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Shooting of Jeremy McDole
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Jeremy "Bam Bam" McDole was a 28-year-old African-American paraplegic who was shot and killed by police in Wilmington, Delaware on September 23, 2015 at 3:00. Mr.McDole was in a wheelchair at the time of the shooting. Police and bystanders have offered differing accounts of the event. The exact cause of the shooting is unclear and the event is under investigation.
Shooting and investigation
On September 23, 2015, at around 3:00 pm, local police in Wilmington, Delaware responded to a 911 call about a man who had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police arrived and found Jeremy McDole sitting in a wheelchair. The incident escalated when police instructed McDole to raise his hands, resulting in McDole being shot and killed by police. According to police, a .38-caliber pistol was found on McDole after the shooting. Relatives of McDole have stated that he was unarmed. Video footage taken on a cellphone showed McDole shuffling in his chair and moving his hands while officers ordered him several times to put up his hands.
Investigation
The shooting is being investigated by both Delaware's Department of Justice’s Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust and the Wilmington Police Department. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has stated that a special prosecutor is needed to ensure an impartial investigation. Other local activists questioned police tactics in an incident where a shooting occurred while no threat to an officer was ever made. The African-American community in Wilmington called for a peaceful response to the police shooting. Of the four officers involved in the shooting, three are white and one is Hispanic.
Arrest of Phyllis McDole
Subsequent to the shooting, Phyllis McDole, the mother of Jeremy, allegedly assaulted a woman she believed made the 911 call that lead to the death of her son. Phyllis McDole was arrested on assault charges and subsequently released on bail.
Response
The death of Jeremy McDole received the attention of Black Lives Matter activists on Twitter. Initially, McDole's name was misspelled as "McDowell."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Death of Jeremy McDole)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jeremy_McDole
Jeremy "Bam Bam" McDole was a 28-year-old African-American paraplegic who was shot and killed by police in Wilmington, Delaware on September 23, 2015 at 3:00. Mr.McDole was in a wheelchair at the time of the shooting. Police and bystanders have offered differing accounts of the event. The exact cause of the shooting is unclear and the event is under investigation.
Shooting and investigation
On September 23, 2015, at around 3:00 pm, local police in Wilmington, Delaware responded to a 911 call about a man who had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police arrived and found Jeremy McDole sitting in a wheelchair. The incident escalated when police instructed McDole to raise his hands, resulting in McDole being shot and killed by police. According to police, a .38-caliber pistol was found on McDole after the shooting. Relatives of McDole have stated that he was unarmed. Video footage taken on a cellphone showed McDole shuffling in his chair and moving his hands while officers ordered him several times to put up his hands.
Investigation
The shooting is being investigated by both Delaware's Department of Justice’s Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust and the Wilmington Police Department. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has stated that a special prosecutor is needed to ensure an impartial investigation. Other local activists questioned police tactics in an incident where a shooting occurred while no threat to an officer was ever made. The African-American community in Wilmington called for a peaceful response to the police shooting. Of the four officers involved in the shooting, three are white and one is Hispanic.
Arrest of Phyllis McDole
Subsequent to the shooting, Phyllis McDole, the mother of Jeremy, allegedly assaulted a woman she believed made the 911 call that lead to the death of her son. Phyllis McDole was arrested on assault charges and subsequently released on bail.
Response
The death of Jeremy McDole received the attention of Black Lives Matter activists on Twitter. Initially, McDole's name was misspelled as "McDowell."