Jury clears officers in Fatal shooting of Black Man - shot 22 times with Tasers
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 06:47PM
TheSpook
Three police officers who returned fire when a suspected car
thief shot at them during a chase have been cleared by a Multnomah
County grand jury. William T. Grigsby, 24, was killed Dec. 2 when he
fired six shots at police after running from a stolen pickup he had
crashed following a wild chase through neighborhood streets. Two of the
three police officers were wounded. Grigsby was running from
police after crashing a stolen pickup when Steinbronn tried to stop him
with his Taser. The officer fired the Taser at the man from a distance
of 15 feet. Grigsby dropped to his hands and knees and then pulled out
a .25-caliber pistol, spun around and fired six shots at the
police. The three officers returned fire, hitting Grigsby 13
times. Grigsby, still conscious, refused to put his hands up, move away
from his gun and even reportedly flipped police off. Other officers
fired three more Taser shots and 22 beanbag rounds at Grigsby before he
was pronounced dead. [more] and [more]
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