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Title: Anne Arundel (MD) police say officers fatally shot armed man while serving protective order to remove guns
Source:
The Baltimore Sun
URL Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/m ... a-shooting-20181105-story.html
Published: Nov 5, 2018
Author: Colin Campbell
Post Date: 2018-11-05 23:23:51 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 414
Comments: 1
Two Anne Arundel County police officers serving one of Maryland’s new “red flag” protective orders to remove guns from a house killed a Ferndale man after he refused to give up his gun and a struggle ensued early Monday morning, police said. The subject of the protective order, Gary J. Willis, 60, answered his door in the 100 block of Linwood Ave. at 5:17 a.m. with a gun in his hand, Anne Arundel County police said. He initially put the gun down next to the door, but “became irate” when officers began to serve him with the order, opened the door and picked up the gun again, police said. “A fight ensued over the gun,” said Sgt. Jacklyn Davis, a police spokeswoman. One of the officers struggled to take the gun from Willis, and during the struggle the gun fired but did not strike anyone, police said. At that point, the other officer fatally shot Willis, police said. Neither officer was injured, police said, and neither of their names was released. Davis said she did not know whether anyone else was in the home at the time, and she did not know who had sought the protective order against Willis. The “red flag” protective orders are officially known as emergency risk protection orders, and may be sought by family members, police or others to temporarily prohibit people’s access to firearms when they show signs that they are a danger to themselves or others. The law took effect Oct. 1. A spokeswoman for the Maryland Judiciary denied a request to see any and all requests for protection orders made at the residence on Linwood Avenue, citing the law, which states that anything related to an order is confidential unless the court rules otherwise. Police had come to the house Sunday night to speak with Willis, a longtime resident of the neighborhood, said Michele Willis, who was on the scene Monday morning and identified herself as his niece. She attributed that visit by police to “family being family” but declined to elaborate. She said one of her aunts requested the protective order to temporarily remove Willis’ guns. Michele Willis said she had grown up in the house and had been there Sunday night to move out her son, who had been helping to care for her grandmother. Her uncle, Gary Willis, lived in an apartment above the garage; she said other family members, including her grandmother, another uncle, two aunts and Gary Willis’ girlfriend were also at the home Sunday night. She said her uncle “likes to speak his mind,” but she described him as harmless. “I’m just dumbfounded right now,” she said. “My uncle wouldn’t hurt anybody.” Those who had been in the home were interviewed by police in Crownsville on Monday morning, Willis said. She and other family members stood down the street in the rain while waiting for police to let family members into the home Monday morning — in part to retrieve two dogs and a cat still inside. Willis said the officers should have continued to negotiate with her uncle. “They didn’t need to do what they did,” she said. Anne Arundel County reported 19 such “red flag” petitions in October, tied with Harford County for the most in the state, according to a report on requests made under the new law by Montgomery County Sheriff Darren M. Popkin. The state has reported 114 petitions overall. Baltimore Sun Media Group reporter Phil Davis contributed to this article.
Poster Comment: Family feud, just call the cops and they'll kill the gun owners. Obviously the story is incomplete and written to cover up the stupid law, and subsequent police actions. Baltimore is a craphole!
Two Anne Arundel County police officers serving one of the new “red flag” protective orders to remove guns from a house killed a Ferndale man after he refused to give up his gun and a struggle ensued early Monday morning, police said.
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Welcome to police state Amerika - speak your mind and die at the hands of armed SWAT agents. Didn't see you had posted this. Trump: "Take the guns first, go through due process second". We're going to see much more of this I predict.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestShe said her uncle “likes to speak his mind,” but she described him as harmless.
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