Walter P. Taylor Home Case Study

Back on October 3, 1974 at approximately 10:45pm two Memphis police officers were on patrol and received a complaint from dispatch to respond to a burglary in progress (Tennessee v. Garner, 1986). Officers Leslie Wright and Elton Hymon took the call and responded to the location in question (Tennessee v. Garner, 1986). After arriving, a neighbor told the two officers she heard glass breaking next door and “they” were breaking into the home (Tennessee v. Garner, 1986). While officer Wright radioed back to dispatch the situation, officer Hymon proceeded to the backyard of the home (Tennessee v. Garner, 1986). Hymon then heard a door slam and seen a person running across the lawn towards a chain link fence, later identified as Edward Garner

Upon arrival and after all parties were detained and searched for weapons Sergeant Kincaid and I were advised by the victim in this case, Thomas Fitzgerald that the suspect, Duane Fisher had pointed a pistol at him and his daughter, Marrissa Rohrbach and had laid the firearm down on a piece of farm equipment prior to our arrival. At this time I was able to locate a loaded Browning Target Shooting Pistol inside a holster on top of a tractor attachment approximately

On June 26, 2015, Mr. Steve Gerecke, an Albuquerque, New Mexico resident, confronted six youths allegedly attempting to burglarize his home after gaining access through the garage with a remote control removed from his wife’s car. The group of youth appeared to have been the same roving mob reported earlier to the police. Witnesses and police reports complained of burglarized homes and cars with the removal credit cards, cellphone, keys, and other valuables. In addition to the burglaries, the group allegedly committed grand the auto. Upon the confrontation of Mr. Gerecke and the youth, an escalation of bravado ensued. At this time, one of the youth armed with pistol, shot Mr. Gerecke multiple times killing him in the driveway of his home. Well

This homicide investigation also dealt with a first degree burglary and an assault with a

There was a shootout that went viral recently in Maryland and the information about it is now available for us to discuss. The young lad who was killed during the shootout is identified as Jason Hendrix who is 16 years old and was from Corbin, Kentucky. The Baltimore County Police officers, Maryland have been on a hunt to find this young lad who is a suspect of his parent’s and his 12 years old sisters’ death. Right from there his hunt was on for the cops of Maryland.

On October 18th, 2016 at approximately 7:43 PM, I, Investigator James Poffel was that a shooting just occurred and that a young, white male had been shot in the head and was being transported by Muskogee County EMS workers to Eastar Medical Center Emergency Room for treatment. There were two different locations that patrol officers responded to, Ace’s Convenience Store at 550 N. Main St., where the victim was located, and 2500 N. Main St. where the shooting occurred.

Howell "Trai" Donaldson III, was arrested and accused of the murder of four Tampa locals on Wednesday November 29th. The investigators believe there was not a connection to the four shootings. He had owned the firearm that had been used in the four killings. Investigators still haven’t been able to find a motive to why he had went on a killing spree. They haven’t been able to gather a confession or motive. However, they had enough DNA evidence stacked up against Donaldson. Family members, neighbors, and old teachers had been saying that he could never do something like this, and he had never stood out as a violent young man. Their mayor had stated that the community had just survived Hurricane Irma and now they had to deal with 51 days of unrest

On Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Little Rock Police Officers responded to 11511 Legion Hut Road in reference to a call of a shooting that occurred at the residence. Upon arrival, officers observed an unresponsive black male who was lying on the front lawn of the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his body. MEMS responded to the scene and advised that the victim who was later identified as Samuel Robinson, was deceased. Officers made contact with Mr. Robinson's wife, Felecia Shirley who stated that before the shooting she was inside of the residence with her husband and the power to the residence went out. Ms. Shirley stated that Mr. Robinson went outside and she could hear him turn the power on to the residence with the breaker

Further investigation revealed the shooting was a result of a fight that took place at a residence on Baty Street. EPD interviewed witnesses on the scene, and secured a residence on Mackey Pl. that was believed to be tied to the shooting. Police found several people inside the Mackey Pl. residence, and are interviewing a person of interest in this homicide.

My next story takes us to the state of Colorado; more specifically the town of Aurora. On the day of July 20th, 2012 James Eagan Holmes walked into the movie theater, century 16, at a midnight showing for the film Dark Night Rises. A little after the film started Holmes walked out the exit to go and get his firearms and tear gas. It was believed that he was dressed up in tactical gear and a gas mask. Around 12:30 am he reentered the movie theater and began to throw two canisters of gas. Then he threw the gas and began to shoot at people. “Holmes fired 76 shots in the theater: six from the shotgun, 65 from the semi-automatic rifle, and five from the .40-caliber handgun,” (Tenser 1). “The first phone calls to emergency services via 9-1-1

On November 11, 2016, the writer responded to PG County Hospital for a victim of an Assault with Dangerous Weapon (Gun).

Shooting took place at 4601 Kellogg Avenue around 1 a.m. on Sunday Morning in Cincinnati Night Club reported, a local TV station and the Cincinnati Police Department. Hundreds of people were inside the club and many of them fled away when shooting took place. The shooting happened around 1 p.m, when people were inside. Multiple people have been injured and one person deceased due to this gunfire. The victims were immediately taken to four hospitals some by ambulance and some by their own conveyance. Family members and relatives of the victims have arrived at

REPORTER: The reporter/ anonymous called with concerns for the four victims, Colton, and three unknown males. According to the reporter, Kelly is in Burnsville 4 nights a week. The reporter said, a couple of months ago, Kelly and Matthew (boyfriend) was in Corinth, MS stealing a trailer. Matthew was driving the car, and “he slung the baby out of the car seat onto the floorboard”. The reporter said Matthew took off running and called someone to pick him up. Kelly was passed out in the front seat, and she was arrested. The police department called Human Services to pick up the baby, and they called the grandmother to come and get the child. The reporter said Kelly is pregnant, and she is on meth, oxycontin, clonotin, and xanax, but Kelly is not

In Harris County Texas 49 year old David Conley was taken into custody after police found 8 people dead in a house he was in Saturday night. Deputies arrived at the house to perform a welfare check when they received more info indicating there was a warrant out for someone in that house. A high risk team went in to investigate the house and spotted a body outside the window. Conley shot at the deputies and were forced to pull out of the house until a negotiator arrived. Conley surrendered later that night. The Police later found 5 children and 3 adults.

Recently, two women were killed and one was injured when a pickup truck ran over them as they were exercising Saturday morning. The incident happened at around 7:30 when the three women were struck around the 1500 block of Jacaman Road. After striking the woman, the driver of the vehicle crashed into a light pole. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Jose Marquez, 22, is a student at Texas A&M University of Mission, Texas. Marquez has been charged with two counts of manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The two who passed away were recognized as Karina Villarreal, 32, and Adriana Gonzalez Rodriguez, 29. Villarreal was pronounced dead at Doctors Hospital of Laredo and Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the