Mom's boy shoots Deputy

[TheeBadOne]

Sergeant Rodney L. Davis
Greene County Sheriff's Department, VA
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 2 yr

Sergeant Davis was shot and killed at 2300 hours as he and another deputy attempted to serve a narcotics warrant on a man for selling crack cocaine. When the two deputies arrived at the home, on Octonia Road near Stanardsville, the suspect's mother told them the suspect wasn't there. The mother then allowed the deputies to search the house. The suspect was discovered hiding in a bedroom and a struggle ensued. The suspect was able to run into another room and close the door. When the deputies kicked the door in the man opened fire, striking Sergeant Davis in the side, in between the panels of his vest. The suspect was also killed when the deputies returned fire.

Sergeant Davis was transported to the University of Virginia Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.

Sergeant Davis had been with the agency for 2 years and was survived by his expectant wife and two children.
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Sad anyway you cut it. I'm sure mom will tell the newsies that "Jr." was a good boy.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I'm sure mom will tell the newsies that "Jr." was a good boy.

Gosh, I wonder why the fathers of killers are never quoted saying such things!

 

[atek3]

ha

 

[TheeBadOne]

When the two deputies arrived at the home, on Octonia Road near Stanardsville, the suspect's mother told them the suspect wasn't there.

That's why, this time.

 

[WYO]

I hope they hooked mom as an accessory after the fact and as a principal to the homicide.

 

[tyme]

Another casualty on the offensive side of the War on Some Drugs. Tragic, but expected and inevitable.

 

[rock jock]

Another casualty on the offensive side of the War on Some Drugs. Tragic, but expected and inevitable.

Yeah, the WOD made this POS commit murder.

 

[oldfart]

"Yeah, the WOD made this POS commit murder."

No, the WOD didn't do that, but it did put the deputies in danger by making them go to his house to arrest him.

No WOD-- no profit from dealing-- no criminal actions to support the 'business'-- no arrest warrant-- no dead deputy.

 

[Tall Man]

I'm in agreement with Aged Flatulence on this one.

The Offensive Against Select Pharmacuticals has been the requisite cause of needless human deaths on both sides.

Tall Man

 

[cordex]

When the deputies kicked the door in the man opened fire, striking Sergeant Davis in the side, in between the panels of his vest.

Full wrap, full wrap, full wrap, full wrap. A properly fitted vest could have prevented this incident.

Sad the deputy died. No tears shed for the perp. Plenty angry at the politicians who think they're "winning" the unwinnable, though.

 

[WYO]

I understand the "causation in fact" argument that this was a casualty in the war on drugs. However, participants on the supply side do it because they can make more money selling drugs than working elsewhere like the rest of society. Even if there is no "WOD," this guy would not be wearing a "Hi, My Name is Jr." badge and selling legal drugs for minimum wage. He would be involved in some other "fast buck" illegality. So, to say that eliminating the WOD eliminates casualties is a gross oversimplification.

 

[greyhound]

Yep, I'm sure he was "close to" getting a job, "close to" getting involved with the church, and "close to" reconciling with the mothers of his children.

 

[tyme]

WYO, that may be true, but I'll take the fact that the WOD was responsible for both deaths over some hypothetical of what the perp might have done absent a high-profit drug market.

 

[bogie]

Prohibition doesn't work. It does, however, encourage black markets.