Tuesday, February 9, 2016

That Hostage-Taking Stuff Ain't Like In The Movies

From the Calibre Press website:
Irving police on Friday shot and killed an armed robbery suspect who had taken a woman hostage at a check-cashing store, the police department said.
Officers responded around 1 p.m. to an armed robbery in progress at the Cash Store, after a store employee had triggered the alarm, police spokesman James McLellan said.
When police arrived, 29-year-old Christopher Michael Dew took a female employee hostage and came outside with her. He warned officers that he would hurt her if they approached, McLellan said.
Dew then threatened to put the woman inside a vehicle. Police didn’t say whose it was.
According to police and as shown in video taken by a witness, two officers shot Dew as he moved toward the vehicle while holding a handgun to the woman. Dew, who was convicted in 2007 of aggravated robbery, died at the scene.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You do not eff with Texas law enforcement. You will lose every time. I live here, so I know. I mean it could be true elsewhere, but here. Hells no you do not get away with it.

Anonymous said...

"OOOOOHHHH.... OOOOOHHHHH..... OOOOOOHHHHH..... DAAAAAMNNNNN"

Mad Jack said...

I'm glad they could shoot.

Oldfoolrn said...

I just love the narration provided by the videographer! Kinda like a contemporary version of Walter Cronkite.