially dangerous situation." Officers tossed the explosive device through the glass of an unopened window at the front of the house, Jones said. He said he rushed from a back bedroom to see his mother being pushed to the floor and another officer carrying his bleeding daughter from the house. "According to our officers and at least one independent witness, the officers announced themselves as police officers before going in," Godbee said. "This is a tragedy of unspeakable magnitude," Godbee said, calling Sunday "probably the worst day of my career." Godbee would not comment on reports that neighbors told officers that there were children in the house, and pointed out toys in the front yard. Godbee didn't say if the suspect in Blake's slaying was arrested in the downstairs or upstairs apartment. Godbee said, "The suspect was within the scope of our search warrant." He added that the warrant allowed police to search both units. Godbee said the suspect's car, which matched the description by witnesses to Friday's shooting of the 17-year-old on Mack, was at the location. "This hurts us all," Godbee said. "We're not robots; we have children of our own." Godbee extended an offer of help to Aiyana's family -- and expressed fear that anger might boil over in the community. "We might be the target of anger," Godbee said. "All we can do is stand ready to offer our condolences to the family, and any help we can give them." Charles Jones said he was trying to not be angry. He sat on the blood-stained front porch of his home Sunday, looking stunned and answering the questions of relatives, neighbors and news reporters. "I want this story to be heard. This was a wrongful death," Jones said. The vigil was under way tonight. in front of the home at 4054 Lillibridge. [/QUOTE] [URL]http://detnews.com/article/20100516/METRO/5160325/Police-accidentally-shoot-7-year-old-girl-in-house-search[/URL]

:eek:

Welcome to detroit mother fuckers :cool:

:h:

Fuck no-knock warrants. [editline]09:44PM[/editline] Also, if these officers get acquitted of all charges, I smell Rodney King V2.

-fuck you prismatex why'd you snip-

[quote] "I watched the light go out of her eyes. I seen it."[/quote] She seen it.

[QUOTE=TunnelSnake;21995368]-fuck you prismatex why'd you snip-[/QUOTE] what did i snip

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21995422]what did i snip[/QUOTE] Rodney King

Wasn't there an incident where cops shot and killed two dogs that were caged just a week ago? Trigger happy authorities are no good. And their excuse is always "intelligence says we were going into a dangerous situation." Fuck off, nothing is dangerous when everyone is sleeping, or animals are caged.

fuck the po-leese [editline]09:53PM[/editline] [QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21995422]what did i snip[/QUOTE] the tip of a penis [img]http://www.b2bcoaching.co.uk/thumbs%20up%20low%20res.jpg[/img] [i]"circumcision for the win"[/i]

[QUOTE=TunnelSnake;21995485]Rodney King[/QUOTE] there ya go hun

[i]Reads the thread title and the first few sentences[/i] :byodood: [i]reads the rest of the article[/i] :mad: [editline]02:01AM[/editline] [QUOTE=pyrofiliac;21995489][i]stupid shit[/i][/QUOTE] Just... get out. This is serious dude. We don't need idiotic jokes here.

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;21995584] Just... get out. This is serious dude. We don't need idiotic jokes here.[/QUOTE] I agree... ugh.... I hate it when people don't take their posts on an internet forum 100% seriously.... it's just so annoying ugh...

Those officers should consider themselves lucky, someone else in that position might have been so enraged as to return fire and kill them.

God damn stupid woman, you don't jump on a cop who has a loaded gun, that's just asking for shit to happen. Poor family, and poor cops, they both now need to know they killed an innocent child.

[QUOTE=evilweazel;21995709]God damn stupid woman, you don't jump on a cop who has a loaded gun, that's just asking for shit to happen.[/QUOTE] stun grenade into your house they break down the door yeah i'd jump on him too

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21995738]stun grenade into your house they break down the door yeah i'd jump on him too[/QUOTE] If a cop was screaming "GET ON THE GROUND" which i'm sure they were, you fucking do it not try to take his gun.

She shouldn't have been slingin coke.

[QUOTE=windwakr;21995819]I just saw this on :foxnews: after watching American Dad, that's horrible. We should kick Detroit out of the state, it's a big shit hole. [editline]...[/editline] It happened this morning: [url]http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/7-year-old-shot-and-killed-by-dpd[/url][/QUOTE] What where you doing watching Fox News? It's nothing but propaganda!

Accidents happen. Get over it. Edit: Of course the close-minded people would rate me boxes. See what I did there?

build a wall around detroit and set the city on fire [editline]10:24PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Identity;21995972]Accidents happen. Get over it.[/QUOTE] yeah, a police officer fatally shooting a 7 year old.. no big deal.

I wish we could just give Canada Detroit.. I don't want it anymore.

[QUOTE=JDK721;21995976]build a wall around detroit and set the city on fire [editline]10:24PM[/editline] yeah, a police officer fatally shooting a 7 year old.. no big deal.[/QUOTE] It really isn't. It's the same as those two reporters who were killed in Iraq. Yeah, sure it's sad. But stuff like this happens everyday. By tomorrow, you'll forget the entire story, except for the title. Lives are lost all the time due to wars, human negligence and human action, accidents, whether it be a car accident, plane, train, bicycle, whatever. These things happen.

The family will be rich now. They will be able to move to the expensive part of Detroit, where houses cost $100 not $1.

[QUOTE=Identity;21996030]It really isn't. It's the same as those two reporters who were killed in Iraq. Yeah, sure it's sad. But stuff like this happens everyday. By tomorrow, you'll forget the entire story, except for the title. Lives are lost all the time due to wars, human negligence and human action, accidents, whether it be a car accident, plane, train, bicycle, whatever. These things happen.[/QUOTE] "These things happen often so it's not a big deal." Identity, 2010

[QUOTE=Identity;21996030]It really isn't. It's the same as those two reporters who were killed in Iraq. Yeah, sure it's sad. But stuff like this happens everyday. By tomorrow, you'll forget the entire story, except for the title. Lives are lost all the time due to wars, human negligence and human action, accidents, whether it be a car accident, plane, train, bicycle, whatever. These things happen.[/QUOTE] Things happen. Wow. How'd you figure that out, Sherlock? Maybe next you'll tell us that that events occur?

[QUOTE=JDK721;21996075]"These things happen often so it's not a big deal." Identity, 2010[/QUOTE] Thanks. Though you didn't really need to point that out.

She shouldnt have tried to grab the gun then

[QUOTE=Identity;21996116]Thanks. Though you didn't really need to point that out.[/QUOTE] Well what do you expect, posting something as silly as "accidents happen, no point in learning from them!"