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Homicide Ruled in 1966 Police Shooting
A man's death this summer has been ruled a homicide — nearly 40 years after he was shot and wounded.
Los Angeles police shot 23-year-old Malcolm McWilliams during a confrontation on March 7, 1966. He was paralyzed from the waist down but lived for 39 more years, settling in a Dallas suburb.
The coroner examined McWilliams' body and medical records and determined that his ailments — bowel and bladder problems, bed sores, gangrene that cost him some toes — were textbook examples of injuries suffered by somebody rendered a paraplegic from a shooting.
The determination doesn't mean the officers who shot McWilliams acted improperly.
[PAT's note: But of course not; this was just another instance of a Brave, Courageous Police Officer Doing His Thing ... and please continue reading, the man did not even sue the police after they might as well of killed him instead of letting him live as a paraplegic for another 39 years. PAT]
But the 1966 incident will be logged as a fatal officer-involved shooting for 2005.
"This is just kind of an interesting finding after all these years," said Capt. Jim Voge.
(Not that we are going to do anything about it.)
Police shot McWilliams after he threatened his wife and lunged with a 15-inch file at officers responding to an emergency call. McWilliams, age 63 at his death on July 31, never sued police or blamed them for the shooting.
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Homicide Ruled in 1966 Police Shooting
A man's death this summer has been ruled a homicide — nearly 40 years after he was shot and wounded.
Los Angeles police shot 23-year-old Malcolm McWilliams during a confrontation on March 7, 1966. He was paralyzed from the waist down but lived for 39 more years, settling in a Dallas suburb.
The coroner examined McWilliams' body and medical records and determined that his ailments — bowel and bladder problems, bed sores, gangrene that cost him some toes — were textbook examples of injuries suffered by somebody rendered a paraplegic from a shooting.
The determination doesn't mean the officers who shot McWilliams acted improperly.
[PAT's note: But of course not; this was just another instance of a Brave, Courageous Police Officer Doing His Thing ... and please continue reading, the man did not even sue the police after they might as well of killed him instead of letting him live as a paraplegic for another 39 years. PAT]
But the 1966 incident will be logged as a fatal officer-involved shooting for 2005.
"This is just kind of an interesting finding after all these years," said Capt. Jim Voge.
(Not that we are going to do anything about it.)
Police shot McWilliams after he threatened his wife and lunged with a 15-inch file at officers responding to an emergency call. McWilliams, age 63 at his death on July 31, never sued police or blamed them for the shooting.
Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press.
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understanding of literary, educational, political, and economic
issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. I
believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material
as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish
to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go
beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright
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