A schizophrenic double amputee waving a pen from his wheelchair was
fatally shot early on Saturday by a Houston, Texas, police officer,
authorities said.
Police were called to the personal care home at around 2 a.m. because
resident Brian Claunch had become agitated after his caretaker refused
to give him a soda and a cigarette, said John Garcia, the owner of the
home.
“He was approaching them aggressively,” said Houston Police Department spokeswoman Jodi Silva.
“He was attempting to stab them with what is now found to be a pen.”
Claunch, who had been living at the home for the past 18 months with
two other men, ignored officers’ commands and made threats against them
and other occupants of the home, Garcia said the caretaker told him.
Claunch trapped one of the officers in a corner, authorities said.
Matthew Marin, a five-year HPD veteran, fired his weapon at least one
time, fearing for his partner’s safety and his own, Silva said.
Claunch died at the scene. Claunch, who was in his mid-forties, lost
his right leg to just above the knee and all of his right arm when he
was hit by a train. He arrived at the personal care home more than a year ago, as part of a placement by the Harris County guardianship program.
Garcia said Claunch liked to “doodle” and two days ago he had given him a black felt pen to draw with. Garcia said he was not sure if it was that pen or another one that Claunch was waving at the time of the incident.
As is standard practice with officer-involved shootings, Marin, who is assigned to the South Central Patrol Division, will work three days of desk duty.
The incident will be investigated by HPD’s homicide and internal
affairs divisions, as well as the Harris County District Attorney’s
Office.
By: Wyseguy67
In: Regional News, WTF
Tags: police, kill, fatal, shoot, double, amputee, wheelchair, armed, pen
Location: Houston, Texas, United States (load item map)
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because everybody knows a cop's body has no reverse. He could NOT back away from the wheelchair assault, no choice but to shoot....
Posted Sep-24-2012 Byanymoose (460.90) 
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@randir14 "It's comin right at us!!"
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bynexus1961 (430.54) 
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Shit like this happens far too often, it's endemic of a total disconnect between the 'protectotorate' and the citizenry. Respect and fear go both ways. I respect and don't fear my police service, and the same is afforded back to me.
Posted Sep-24-2012 Byxtr3mh4x0r (152.20) 
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@xtr3mh4x0r But aren't we living in some form of police state too. Sarcasm mode off!
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bybaggy (133.70) 
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@xtr3mh4x0r I am looking FORWARD, to the day when a jacked-up cop shoots someone, wholly UNjustified, and the surrounding crowd tears him apart like a
plate of monkey bread.
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bynexus1961 (430.54) 
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wow the dude couldn't even get out of his wheel chair let alone corner the police.
Posted Sep-24-2012 Byhamburger (562.10) 
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@shefti He was wielding an outlawed body armor penetrating gel pen.
Posted Sep-24-2012 Byrakkasans (230.88) 
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
Posted Sep-24-2012 ByChumCannon (1451.62) 
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@ChumCannon The gun is mightier than the pen
Posted Sep-24-2012 ByWyseguy67 (4033.40) 
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The lightsaber is mightier than the gun....
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bylucidx1 (945.80) 
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@ChumCannon
Sorry, dude - copied you without seeing you were in there first.
lol
Posted Sep-24-2012 ByAlly_Gator (496.90) 
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@lucidx1 lol so I've been seeing lately.
Posted Sep-25-2012 ByChumCannon (1451.62) 
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Unphucking believable
RIP
Posted Sep-24-2012 Byitsallaboutyou (763.20) 
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What's next, cops going to start shooting babies if they keep crying and don't comply? I think a good smack would have sufficed, or at most a tazer. I mean fuck, one arm and one leg? What kind of threat could he possibly be.. Cop is a fucking retard.
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bydonreid (133.00) 
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@donreid I guess you didn't see Robocop. ;-)
Posted Sep-24-2012 ByTMoray1 (732.86) 
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the cop took a pen for a gun. he is probably the most schizophrenic in this story. do you have to pass a test to become a police officer in houston or can any deadbeat moron just wear a badge and a gun?
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bygregleb0ss (461.92) 
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Well the pen IS mightier than the sword....
Posted Sep-24-2012 ByAlly_Gator (496.90) 
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The pen is soooo not mightier than a 9mm
Posted Sep-24-2012 Bybaggy (133.70) 
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I hope this asshole suffers. One way or another.
Posted Sep-24-2012 BySpicyWeiner (133.50) 
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That cop needs to rot in jail.
Posted Sep-24-2012 BySyntax_Attack (99.60) 
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rip.
Posted Sep-24-2012 Byake (149.00) 
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