Yo i hope yo fam is aiight, fucc the police!! they think its cool to shoot a muthafucca, unarmed or not, or even in the back while they in handcuffs, like this shit that happened out here in vegas not too long ago....
Undersheriff says man fled officers while handcuffed
By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Las Vegas police officers walk through the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting at an apartment complex on Stewart Avenue, near Nellis Boulevard, on Saturday.
Photo by Isaac Brekken/Review-Journal
Metropolitan Police Department officers shot and killed a handcuffed homicide suspect on Saturday morning as the suspect fled officers at an East Las Vegas apartment complex, Undersheriff Doug Gillespie said.
The suspect was shot twice in the back, Gillespie said at the shooting scene at 5250 Stewart Avenue, near Nellis Boulevard.
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The suspect was taken to University Medical Center and underwent surgery but died from his wounds, police said.
Although Las Vegas police didn't identify the suspect, acquaintances said his name was "Suave" Scranton and he was in his late teens.
Several acquaintances said Scranton was a suspect in the killing of Kyle Stacey, who they said was shot to death on Tuesday.
Authorities on Saturday would not confirm the identity of the shooting victim or provide information on why he was considered a homicide suspect.
Gillespie declined to go into detail about the shooting, saying police were continuing to investigate the incident.
"I know there will be questions, so please be patient with us," he said.
Saturday's shooting was the seventh so far this year involving a Metropolitan Police Department officer in which a suspect or officer was killed. Most recently, on April 28, Las Vegas police shot and killed another suspect who was allegedly fleeing from police in his car.
The shooting on Saturday took place a little before 8 a.m., Gillespie said.
Police Department homicide detectives went to the Broadstone Sunrise Mountain apartments and took the suspect into custody.Two homicide detectives handcuffed the suspect, with his hands behind his back, and placed him in their vehicle, Gillespie said.
The police then noticed that the vehicle's door had opened and the suspect, who had worked his still-handcuffed hands to the front of his body, had started to run away, Gillespie said. The suspect ran through the parking lot of the gated apartment complex, and the officers fired two rounds at him, hitting the suspect twice in the back, Gillespie said.
"We want a clear message to the media and the public to have patience while we conduct a thorough investigation," said Gillespie, who didn't comment further on the details of the shooting.
The victim wasn't the only suspect homicide detectives wanted to question. James Carter Jr., 16, was with Scranton when police took him into custody on Saturday morning, said Carter's father, James Carter Sr., 48. The elder Carter said his son was booked into jail on murder and attempted murder charges in connection with the slaying of Stacey.
"I am sorry for the family (of Stacey), and my regret goes out to them," he said.
Forrest Sloan, 18, said he was questioned for several hours Saturday morning by police about the shooting death of Stacey. Scranton is alleged to have lured Stacey to the desert and then killed him and stolen his car, said Sloan, who described himself as a friend of Stacey and an acquaintance of Scranton.
Scranton later crashed the vehicle, said Kelvin "Kellz" Coleman, 20, an acquaintance of Scranton and a friend of Stacey. "(Stacey) died for nothing," he said.
Sloan and Michael Starr, 18, who also said he was an acquaintance of Scranton, confirmed that Scranton was the man killed by police on Saturday.
Many residents at the apartment complex asked police questions as they drove through the parking lot. One resident, Frances Kerr, 25, who has lived in the complex for three years, said this was the first homicide she was aware of at the normally quiet Broadstone Sunrise Mountain apartments.
"It shocks me that this happened," she said.
Police are withholding the names of the officers involved in the shooting for 48 hours, in accordance with department policy.
Undersheriff says man fled officers while handcuffed
By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Las Vegas police officers walk through the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting at an apartment complex on Stewart Avenue, near Nellis Boulevard, on Saturday.
Photo by Isaac Brekken/Review-Journal
Metropolitan Police Department officers shot and killed a handcuffed homicide suspect on Saturday morning as the suspect fled officers at an East Las Vegas apartment complex, Undersheriff Doug Gillespie said.
The suspect was shot twice in the back, Gillespie said at the shooting scene at 5250 Stewart Avenue, near Nellis Boulevard.
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The suspect was taken to University Medical Center and underwent surgery but died from his wounds, police said.
Although Las Vegas police didn't identify the suspect, acquaintances said his name was "Suave" Scranton and he was in his late teens.
Several acquaintances said Scranton was a suspect in the killing of Kyle Stacey, who they said was shot to death on Tuesday.
Authorities on Saturday would not confirm the identity of the shooting victim or provide information on why he was considered a homicide suspect.
Gillespie declined to go into detail about the shooting, saying police were continuing to investigate the incident.
"I know there will be questions, so please be patient with us," he said.
Saturday's shooting was the seventh so far this year involving a Metropolitan Police Department officer in which a suspect or officer was killed. Most recently, on April 28, Las Vegas police shot and killed another suspect who was allegedly fleeing from police in his car.
The shooting on Saturday took place a little before 8 a.m., Gillespie said.
Police Department homicide detectives went to the Broadstone Sunrise Mountain apartments and took the suspect into custody.Two homicide detectives handcuffed the suspect, with his hands behind his back, and placed him in their vehicle, Gillespie said.
The police then noticed that the vehicle's door had opened and the suspect, who had worked his still-handcuffed hands to the front of his body, had started to run away, Gillespie said. The suspect ran through the parking lot of the gated apartment complex, and the officers fired two rounds at him, hitting the suspect twice in the back, Gillespie said.
"We want a clear message to the media and the public to have patience while we conduct a thorough investigation," said Gillespie, who didn't comment further on the details of the shooting.
The victim wasn't the only suspect homicide detectives wanted to question. James Carter Jr., 16, was with Scranton when police took him into custody on Saturday morning, said Carter's father, James Carter Sr., 48. The elder Carter said his son was booked into jail on murder and attempted murder charges in connection with the slaying of Stacey.
"I am sorry for the family (of Stacey), and my regret goes out to them," he said.
Forrest Sloan, 18, said he was questioned for several hours Saturday morning by police about the shooting death of Stacey. Scranton is alleged to have lured Stacey to the desert and then killed him and stolen his car, said Sloan, who described himself as a friend of Stacey and an acquaintance of Scranton.
Scranton later crashed the vehicle, said Kelvin "Kellz" Coleman, 20, an acquaintance of Scranton and a friend of Stacey. "(Stacey) died for nothing," he said.
Sloan and Michael Starr, 18, who also said he was an acquaintance of Scranton, confirmed that Scranton was the man killed by police on Saturday.
Many residents at the apartment complex asked police questions as they drove through the parking lot. One resident, Frances Kerr, 25, who has lived in the complex for three years, said this was the first homicide she was aware of at the normally quiet Broadstone Sunrise Mountain apartments.
"It shocks me that this happened," she said.
Police are withholding the names of the officers involved in the shooting for 48 hours, in accordance with department policy.
