Voice your opinion with our online form. One of four people hit by police bean-bag ammunition after the Timothy Thomas funeral Saturday was admitted to a hospital this morning with multiple injuries, her husband said. She spent most of the night at the hospital, he said. Photographer Tom Uhlman, who was shooting pictures for Associated Press, said he saw police drive up to Liberty and Elm streets, get out of their cars and, without warning, shoot several rounds at a small, peaceful group away from the main crowd.
Officer aims at marchers with beanbag-firing shotgun.
Police Chief Thomas Streicher said police were conducting an internal investigation. As many as 12 witnesses had come forward, Chief Streicher said. The officers involved had been identified but had not been interviewed. The FBI, which is investigating Thomas' shooting death by a police officer a week ago, also interviewed witnesses Saturday. The shootings threatened to break an uneasy peace until Chief Streicher arrived at the scene and helped ease the tension.