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Mason County Man Shot by State Trooper
Breaking news, even though this happened about nine hours ago, the media have just started reporting on it. The MSP are launching an investigation. Shouldn't an independent agency be doing that? :
A 68-year-old man was shot and killed by a Michigan State Police trooper Tuesday night while the trooper was responding to a possible 911 hangup call, the Michigan State Police has confirmed to the Ludington Daily News.
The trooper said the man pointed a gun at him when he arrived on the scene at the Dennis Road residence and that he shot the man, who died later at the hospital.
The shooting occurred around 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Troopers were called to the scene of a possible 911 hangup call.
"As the trooper contacted occupants of the residence, a 68-year-old male confronted the trooper with a weapon," police stated. "The trooper fired one shot, striking the suspect."
The man was transported to Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital.
The Michigan State Police mobile crime lab crew is on the scene and all are asked to stay clear of that area of Amber Township.
Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Mason County Sheriff's Office, the Ludington Police Department and Life EMS.
http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/local/artic...
“State Police personnel are required to follow strict guidelines in the discharge of weapons,” said 1st Lt. Kevin Leavitt, commander of the Hart post. “MSP policy permits officers to point or discharge a firearm in self-defense or defense of another when he or she reasonably believes there is imminent danger of death or great bodily harm.”
A full and complete investigation of this incident is currently underway by the Michigan State Police, Leavitt said in a statement.
Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Mason County Sheriff’s Department, Ludington Police Department, and Life EMS.
http://www.masoncountypress.com/2014/01/15/man-dies-after-being-sho...
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Permalink Reply by XLFD on
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More news courtesy of WOOD:
Troopers were dispatched around 11 p.m. Tuesday to a residence in the 3600 block of W. Hansen Road in Amber Township, northwest of Ludington.
Two troopers talked to a female inside the residence about a possible domestic situation due to witness statements and evidence at the scene.
A man in the home then raised a handgun at the troopers.
One of the troopers fired a gunshot at the 68-year-old man, and the bullet struck him in his chest. The man was transported to a hospital where he died.
Names of those involved weren't immediately released.
The trooper who shot the gun has been with Michigan State Police for 5.5 years. He is on administrative leave during the investigation, which is being handled by Michigan State Police.
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I don't know, and can't find too much about him. He retired in 2003 from MCE Schools, seems to have been involved with a couple of community projects, was married in 1963 (don't know whether this is his current marriage). Thanks for the update, EyE. Here's a picture of Mr. Marble:
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Permalink Reply by easymoney on
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Man, never come to the door carrying a hand gun, when you know its the police on the other side of the door.
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It's unclear yet as to whether he knew the cops had shown up. The latest from the COLDNews: "troopers initially made contact with a woman at the residence and as they spoke with her a 68-year-old man appeared and confronted the troopers with a semi-automatic pistol. One trooper fired one shot, striking the suspect." Confronting doesn't tell you whether he was coming out with menacing aspect or if he came to the door with a gun at his own residence to see who is knocking at their door that late at night.
Putting passive cameras on these troopers that they activate on contact with citizens would save us a lot on investigations and/or cover-ups, because we wouldn't have to figure out the deal with the different testimonies of witnesses and the police.
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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they should have body microphones--turned on. Iknow our MCSD officers have them.
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That's a good start, but I asked for and received the policy the MSP has for 'dashcams', which includes microphones for the officers, right after the Paul Butterfield shooting in September. In the policy, they make use of such mandatory when your patrol car is equipped with a dashcam, but I also found out that use of dashcams is not universal or mandatory in MSP vehicles. I have made no secret that I think they should be to protect not only the law enforcer, and those they interact with, but more importantly, the truth; which is oft-times unprotected.
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Here's the latest courtesy of the Muskegon Chronicle:
Two Michigan State Police troopers had just entered William Jackson Marble’s home and started talking to an upset woman when Marble appeared holding a semi-automatic handgun, police say.
“They were just making contact with the female resident when he appeared and pointed it at the officers,” said First Lt. Kevin Leavitt, commander of the Hart post, where the troopers are based. “After they contacted the female resident, I can say the incident progressed rather rapidly.”
That was the account given by all three surviving eyewitnesses -- both troopers and the female resident -- and supported by evidence at the scene, Leavitt said. He said no one else was in the house.
The 68-year-old retired teacher pointed the gun at the troopers, and one of them shot him once in the chest, according to police. Marble was pronounced dead at a local hospital after the 11 p.m. Jan. 14 incident
The home where a Michigan State Police trooper shot and killed William Jackson Marble, 68, who pointed a hand gun at the officer at around 11:00 p.m. on January 14, 2014 in Mason County's Amber Township, northeast of Ludington. The home is located at the northwest corner of North Dennis Road and West Hansen Road and was Marble's residence.
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Permalink Reply by Willy on
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If the story is accurate it would seem that William got the gun after the police pulled up because if he had the pistol in his hand before they showed up I''m sure his wife would have told the officers her husband was holding a gun.
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New Update (Courtesy of MCP)
"The first trooper arrived and awaited the arrival of another trooper, who was nearby, before approaching the home. The two troopers then “made contact” with a woman at the residence who had allegedly made the calls, and were then confronted by Marble who was holding the gun. While Leavitt would not confirm the relationship between Marble and the woman, Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole said the woman’s name was Nancy and that she was Marble’s wife. Two deputies also arrived on the scene soon after the troopers."
"...Leavitt said there is no video of the incident as “the camera in the patrol car was not focussed [sic] on the scene itself. However there was audio from the microphone the trooper was wearing,” Leavitt said, and the audio will be used in the investigation.
“We’ll compile all the reports from our agency and will include an autopsy and toxicology report. None of the troopers were injured. The trooper who fired the shot, as per policy, was placed on administrative leave,” he said."
The officer did have a mike on him, so that's encouraging, and we do have a first name of the witness, while the article speculates her last name may be Hunt. Maybe we can determine how we went from having Mr. Marble pointing a gun at the officers when their guns are presumed to be holstered, to the point in time where Marble was shot. Call me naturally suspicious, but using the presumption expounded logically by Willy that 'Nancy' hadn't alerted the troopers to Marble having a gun, how does someone who apparently has the drop on two troopers get shot (non-fatally at the time) and not shoot his own semi-auto?
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John s,
Where are you getting this info? I haven't seen anything new come out this second day.
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If you have the know-how, can you record it to a file and post it here, john.
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According to the City of Ludington Daily News today. I will bet anyone here that Prosecutor Spaniola decides not to prosecute, despite what the facts are, as determined by the shooting officer's fellow officers:
"The Mason County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office could have reports on the shooting of William Jackson Marble, 68, as soon as Monday so that the shooting can be reviewed, according to the Michigan State Police.
“Reports are being finished up and are going to be presented to the prosecutor on Monday,” F/Lt. Kevin Leavitt, commander of the Hart post, said this morning.
Leavitt said they are still waiting on laboratory reports, including toxicology reports from Marble’s autopsy, but evidence from the scene, what lab reports that are finished, statements from responding officers and the recording from the collar mic trooper who shot Marble after responding to a 911 hangup call at Marble’s home will all be in Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Spaniola’s hands next week.
Asked how the five-year-veteran trooper, who is on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the investigation, is faring, Leavitt said it’s been a difficult period for the entire post, especially after the Sept. 9 shooting death of Trooper Paul Butterfield II on a routine traffic stop on North Custer Road near Free Soil.
“Everybody at the post is getting through this,” Leavitt said. “This has been a difficult six months and this doesn’t help that. It’s the job we all chose and we know the risks that are taken, but we like to work in a community without that hanging over our heads all the time. Everybody is doing as well as can be expected.”
The state police will not announce the name of the trooper who shot Marble, per MSP protocol. That name will be included in public records in the future, but not until the prosecutor makes a determination about whether the use of deadly force was warranted in the incident.
“We’re just working on the paperwork and compiling everything for prosecutor Spaniola,” Leavitt said."
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