Friday, July 24, 2009

Two for One! - Part 16 in my "Shoot First, Questions Never" series!

It's been six months since I've reported on a a righteous kill so....

A police officer who fatally shot an elderly woman and her daughter at a suburban Atlanta home was not aware when she was sent to the scene that the younger woman had said she wanted police to kill her.

The officer was responding to a 911 call around 9 p.m. Tuesday from 75-year-old Barbara Baker of Duluth, who reported that her daughter was on prescription drugs, some illegal drugs and had threatened suicide. As Baker was explaining to the responding officers that her daughter wanted police to shoot her, 51-year-old Penny Schwartz came down the stairs pointing a revolver, according to the police report. The 10-year police veteran felt threatened and fired, hitting both women said a police spokeswoman.

Baker died at the scene and Schwartz died overnight from her injuries at Gwinnett Medical Center. It is not clear how Baker ended up in the line of fire, and Gwinnett police are investigating.

2 comments:

Former Grunt said...

The mom got taken out too eh? There's no such thing as an innocent bystander in these cases anyway...

Civilian Overseer said...

"The 10-year police veteran felt threatened and fired, hitting both women said a police spokeswoman."

Two birds with one bullet, See that's the kind of accuracy that only experience brings. ;)