Woman, Possibly Deaf, Shot And Killed By Officers In Watts

April 27, 2011 9:19 PM

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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A woman police say shot at her daughter and grandchildren in Watts was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night, authorities said.

The woman may have been deaf, and did not not hear police calling on her to put her gun down, according to KCAL9.

The incident occurred on the woman’s porch, according to authorities.

The woman was taken to a hospital. The LA Times reported the woman died at the scene.

Officers were called about 7:15 p.m. to the 10000 block of South Anzac Avenue, near Century Boulevard, said Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section.

It was the second deadly OIS in Watts Wednesday. Jose A. Solario, 46, was shot and killed by police around 8:25 a.m. after failing to drop a weapon, officials reported.

Woman, Possibly Deaf, Shot And Killed By Officers In Watts

bounce

The fact that she might have been deaf is irrelevant. When you start shooting at people, you run the risk of getting shot at yourself.

But I’m sure there are lawyers talking to the family, urging them to file a lawsuit against the city for violating the shooter’s civil rights…

Reginald sequitir de Balboa

wow, all of these posts sound like they were written by police officers. when did life become so meaningless? and, more importantly, how many people did this deaf woman harm? afterall, police action is to protect the innocent, right? so, if no one was harmed but this woman, then what civil or social purpose did the police perform? if it looks like it, smells like it, tastes like it, call it what it is: fascism.

Patrick

Reginald. You sound like a typical kid on the college campus. Live a little. Learn a little. Don’t throw words like fascism around like you know what they really mean. Leave the country. Do us a favor. Go find your nirvana and report back.
Will

Reginald, did you even read the article? It said she was shooting at her daughter and granddaughters! It sure does sound like they were protecting the innocent!
Robert

Police Officers don’t have psychic capabilities to know everything. The media always spins to get readers. The Heading should read “Police Officers SAVE Daughter and Grand daughter from violent attack. Typical media spin. The police officer saved these 2 lives and they still get criticized. Usually people who criticize LAPD whine and complain then when they become victims of a crime want them to help them
Talonnie Thomas

THANK U THATS WAS MY GOD MOTHER

JUANITA

I’AM A FAMILY MEMBER.SHE WAS DEAF AND BLIND IN ONE OF HERS EYES.WHAT EVER HAPPEN.I THINK THE POLICE DIDN’T HAVE TO NSHOOT HER THAT MANY TIMES.THEY SHOT MY COUSIN 14 TIMES.SHE WAS 57YEARS OLD AND THEY SHE WAS SITTING ON THE PORCH.WHEN THE POLICE PULLED UP THEY SAY SHE WAS SHOOTING.DOIN’T YOU THINK IF SHE WAS SHOOTING AT HER DAUGHTER ARE GRANDKIDS SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE GOT KILLED BEFORE THE POLICE GOT THERE.SOMETHING ANI”T RIGHT.

typical

She might not have hit them because she was blind in one eye, but when police arrive and someone is shooting at people, they dont have the time to sign put down the gun, this would also entail entering into a direct line of sight with a person who is armed and shooting. Be realistic, she is dead because of her own actions. Most police shoot at least three times when they shoot, if three to five officers fired, count the rounds, three each is not unreasonable and usually on an active shooter call like this your going to get at least three to five cops coming, usually more.age and disability dont count when someone is armed and has been shooting at people, what matters is preservation of Innocent life, she was not innocent.

Pinball Wizard

If it was a real gun and not a BB gun or toy, I don’t care if she was deaf, dumb, or blind kid & played a mean pinball; they should have taken her out.

ralphy743

boy if it was your love one that is deaf u wouldnt be so stupid in what you say

ab

well then she probably didn’t hear the police’s gun go off either
Alan

Point a gun (FAKE,REAL) And if your ( BLIND , DEAF , or DUMB) It don’t matter the out come will be the same DEAD!!

Talonnie Thomas

IS WAS NOT DUMB

Pepper MaShay

Why was the police called? Why did she feel the need to have a gun in the first place and what was the general story here?
non

Oh, so said. Why police shot her. Unless she was pointing at polices. They should have waited and stun gun her instead.

Patrick

You have a gun pointed at you. Do you want a stun gun in your hand or a real gun? What’s “said” is that you’re prejudiced. You can’t really be serious.

DA

Thank God she wasn’t nude, too. That always makes a BIG difference, doesn’t it?
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Tony

Just shoot at innocent people. While they are on the floor and bleeding, they will still support the suspect. America is awesome!
Marco

U kidding me?!?! The lady was shooting at people with a gun!!!!

I agree with the posters who said deaf, blind or dumb…..Take the civilian DOWN.

You don’t have to hear or speak to know you don’t fire a weapon at people.

My condolences to the family.

SpySee Hott

I AM THE FAMILY.. THANX BUT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY WORLD.. NOT JUST WHAT THE MEDIA POST. SMDH!!!!

B.F.G.

Everyday…
get a clue

The witness was a police man? According to police? Lets not fudge the facts please….whatever happened…does not remain a fact if the police reported the occurance as such.

Talonnie Thomas

WHAT THE DO IS NOT ALL TRU SO POLICE CAN SAY WHAT HER ARE SHE WANT BUT IT DONT MEAN THAT IT TRU ARE RIGHT

Fernando

OMG those blood lust poice officers will blast anything down there in Watts. Its kill or be killed in those crazy streets. I used to gang bang there back in the 80′s.
DONT BE FOOLED

What we need to do is incorporate law education in schools and make it mandatory because we cannot let “people with authority” take advantage of those assuming to have no authority. Average people should have the right to represent themselves under any situation involving an “authority”. Justice just doesnt make much sense anymore and it does not apply when the “victim” is perpetrated to be the perpetrator….how blind we are..and how unfortunate…we let those “people with authority” to run our lives. This is what one lawyer said,” YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU GET” referring to MONEY IS POWER. Ever wonder why those who are “authority” never get punished for their crimes? As if those with money, are the most moral and just people? I think not.
ralphy743

why u care if she was on wefare it was a life taken away ,get a life .
gwen

@puro pedo…what difference does it make if she was on welfare or not dummy??? Yes ..YOU are the real dummmy for making a statement like that.
She was still a human being who lost her life.
UV

I was near scene when everything occurred, I heard 10-12 gunshots go off, and in my own opinion all gunshots came from the police. I understand that when someone is wailing aj gun at others they should be taken down in some way, like shot in the leg or in the ARM, or even tasered. But to shoot the women 10 or so times is wrong. She was a deaf grandmother, how hard could it have been to take her down. Police departments need to go.through more trainings and learn to take suspects down, without killing them.
surfbum

@UV: Ignorant fools like you are the ones who need “more trainings”: this wasn’t the movies kid, and shooting people in the arm or leg doesn’t make them fall down and writhe in agony and prevent them from continuing to shoot at and try to MURDER people, including the cops. And to use a TAZER you have to be within like 10 feet of someone for it to work — do YOU wanna get that close to some A hole with a gun who has already tried to kill their own family? Go educate yourself on reality instead of believing in Hollywood BS and what you THINK you know (which is obviously next to nothing about things like this).
Sistagirl Young

Where was the person who placed the phone call? And if youcalled then why didn’t you stick around to tell them the lady was deaf? One other question. She was dead at the scene,so why bother taking her to a hospital? Whether you spell it with four letters(s—) or ten(defecation) in my opinion, something stinks.
Marco

I’d like to hear from the family who posted the “Know the whole story” comment. Please I am very interested in how this unfolded.

Until then any civilian with a gun shooting at people are not going to be treated like a grandmother yelling at her kids from the front porch.
Sistagirl Young

Who placed the call in the first place? If you placed the call then why did you not wait around to inform the police the lady was deaf? One last thing, the article states she was dead at the scene; so why was she taken to a hospital? This whole tale gets curioser and …
Marco

Everyone expects the Police to be like a Pastor at a Church. I shudder to think where this crazy city would be if they weren’t protecting us like they are doing now.

As grown up its time to own your own behavior people. Was the gun she had even registered?

The Police are not out enemy. Its the people who harm innocent civilians that are the threat and danger to us.

Some are so quick to point out the police should have done this, or done that, behind their desk job. But if a deaf co-worker came in shooting at them what would their opinion be?

Oh don’t shoot his….jus graze him. Taser him. Bring in an interpreter.

Like the poster said this isn’t a TV Show. This is The Wild, Wild West !!!!
TheWindrunner

Conflict resolution in the “community”.
BD McGee

Please build a cage around Watts. That’s how we usually treat wild animals. Lock ‘em up, feed them occasionally.

VIVIAN MCCORD

U SAY BUILD A CAGE AROUND WATTS.WHO R U TO MAKE A STATEMENT AS SO. REGARDLESS TO HER AS BEING MY COUSIN IN LAW. SHE WAS A HUMAN BEING AS U ARE NOT THYNKING LIKE ONE.HOW ABOUT WE EVER YOU LIVE. I GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA AND I STILL STAY IN FULL FLEDEG CONTACT. NO CITY IS SAFE WHAT ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THEIR CHILDREN AND KILL THEM WHAT ABOUT WHEN THOSE WHO IF I CANT HAVE HER NO ONE WIL. DO WE CAGE THEM. ARE HOW ABOUT THE ONES THAT KILL FOR PEOPLES INSURANCE,INHERITENCE. HMMM I WANDER WHAT IS YOUR OPINON NOW. SO BD MCGEE WHOW ARE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD THEY BE LOCKED UP AND FED WHENEVER.