I mean, he’s not even black!”įortunately for the young miner, the officers immediately understood their mistake and he was rapidly transported at the Middlesboro ARH Hospital where his condition was stabilized. “The whole thing lasted less than 30 seconds, and I don’t even think Jason ever understood they were talking to him. Man shot 5 times by police to face judge on second-degree murder charge Police said Roach was reaching for his waistband when an officer fired his gun nine times, hitting Roach at least five times.
“The deputy just shouted ‘hey you nigga’ a couple of times, then he started shooting,” says coworker, Bernie Donaldson. Sources say the 32-year-old had been shot five times in the chest and head a bullet even hitting him in the face. Many miners witnessed the incident, and all of them insist that the shooting was totally unprovoked and unjustified. Man found shot five times in Warren driveway as police search for gunmen. (AP) Police fatally shot an armed man who apparently threatened a worker at a Walmart store in North Carolina, authorities said Friday. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Police say a 42-year-old man was shot five times and killed in West Philadelphia. Morris was shot five times in the back, in both legs, and in the left arm. Police: Man Shot 5 Times, Killed In West Philadelphia.
Seeing a dark-faced individual enter a brand new Lincoln Navigator worth more than $75,000, the officers believed he was an African American man attempting to steal a vehicle.Īfter he ignored three shouted warnings from the deputies, Mr. Tweet Middlesboro, KY | Officers of the Bell County Sheriff Department have mistakenly shot an unarmed coal miner, thinking he was a black criminal.ģ7-year-old Jason Morris had just finished his night shift in a mine operated by the Bell County Coal Corporation and was boarding his vehicle to head home when the deputies arrived.