Man dies in officer-involved shooting in French Lick

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Sorry for the pay site. When WBIW updates, I'll try to remember to come back and post a link.

Not a BLM episode but an all to frequent domestic dispute. Basically, the dude was choking his wife and fled to his garage. When he finally came out, he had a pipe in his hands. He disregarded orders to stand down and when he raised the pipe up to take a swing, he was shot.

Man dies in officer-involved shooting in French Lick - TMNews.com: Local News

 

[Cameramonkey]

Prayers for the officers and their families. Pulling the trigger like that cant be good on your soul...

 

[KellyinAvon]

Oh man, what is going on in Orange County?

 

[churchmouse]

Oh man, what is going on in Orange County?

Meth....????

 

[Gunaria]

From 14news;

Indiana trooper shoots, kills suspect in French Lick - Tri-State News, Weather & Sports

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

From 14news;

Indiana trooper shoots, kills suspect in French Lick - Tri-State News, Weather & Sports

Good find. It's almost verbatim to the TM source except for this one paragraph:

"The male stepped directly up to the officer with the metal pipe, pulling the pipe back in a motion to strike the officer in the head with it. At that point, officers fired their handguns at the male, striking him," Hensley stated in the release.

 

[Mark 1911]

Glad the trooper is ok. Tough call. Tough job.

 

[Dead Duck]

Why didn't they shoot the pipe out of his hands?

Shouldn't they have used a taser?

Don't they have beanbag rounds?

 

[Mark 1911]

Actually he did use a taser first but it didn't stop the perp.

 

[sparkyfender]

Meth....????

This.

Happened one block from my mother's home. No, I didn't know the guy.

 

[BugI02]

I'm a little surprised it was a trooper on a domestic

 

[sig1473]

Meth....????

Uhhh, pretty much everywhere nowadays. As for Bloomington, Heroin is the drug of choice

 

[johntheplinker]

I'm a little surprised it was a trooper on a domestic

As small (<2000) as French Lick is there may not have been a town cop available. Many of these smaller towns have only one cop, if that, on duty at a time. If there was even a town cop on duty he may have been busy and the trooper was nearby and available so he went.
In these less populated areas the LE agencies really have to work together and help each other out.

 

[JWoodlee]

My cousin is a trooper in KY and they deal with this all the time. Meth and heroin make people do crazy things. Unfortunately many end up injured or dead.

 

[Vigilant]

My cousin is a trooper in KY and they deal with this all the time. Meth and heroin make people do crazy things. Unfortunately many end up injured or dead.

I would say fortunately, not unfortunately? YMMV?

 

[whiteoak]

Typical in small Indiana counties, State, County and City officer work together, and take calls together, to serve as backup. I did my career in a county that had three officers on duty each night a State, County and City officers. So when a call came in each agency worked with the other to provide a second officer for safety. If arrests were made you would let the Trooper take the paperwork, no matter who put cuffs on or transported, because at that time they had a quota to reach each month. Relations in large municipal agencies where the departments don't really get along or work together are not the norm. for rural areas.

 

[SSGSAD]

Why didn't they shoot the pipe out of his hands?

Shouldn't they have used a taser?

Don't they have beanbag rounds?

The article said the Taser was ineffective .....