DEC 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 12

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concealed weapon on him while handcuffed in the back of the cruiser, KDVR.com reported. The suspect shot one of two officers inside the parking structure at a detention center. The officer suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was shot multiple times by at least one other officer. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. UVALDE OFFICIALS SAY LO- CAL PROSECUTOR IMPEDED INVESTIGATION INTO POLICE RESPONSE TO SHOOTING The City of Uvalde is suing the local district attorney, accusing her of withholding information an independent investigator needs to conduct an internal affairs investigation of the police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting. City officials hired Jesse Prado of JPPI Investigations LLC to conduct the internal affairs inquiry. The suit filed Thursday names Christina Mitchell, Uvalde County district attorney for the 38th Judicial District, as the lone defendant. It seeks a judge to compel Mitchell, who could not be immediately contacted for comment, to hand over all relevant law enforcement investigative records and materials from all law enforcement agencies. “The internal affairs investigation by Prado is ongoing, but it is significantly restricted by the scope of evidence available to Prado by defendant,” the suit alleged. In a statement about the suit, city officials said the Uvalde community had “waited entirely too long for answers and transparency” about the May 24 shooting and the widely criticized law enforcement response. “Despite the City of Uvalde’s efforts to amicably obtain the necessary investigative materials for its ongoing Uvalde Police Department’s Internal Affairs investigation, the District Attorney has blocked the City’s ability to obtain critical information to assess its officers’ actions and compliance with police department policies and expectations,” they said in a statement. “From day one, the city’s focus is on helping the entire Uvalde community, parents who lost children, children who lost parents, and young survivors navigate through the healing process.” OFF-DUTY DALLAS COP FIRED AFTER SHOOTING AT ANOTHER OFFICER DURING UBER RIDE By Ashley Silver, Police1 DALLAS — Last week, a Dallas police officer was arrested on an aggravated assault charge and placed on administrative leave for allegedly shooting at another officer while riding together in an Uber. Now, according to the Dallas PD, the officer has been fired following the incident. According to WFAA News, DPD officer Anthony Heims is accused of pointing a gun at the head of another officer while riding in the Uber. As the two off-duty officers struggled for control of the weapon, the gun discharged, hitting the sunroof. The Uber driver called 911, reporting a back seat passenger had shot a front seat passenger, according to the report. Officers later recovered Heims’ pistol from the front passenger seat of the vehicle. The officer in the front seat, according to WFAA, “was intoxicated” and told officers he “heard a gunshot and his ears were ringing.” He also said he didn’t remember “how he came to be in possession” of the pistol, but placed it on the front passenger seat after the gunshot. ARMED SUSPECT AMBUSHES OKLA. OFFICERS INSIDE TRAILER Police were searching for a burglary suspect when they found him hiding in a storage area under a bed armed with a pistol OKLAHOMA CITY — Earlier this month, three Oklahoma City police officers went inside a trailer searching for a burglary suspect from Missouri. Once inside, the officers made a potentially life-threatening discovery. Police were searching for Timothy Johnson inside the trailer on November 15 when they found him hiding in a storage area under a bed, KOCO.com reported. “Shots fired! Shots fired!” an officer is heard yelling in the video. Footage captures Johnson armed with a pistol – pointing it directly at the responding officers. “Come out with your hands up!” another officer yells. Two officers run for cover, but one is stuck on the other side of the trailer. The suspect shoots again and police return fire into the bed. In the video, one officer flies backwards after getting hit by debris. “I’m hit. I’m hit. I’m hit. We’re stuck inside the trailer. I’m hit in the face,” an officer says. The officers were able to escape from the trailer and waited for a backup tactical team. Five hours later, police went inside the trailer and found Johnson dead from the gunfire exchange. The shot officer was treated and later released from a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The owner of the trailer, who police said knew the suspect was armed when granting officers permission to search, was arrested for harboring a fugitive. BILLION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST OFFICERS, AGENCIES BY UVALDE SCHOOL SHOOTING FAMILIES Attorneys hand-delivered a billion lawsuit related to the shooting at Robb Elementary to Uvalde officials Wednesday. So far, the class-action suit does not involve immediate relatives of the 21 people who died on May 24. Instead, the plaintiffs are mostly parents of children who were on campus during the shooting, away from the classrooms the gunman attacked, KENS5 reports. The plaintiffs named specific law enforcement officials who responded to the incident, along with DPS head Steve McCraw. They’re also suing the school district and former UCISD police chief Pete Arredondo. The lawsuit states that surviving children experience nightmares, severe anxiety, emotional changes, anger, separation anxiety and thoughts of suicide. Parents reportedly want to see changes with law enforcement so everyone can feel safe. Survivors are also demanding policy changes in the school system as well. The lawsuit criticizes the actions of Uvalde CISD, the Texas Department of Public Safety, San Antonio Police Department’s SWAT unit, Uvalde’s Sheriff’s office, and Border Patrol saying they “fundamentally strayed from conducting themselves in conformity with what they knew to be the well-established protocols and standards for responding to an active shooter.” Tuesday one of the parents of a child killed during the shooting filed a separate lawsuit against officers and agencies. TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida police chief flashed her badge after she and her husband were pulled over by a deputy in a neighboring county while riding a golf cart without a license plate outside of a residential area last month, authorities said. According to a body camera video released by the Tampa Police Department on Thursday, Tampa police Chief Mary O’Connor identified herself as the city’s top officer, pulled out her badge and said to a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy that “I’m hoping you’ll just let us go tonight,” WFLA-TV reported. She was placed on leave and now has lots of time to drive around in her golf cart. Get some tags Mary. 44 The BLUES The BLUES 45