All articles tagged with #butcher knife
A man, believed to be 50 years old, was shot in the chest by at least one Los Angeles Police Officer in downtown Los Angeles. The man was armed with a butcher knife and was treated for his injuries by the Los Angeles Fire Department. No officers or bystanders were harmed in the incident.
Oklahoma executed Jemaine Cannon, who stabbed a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after escaping from a prison work center. Cannon, who had been serving a 15-year sentence for a violent assault, claimed self-defense but was convicted of killing 20-year-old Sharonda Clark. His last-minute appeal seeking a stay of execution was denied by a federal appeals court. Cannon's attorney argued that his trial and appellate attorneys were ineffective for not presenting evidence supporting his self-defense claim. Prosecutors and Clark's adult daughters urged the state to execute Cannon, while his attorney called the decision "historic barbarism."
A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman with a butcher knife was shot and killed by authorities in South Carolina after he refused to comply with commands and came towards officers. The man was shot by one Landrum police officer and two Spartanburg County deputies. No law enforcement officers were injured.
A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman with a butcher knife was shot and killed by authorities in South Carolina. The man was found at the scene with a knife and did not comply with commands from authorities. After using a stun gun and K9, the man continued to come towards authorities, resulting in shots being fired by one Landrum police officer and two Spartanburg County deputies. No law enforcement officers were injured.