Andrew Hanlon 'shot seven times' by US police
"Relatives of an Irishman killed by police in the US state of Oregon viewed the body and said he was shot at least seven times. Andrew James Hanlon’s brother-in-law said the 20-year-old had two gunshot wounds to his left arm, three wounds to his abdomen, one on his thigh and one in the back of his shoulder. “It was definitely not grouped in one area,” Nathan Heise told the Statesman Journal.
Mr Hanlon was shot and killed late Monday evening by Officer Tony Gonzalez, who was responding to a reported burglary in progress. Mr Heise said Mr Hanlon would come banging on their door at times in the middle of the night, and they would let him in to sleep. The Heises speculated that Mr Hanlon took a wrong turn Monday night and started banging on doors on a different street, scaring residents. Someone called police, reporting a burglary, and one or more officers confronted Mr Hanlon, Mr Heise said. Mr Gonzalez is on administrative leave during the multi-agency investigation, which is routine."
I'm not going to speculate as to what exactly went on here because not all the facts are in yet but I remember times when friends of mine have drunkenly knocked on the wrong door on the way home...they've never been shot to death though!
NOTE: I acknowledge that maybe there is more to this story and am not presuming innocence or guilt for either party.
"Relatives of an Irishman killed by police in the US state of Oregon viewed the body and said he was shot at least seven times. Andrew James Hanlon’s brother-in-law said the 20-year-old had two gunshot wounds to his left arm, three wounds to his abdomen, one on his thigh and one in the back of his shoulder. “It was definitely not grouped in one area,” Nathan Heise told the Statesman Journal.
Mr Hanlon was shot and killed late Monday evening by Officer Tony Gonzalez, who was responding to a reported burglary in progress. Mr Heise said Mr Hanlon would come banging on their door at times in the middle of the night, and they would let him in to sleep. The Heises speculated that Mr Hanlon took a wrong turn Monday night and started banging on doors on a different street, scaring residents. Someone called police, reporting a burglary, and one or more officers confronted Mr Hanlon, Mr Heise said. Mr Gonzalez is on administrative leave during the multi-agency investigation, which is routine."
I'm not going to speculate as to what exactly went on here because not all the facts are in yet but I remember times when friends of mine have drunkenly knocked on the wrong door on the way home...they've never been shot to death though!
NOTE: I acknowledge that maybe there is more to this story and am not presuming innocence or guilt for either party.
