Florida police say officer shot man after car chase

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Florida police say officer shot man after car chase

Updated 2:00 pm, Monday, May 23, 2016

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in Florida has shot a man following a car chase.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Chief Chris Butler said at a news conference on Monday that Officer T.L. Landreville fired several shots after 22-year-old Vernell Bing refused to obey commands to stay in the car. Butler says Bing was shot once in the head. He said he's on life support but has no brain activity.

Butler says police spotted Bing on Sunday night driving a car used in a shooting in April. Butler says Bing refused to stop.

He says police then pursued the vehicle, which later collided with a patrol car before crashing into a building. Butler says Bing was black. Landreville's race was not released by the agency.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Florida-police-say-officer-shot-man-after-car-7939407.php

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[StarTrombone]

1. Sounds like there was no brain activity

When he refused to stop and then to stay in the car

[Judi Lynn]

3. Democrats don't hate humanity. A death sentence is not appropriate. n/t

[Nitram]

4. If the car was related to a homicide, the officer had reason to assume the driver was

armed and dangerous.

[TBA]

2. SBK

True story... sister asks a Jacksonville police officer about murders and he said most are SBKs... Should Be Killed.

They have a damn acronym for people they consider throw aways.

[Eleanors38]

5. "...driving a car used in a shooting." "...collided with a patrol car."

[csziggy]

7. More information in this story - the man died

Suspect shot by officer after crash dies
Suspect's car was seen in a shooting in April, police say
By Bakari Savage - Reporter, anchor , News4Jax.com Staff
Posted: 11:17 AM, May 23, 2016
Updated: 7:38 PM, May 23, 2016

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The 22-year-old man shot by a police officer Sunday afternoon after a head-on crash with the officer's cruiser has died, the man's father said Monday.

Vernell Bing Jr. was shot once in the side of the head after leading officers on 3.7-mile high-speed chase that ended when it appeared he intentionally struck the officer's cruiser on a Springfield street, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

JSO Chief Chris Butler said no gun was found on Bing or in his car, a fact that has a city councilman and both the NAACP and Southern Christian Leadership Conference calling for answers.

Butler said Bing was in a red Chevrolet Camaro that was wanted in connection with an April shootout that was spotted Sunday afternoon in Northwest Jacksonville. After the collision, the Camaro's metrics showed it was going 53 mph and not braking when it struck Officer Tyler Landreville's oncoming cruiser on 9th Street.

More: http://www.news4jax.com/news/local/jacksonville/officer-involved-shooting-in-springfield_

According to this article this is the seventh officer involved shooting in Jacksonville so far this year.