Police Fatally Shoot Bystander in Chase

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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp.../20040101XSR303

 

Police Fatally Shoot Bystander in Chase

By KIRSTAN CONLEY

 

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Police who were chasing an erratic driver through crowded streets on New Year's Eve fatally shot one pedestrian and grazed another, authorities said.

 

Officers said they fired their revolvers eight times because they believed their lives and those of others were in immediate danger when the driver bore down on them.

 

Police missed the suspect but hit David Scaringe with a bullet in the chest as he crossed a street Wednesday night. Scaringe, 24, died at a hospital.

 

Another bullet grazed the knee of Shawn Brozowski, 26, who was treated at a hospital and released.

 

Authorities said driver Daniel Reed, 32, was traced by license number to his parents' home in suburban Delmar and arrested the same night.

 

Reed was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and jailed without bail. Investigators were testing his blood for alcohol Thursday.

 

Officers said they initially stopped Reed's car because he was driving erratically. When they approached, Reed took off, police said.

 

Officers said they boxed Reed in at an intersection before he jumped the curb and drove the wrong way on a one-way street. Police said Reed crashed into a stoop and drove toward an officer, who fired most of the shots.

 

State and federal investigations were under way and the Albany County District Attorney planned a separate probe.

[BX 0]

Good. Stupid fucking pedestrians deserved it. One less idiot to populate the Earth. What's wrong with them anyway? Didn't they KNOW that we are under Orange Alert?

 

/sarcasm

[Guest Anglesault]

It's a shame, but what can you do?

[2GOLD 0]

These officers will be suspended without pay for about a month and then go back to work. Meanwhile, the city will be sued for wrongful death.

 

Shame that this happened but I'm sadly not shocked. It was NYE in NYC so I guess it's understandable the cops were jumpy.

 

Doesn't excuse this though, not one bit.