Cop accused of shooting dead Iraq vet for ‘making advances’ on his companion

[meegbear]

A Baltimore man is dead after he "made advances" on a woman whose male companion, an off-duty police officer, responded by shooting the man six times, news reports say.

According to a report from Baltimore police, the police officer may have fired 13 times at 32-year-old Tyrone Brown, a Marine and four-year veteran of the Iraq war, hitting Brown six times in the chest.

The Baltimore Sun's Crime Beat blog reports that Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III has ordered senior commanders to oversee the investigation into the incident.

The Baltimore Sun identifies the shooter as "Gahiji A. Tshamba, a 15-year veteran of the city police force," and describes the altercation like this:

Tyrone Brown, a 32-year-old former Marine from East Baltimore, was out with his sister and her friend enjoying the Mount Vernon club scene early Saturday when he may have taken one of his trademark jokes too far. Glancing at a woman in an alley off of East Eager Street, he put his hands on her behind.

Police said the woman's companion, an off-duty Baltimore police officer, got into an argument and physical confrontation with Brown after they left the club Eden's Lounge. His sister said there was no fight, and that her brother apologized and tried to walk away. What happened next is not in dispute — the officer pulled out his department issued Glock handgun and fired at the unarmed Brown 13 times from just a few feet away.

A police spokesman said Tshamba refused to make a statement to police and "declined to submit to a breath test to determine whether he had been drinking alcohol or how much he had consumed."

The Sun notes that the incident "has left (Tshamba's) commanders publicly questioning whether the Eastern District patrol officer legitimately thought his life was in danger before firing."

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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0605/cop-shoots-iraq-vet-6-times-making-advances-companion/

[DrDan]

1. guns . . .

[Ian David]

2. Who's gonna fuck his girlfriend while he's in prison? n/t

[Supply Side Jesus]

3. Everyone...

:evilgrin:

[Arctic Dave]

4. Ya see Arizona, drinking and guns makes perfect sense.

I don't see anything that could go wrong.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Tyrone, ya can't be doin' stuff like that - touchin' butt is a no-no.

And no tellin' when some half loaded guy with a fully loaded gun is gonna take the law into his own hands.

[RadiationTherapy]

6. You simply don't touch a man's woman.

Sarcasmo strikes again! Whoo-chaaaaah!

[Statistical]

7. Only cops should have guns. n/t

[Rex]

8. Weeeellll it is obvious! He shot the man six times in the chest

because he felt his life was threatened, yea that is the ticket!

[asdjrocky]

9. I am sadly not suprised. nt

[SidDithers]

10. Another bad headline...

why would a dead Iraq vet make advances on a cop's companion.

Sid

[Gin]

11. I agree...thought it was a tale from the crypt....

[Scout]

12. shooting totally unjustified ... but the asshole should have kept his hands to himself.

i guess he "joked" with the wrong woman.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. don't tuch the but

(old DU reference- couldn't find the link)