Officials say the suspect who was shot by officers at a Walmart in West Virginia has died.

According to a statement from the West Virginia State Police, the shooting occurred Sunday afternoon in the Walmart parking lot in White Hall. The incident involved two officers from two separate, unspecified agencies.

The statement says officers were trying to execute a bailpiece on the suspect for felony offenses. The suspect "operated a motor vehicle in an aggressive manner toward officers." The officers then shot the suspect.

Marion County Sheriff's deputies who were at the Walmart for a "Shop With a Cop" event responded to the scene when they heard gunshots. The suspect was later pronounced dead.

The names of the officers involved in the shooting and the suspect haven't been released. The West Virginia State Police are investigating. </s> SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A bystander to a botched robbery at a Texas jewelry store was killed on Sunday, before one of the two robbers involved shot and wounded six other people while fleeing, police said on Sunday.

The robbery took place at a Kay Jewelers outlet in the Rolling Oaks Mall in San Antonio, Police Chief William McManus said in a video posted on the city’s Facebook page.

Two bystanders tried to intervene, one of whom was shot and killed by one of the robbers. The other bystander, who was licensed to carry a concealed firearm, shot and wounded the other suspect, who was later hospitalized, McManus said.

The first robber ran through the mall, firing his gun as he fled, shooting six people.

San Antonio police said he was caught after crashing a stolen vehicle that contained two guns, and was charged with capital murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

“It’s absolutely senseless. This is the second time that a Good Samaritan was killed trying to intervene in a crime,” McManus said.

On the day after Thanksgiving, a person who tried to stop a woman from being assaulted was shot to death outside a San Antonio Walmart that was packed with holiday shoppers.

The six shoppers shot on Sunday were hospitalized in undetermined condition, the police chief said. Their identities were not disclosed.

The robber who was shot was in critical condition but expected to survive. Authorities said he would also be charged with capital murder and aggravated assault.

The mall, located in the northwestern part of the city, was locked down while police hunted for the second suspect. </s> Severely wounded, a Calgary police officer made a last-ditch attempt to stop an allegedly armed and violent suspect Saturday afternoon — dropping him with a bullet.

It was one of two unrelated incidents in the space of about an hour Saturday where a cop made the choice to open fire.

Deputy Chief Trevor Daroux said after hitting the suspect with a taser failed and the suspect had struck the officer with a large bladed weapon, the lone officer shot the suspect inside a department store at crowded Marlborough Mall in the city’s northeast.

The incident started moments earlier, around 2 p.m., at a nearby LRT platform, where police were called for reports of a man with a weapon fighting with several other people.

Witness Kayla Perrin told Postmedia what she saw of that part of the incident.

“I was coming off the 45 (bus route), and when I went up the stairs I saw a little altercation going on,” she said.

“Then, I turned around they looked like they were just fighting and arguing. He pulled out a knife and started chasing somebody.”

“It was a white guy, he was wearing a Blue Jays shirt and a red hat,” she added.

“It kind of looked like a machete,” she said of the weapon.

The man had fled by the time officers arrived but was soon found behind a dumpster by a patrolling officer who chased him into the mall, where gunfire would soon erupt.

Daroux said the officer, who’s in stable condition in hospital, was “severely wounded” in the altercation.

“This officer showed extreme courage and restraint and we’re very fortunate that it isn’t more serious than it is,” Daroux said.

Daroux also said the suspect was critically injured by the bullet that struck him but has since been upgraded to stable.

The suspect is known to police.

About an hour earlier, around 1 p.m., another officer opened fire during an incident at the BlackFoot Truck Stop in the city’s southeast although in that case nobody was hit.

The incident started with a traffic stop gone sideways, Daroux said — it’s alleged the officers who pulled the vehicle over spotted a rifle on the seat beside the driver and the driver threw the vehicle into gear and tried to flee.

Daroux said at that point an officer felt the danger was sufficient to open fire, and after that the vehicle drove into a gas meter, causing a gas leak, and then struck a power pole before coming to a stop.

The male driver who fled was arrested after a foot chase, as was a woman also inside the vehicle.

Again, Daroux praised his officer.

“We train for it, we hope that it doesn’t occur but it can happen,” he said.

“I can’t speak enough about the courageous efforts of our officers and the work that they did. Our officers did an amazing job and I stand behind them, as does the entire service.”

The officer in the Marlborough Mall incident has been with the CPS about two years.

The officer who opened fire in the Blackfoot Truck Stop incident has roughly 20 years with the CPS.

Both incidents will be investigated by the provincial police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team. </s> The risk to the public was tremendous, Calgary’s police union boss said of a man allegedly armed with a 20-inch machete in the middle of a crowded department store Saturday.

Howard Burns said the officer who drew the line between himself and the public as he was being slashed, gunning the suspect down before he could hurt anybody else, was the right thing to do.

“He wasn’t acting in a rational manner and he was armed with that,” Burns said.

“He was a tremendous danger to the public.

“Our officer obviously did the right thing because if somebody like that goes unchecked somebody else is probably going to be killed.

“That’s why the police are out there — to protect the public from situations just like that.”

Sunday the officer was doing well following surgery — the relatively junior member of the police force took blows from the blade to the shoulder and arm.

The suspect is stable following surgery as well, though he was in critical condition in the immediate aftermath of being shot.

Most of the battle between the Calgary cop and the 20-year-old suspect at the Marlborough Mall Sears store was captured by video surveillance cameras.

Alberta Serious Incident Response Team executive director Susan Hughson said the amount of video her people have is considerable, and of good quality.

Hughson said Sunday the lone officer chased the suspect through the store, hitting him with a Taser to no avail before it came down to a pistol versus the suspect’s machete.

There’s been no word yet on potential charges against the suspect.

Hughson has Edmonton investigators in Calgary helping out the local ASIRT team as the province’s police watchdog has a look at the Marlborough Mall incident as well as another unrelated incident occurred just an hour earlier.

In that incident, Hughson said, an officer opened fire as a truck was driving toward him in the Blackfoot Truck Stop parking lot.

Before that the officer had approached a suspicious vehicle, Hughson said, and spotted a rifle in the front with the 23-year-old driver.

It’s then alleged the driver threw the truck in reverse and slammed into another vehicle before taking a run at the officer.

Unharmed by the gunfire, the driver struck metal posts and a gas metre, triggering a gas leak, Hughson said, and then got out and tried to flee on foot before being hit with a Taser and taken into custody — he’ll face charges and was also wanted on an outstanding warrant.

Police pulled a 15-year-old girl from the truck as well.

“She had very little involvement in the incident,” Hughson said, adding it’s not clear what her relationship with the suspect is.

Hughson said it’s difficult to say just how long the investigations will take.

“How the officers conducted themselves is the very subject of our investigation — our job is to determine, through the evidence, whether the officers’ conduct was reasonable and justified, or whether there was an unreasonable level of force used,” she said.

“And it’s equally as important to find that the force used was reasonable as it is to hold an officer accountable when the force used is not.” </s> At the core of its investigation, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will determine what motivated a young man to wound a police officer with a machete during a brazen attack at Marlborough Mall Saturday afternoon.

 

 On Sunday, ASIRT, which has launched two separate investigations, provided an update on two unrelated officer-involved shooting’s that occurred in Calgary on Saturday afternoon.

 

 “It’s a very good thing that no one died in that incident,” said Susan Hughson, executive director of ASIRT.

 

 Just after 2 p.m. Saturday, a Calgary police officer shot a 20-year-old, machete-wielding assailant at the Sears in Marlborough Mall, after the perpetrator slashed the officer, who endured severe and significant injury. The machete, 48 centimetres long, was purchased recently, Hughson said.

 

 Earlier that day, around 1 p.m. at Blackfoot Truck Stop at 1840 Ave SE, another Calgary police officer shot at a vehicle, after the driver drove forward in the direction of the policeman. The driver had what appeared to be a rifle in the passenger seat and wasn’t obeying the officer’s commands to not start the vehicle.

 

 A 15-year-old girl was also in the car, and was apprehended without any charges.

 

 The machete-wielding man, 20, received emergency surgery at Foothills Medical Centre on Saturday and is in serious but stable condition. The officer, Hughson said, is in serious but stable condition.

 

 ASIRT is asking the public to come forward if they have any information regarding the two incidents. </s> SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and seven others wounded during a botched robbery at a jewelry store at a San Antonio mall, police said on Sunday.

The shooting unfolded as two people who staged an armed robbery at a Kay Jewelers outlet at the Rolling Oaks Mall were fleeing, said Police Chief William McManus.

Two bystanders tried to intervene. One was shot and killed by one of the robbers, and the other bystander, who had a license to carry a concealed firearm, shot one of the suspects, the chief said. The bystander who shot the armed robber was not hurt.

The second, uninjured suspect ran through the mall, firing his gun as he fled, shooting six people. Their conditions were not immediately known, McManus said.

"What we have here is a robbery gone really, really bad," McManus told reporters in a video posted on the city's Facebook page. "It’s absolutely senseless. This is the second time that a Good Samaritan was killed trying to intervene in a crime.”

McManus said the six shoppers, and the robber who was shot, were hospitalized in undetermined condition. Their identities were not immediately disclosed.

The mall, located in the northwestern part of the city, was locked down, with shoppers and store employees held inside their stores, while police combed the area looking for the second suspect. Shoppers were also being evacuated from the mall.

In November, a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a woman from being assaulted was shot to death outside a San Antonio Walmart that was packed with holiday shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving. </s> Police have shot two men at a Murray River campground.

Police have shot two men at a Murray River campground.

TWO brothers with terror and bikie links have been seriously wounded in a police shooting near a Murray River campground. Police opened fire after the men rammed a police car near the Victoria-NSW border and got out armed with weapons.

Police on Wednesday night said one of the armed brothers was shot as he lunged at an officer with a weapon, and the other was wounded after he refused to surrender.

The Herald Sun can reveal that the brothers, wounded on Wednesday in a confrontation on the banks of the Murray River, had outlaw motorcycle gang links. Aged 19 and 30, they are believed to be from NSW and had recently relocated to Victoria.

The brothers converted to Islam while in prison in NSW and are considered to be of low-level ­interest to counter-terrorism police.

Victoria Police said on Wednesday night there was no ongoing threat to the community. A major investigation was under way after the pair was ­seriously injured by gunfire after a vehicle stop in which a police car was rammed.

It is believed the violence had ­exploded when officers performed what has been described as a "precautionary" check on the suspects.

The men then rammed the police car and got out of their vehicle with weapons - thought to be a knife and a type of axe.

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They were shot at the isolated Richardsons Bend Campground, in Barnawartha North about 3pm.

Both were last night in hospital under police guard.

Police and ambulance officers rushed to the scene by road and helicopter. Paramedics worked on the ­injured men before they were taken to hospital.

Police were not seeking anyone else over the ­incident.

Acting Assistant Commissioner Clive Rust said investigators from Counter Terrorism Command "unexpectedly" saw the brothers in a service station and tried to intercept them, but they drove off.

He said the CT officers then asked for help from local uniformed members, resulting in the confrontation at Richardsons Bend.

"The two males rammed the police vehicle and then alighted from their own vehicle and confronted the police," Mr Rust said. "The two males were armed with edged weapons.

"One man lunged at the officers and was shot.

"There was a standoff between the officers and the second male for a number of minutes as the police attempted to negotiate with the man.

"Police tried to control this person by the use of nonlethal force. They utilised OC foam and a taser and then this male person lunged at police, and he was subsequently shot also."

The men were rushed to Albury Hospital in serious conditions.

One was later flown to Melbourne.

Mr Rust said there were indications the men were camping at Richardsons Bend.

He said CT officers wanted to speak to the men to "assess whether or not they were any risk to community safety.

"We're treating this as a violent attack on police members, not as a terrorism incident," Mr Rust said.

"They were residents of NSW and had recently moved into Victoria and that's the reason why our investigators were attempting to contact them to ascertain what the actual level of their involvement was in regard to counter-terrorism."

One of the offenders was shot in the abdomen and a leg.

The officers, from the Wodonga command area, would receive support from the force and the Police Association, Mr Rust said.

June Chilvers, who lives nearby, saw at least four police cars speed by her property in the aftermath.

"I saw them fly along, four cars," she said. "I saw them fly past."

John Malcolm, who lives about 2km from the campground, had been at Richardsons Bend just minutes before the shooting and saw nothing to ­indicate the trouble that followed. There was barely anyone staying at the camping spot in the cold and wet conditions.

"I saw one bloke, who I reckon lives down there, has a tent down there," Mr Malcolm said. "There's a lot of free camping, free parking," he said

The circumstances are expected to be the subject of an internal investigation, but Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt backed the officers' actions.

"As a community, we are all in debt to our police members every time they go out and put our safety ahead of their own," Mr Gatt said.

Makeshift shelters were set up at the scene where ­detectives were expected to work well into the night.

Premier Daniel Andrews said the government had advice that there was no ongoing threat to the community.

"I want to thank the brave Victoria Police officers who put themselves in harm's way every single day to keep Victorians safe," Mr Andrews said.

The isolated Richardsons Bend camping ground is a most unlikely venue for bullets to fly in a showdown between terror suspects and police.

Nestled under gum trees by the Murray River, it is a favoured holiday spot for locals and the odd visitor from outside the Barnawartha North area.

On Wednesday, wet and cold, there was even less to indicate the events about to unfold.

A local, John Malcolm, who lives about 2km away, was at Richardsons Bend just minutes before the shooting.

"I saw one bloke, who I reckon lives down there, has a tent down there" Mr Malcolm said.

"There was nothing going on whatsoever. It was quiet."

But at about 3am, all hell broke loose.

A vehicle containing two men drove into the reserve, closely followed by at least one police unit.

Anyone not knowing the area would probably be unaware they were heading for a dead-end - their escape route terminated by the Murray.

It is unclear where and why police wanted to intercept the pair.

But the Herald Sun has been told weapons were brandished by the cornered suspects at the campground.

An unknown number of shots were fired by the police in reply, sparking a huge emergency response.

It was not the kind of thing locals had ever expected would be played out on their patch.

"A lot of idiots go down there with the four-wheel-drives and tear the place up, but not shootings, not terror," Mr Malcolm said.

Another nearby resident, Tony, was stunned by the events and revelations of potential terror links.

"I'll make sure I've got my guns polished up for next time," Tony said.

"They didn't know the area obviously.

"They've gone down there and they couldn't get out.

"It's a real trap there. Right on the bloody water, right there on the river." </s> A white man who shot and killed an unarmed Black man in Florida is now charged with manslaughter after attempting to fight the case via the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws. Michael Drejka, who shot Markeis McGlockton in a parking lot, was booked today on the charges and his bond is set at $100,000.

Florida prosecutors on Monday filed manslaughter charges against the man who gunned down a father following an argument over a parking space — a killing that led to renewed scrutiny over the state’s “stand your ground” law.

Michael Drejka, 47, was being booked into the Pinellas County Jail with a bond issued at $100,000, said Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who was initially criticized for deciding not to bring charges in the case.

Drejka had remained out of the public eye while the sheriff forwarded the investigation to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office for a final review.

The fatal July 19 shooting of Markeis McGlockton, a 28-year-old black man, at a Circle A convenience store in Clearwater was captured on surveillance video and led to protests over why Drejka, who is white, could kill the father of three and claim self-defense.

Attorney Benjamin Crump is representing the McGlockton family, writing in a statement that their side feels that “truth and justice will prevail in the end.”

White Man Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Markeis McGlockton Charged With Manslaughter was originally published on hiphopwired.com

Also On 97.9 The Beat: </s> Florida prosecutors charged a man involved in a parking lot shooting last month with manslaughter. Police initially said they could not arrest Michael Drejka because of the state's Stand Your Ground law.

Florida's self-defense law known as "stand your ground" is again in the national spotlight. Prosecutors there today charged a man with manslaughter for his role in a fatal parking lot shooting. That contrasts with the county sheriff's conclusion last month. He declined to arrest Michael Drejka, citing "stand your ground." But now, more than three weeks later, Drejka has been arrested and his bond set at a hundred thousand dollars. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: It happened at the Circle A food store near Clearwater. Britany Jacobs parked her vehicle in a handicapped spot while her boyfriend, 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton, went inside with her 5-year-old son. Michael Drejka, who's 47, approached Jacobs and got into a heated argument with her for parking in the space without a permit. Hearing about the altercation, McGlockton came out of the store and pushed Drejka to the ground. Seconds later, Drejka pulled out a handgun and shot McGlockton, killing him. After interviewing Drejka, sheriff's deputies decided that under Florida's "stand your ground" law Drejka was justified in using deadly force.

BOB GUALTIERI: He believed that McGlockton was going to come back at him.

ALLEN: That's Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who held a news conference the following day to explain the decision.

GUALTIERI: And he fired in a very short amount of time, a few seconds - four seconds, probably, somewhere in that range. That is within the bookends of "stand your ground."

ALLEN: Under Florida's "stand your ground" law, people can use deadly force to defend themselves when they feel their lives are in danger. What's more, they're immune from arrest or prosecution unless police can prove they weren't acting in self-defense. But today the prosecutor for Pinellas County, state attorney Bernie McCabe, charged Drejka with manslaughter. McCabe says he received the case a week and a half ago.

BERNIE MCCABE: I instructed that we go ahead and interview all of the witnesses, review all of the reports, review the various videos of the scene, the actions and the interview of the defendant. And when all that was done, I made the legal decision that this is the charge that we can prove.

ALLEN: McCabe declined to discuss the details of the case, saving that for the trial. Markeis McGlockton's family held a news conference today where they said they welcomed the decision. One of their lawyers, Michele Rayner, called it the first step on a long road.

MICHELE RAYNER: Our ultimate goal is a conviction in this case. We do stand behind the state attorney's decision to charge as manslaughter. We do believe it's the correct charge in order to sustain a conviction.

ALLEN: The case has drawn the attention of civil rights activists including local ministers, the NAACP and Al Sharpton. They see in the shooting of McGlockton, an African-American, by Drejka, a white man claiming self-defense, parallels with George Zimmerman's 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin and one more reason to reconsider Florida's "stand your ground" law. Greg Allen, NPR News.
In West Virginia police officers executing a bailpiece shot and killed a man who "operated a motor vehicle in an aggressive manner" towards officers at a Walmart parking lot.