Time for justice reform. Update to this previous story.
Via Daily Mail:
A police officer who had a wife and two children was shot dead as he tried to arrest a man who had been in jail 41 times.
Sergeant Jason Gooding, 39, died in Seaside, Oregon on Friday night while serving an arrest warrant for Philip Ferry, 55.
Gooding was patrolling downtown Seaside with another officer when they saw Ferry, who was wanted for felony assault. Ferry refused to show his hands when the officers tried to arrest him.
The other officer, who has not been identified, used a taser on Ferry, who went down on the ground. When Gooding tried to subdue him, Ferry produced a gun and shot the officer once.
The other officer responded and fired three times, hitting Ferry in several places.
Gooding was taken to hospital, where the team tried to resuscitate him for 40 minutes.
Ferry was transported to another hospital, where doctors tried to revive him for 20 minutes. Both men were pronounced dead in hospital.
The second officer, who shot Ferry, was not injured.
Ferry, who was wanted for felony assault, had been to Clatsop County Jail in nearby Astoria 41 times, Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin told Koin6.
‘This guy has been in and out of our jail numerous times… He has a vast record,’ Clastop County Sheriff Tom Bergin told Katu.
Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis said during a news conference that the shooting of Mr Ferry was justified.
An investigation will be carried out and reviewed by Marquis’s office.
Gooding, who graduated from Portland State University, had worked at Seaside Police Department for 13 years.
He had a wife and two school-age daughters.
HT: Mandy Manners