16 y/o Shaqur Takes Dirt Nap After Being Shot During a Coonfrontation with Fayetteville Popo

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Teen Dies After Being Shot By Fayetteville Police
8:01 AM, Oct 14, 2013

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A teen has died after he was shot during a confrontation with Fayetteville police.

Police were called around 6 p.m. Sunday by a woman who said she had been assaulted by her child's father. Lt. Todd Joyce says an officer confronted a suspect and took him into custody.

Joyce says the suspect's mother and others confronted the officer. Joyce says the officer ordered the crowd to stay away. He fired when one of those in the crowd started to pull a gun from his waistband.

Joyce says 16-year-old Shaqur McNair was shot. McNair was taken to Cape Fear Valley medical Center where he died.

Officer Christopher Hunt has been placed on administrative leave while the State Bureau of Investigation reviews the shooting. Hunt has been with the department since 2011.

 

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Teen shot, killed by Fayetteville police officer responding to domestic dispute by Beau Minnick

Fayetteville, N.C. — A Fayetteville police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call early Sunday evening shot and killed a 16-year-old who allegedly displayed a handgun during a confrontation with the officer, the city's police chief said.

Chief Harold Medlock told reporters late Sunday night that Officer Christopher Hunt was trying to take a woman into custody shortly after 6 p.m. when the teenager, Shaqur McNair, refused to obey Hunt's commands to back away from him.

"The young man pulled his shirt up with his left hand. There was a handgun in the waistband," Medlock said. "The young man began to draw that handgun out, and Officer Hunt fired at least three rounds."

McNair was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. :clap:

Dewanna McIntyre, McNair's cousin, said Sunday that the family isn't sure exactly what led to the shooting and that they are awaiting answers.

"We want justice to be served. An innocent 17-year-old kid was killed, and we want to know why," McIntyre said. "We do know that he was gunned downed by police, an innocent kid, with no weapon, and he was shot and killed." Was the good nigger 16 or 17? Innocent, no weapon? Where are you getting your facts, nigger?

Detectives said they recovered a handgun from the scene that was reported stolen out of South Carolina in February 2012. The State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate, which is a standard practice whenever a law enforcement officer is involved in a shooting.

Hunt, 27, who has been with the Fayetteville Police Department since July 2011, has been placed on administrative leave.

"This is a tragedy, because we had an officer who was trying to deal with a very dangerous, volatile situation," Medlock said.

Hunt was the first officer to respond to 201 Bertram Place in Fayetteville's Loch Lomond subdivision, where a crowd of about 12 to 15 people had gathered in the street. While waiting for other officers to arrive, Hunt arrested a man after observing injuries to a woman related to the call.

It was during that arrest that the man's mother, Alfricka Bennett, approached Hunt, struck him on the head and tried to take away her son, Medlock said. As Hunt was struggling with Bennett in a yard, several people approached them, and Hunt ordered them to back away.

"There was one young man who refused to do so, and he had his hands at the front of his waist," Medlock said. "Officer Hunt, as the young man continued to advance, told the young man to back up."

Hunt had handcuffed Bennett and was getting up off the ground when the teen reportedly produced the handgun. Bennett, 39, was arrested and charged with assault on a government official.

Medlock said that, although no police department policy was violated by the officer responding to the call alone, he has already directed officers, moving forward, to wait for a second officer before going into a domestic dispute.

Hunt had been close when the call came in, Medlock said, and he thought his backup was close when he responded.

"Quite frankly, I don't like for my cops to show up on any domestic call by themselves," Medlock said. "For a domestic, you always know there are at least two people involved. If one officer shows up, we're automatically behind the game, and that certainly was the case tonight."

 

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Christopher Hunt

Officer involved in Fayetteville teen's shooting death

FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) -- Authorities in Fayetteville are investigating the death of a 16 year old after he was shot by a police officer Sunday night.

It happened around 6 p.m. in the 200 block of Bertram Place in the Loch Lomond subdivision.

The eyewitness said the victim was unarmed when he was shot, but Fayetteville Police Chief Harold Medlock reported a different story.

"As the young man continued to advance, [Officer Hunt] told the man to back up, get away from him. The young man pulled his shirt up with his left hand there was a handgun in the waist band the young man began to draw that handgun out and officer hunt fired at least three rounds," said Chief Medlock.

The teen, later identified as Shaqur McNair, was taken to Cape Fear Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His family told ABC11 that he was a junior at Westover High School.

School officials told ABC11 that there were counselors on campus Monday.

"Shaqur was a great student. He was low profile and you barely knew he was around. However, he often had conversations in the hall with me," said Westover Principal Dr. Thomas Benson.

Benson said McNair got good grades and was popular student.

McNair's family is calling for an investigation and plans to contact the NAACP.:tantrum:

The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting the criminal investigation into the shooting, which is standard in an officer involved shooting. Authorities also noted that during an investigation, detectives recovered a handgun that was reported stolen in South Carolina in February 2012.

Officer Hunt has been placed on administrative duty, pending the outcome of the investigation. The Fayetteville Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit will also conduct an internal investigation.

Meanwhile, authorities have charged 39-year-old Alfricka Bennett with assault on a government official for the alleged assault on Officer Hunt.

 

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Teen's mom: Son didn't have gun when Fayetteville officer fired by Bryan Mims

Fayetteville, N.C. — The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a Fayetteville police officer Sunday night is disputing authorities' claims that her son had a gun and was pulling it on the officer.

Shaqur McNair died at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center after Officer Christopher Hunt fired at the teen while responding to a domestic disturbance call on Bertram Place sometime after 6 p.m. Sunday.

Police Chief Harold Medlock said Hunt was trying to take McNair's mother, Africka Bennett, into custody after she hit him on the head.

The two were struggling on the ground when McNair ignored Hunt's commands to back away and pulled up his shirt and began to draw the handgun, Medlock said.

Hunt fired at least three rounds.

But Bennett said Monday that her son was unarmed and that she never touched the officer.

"My son was shot three times for no reason. He didn't have no weapon. He wasn't no threat," she said. "My son was a good kid – very athletic, very smart." None of what you say is true, nigger.

McNair, she said, was a student at Westover High School in Fayetteville, where he played basketball and had never before been in trouble.

The State Bureau of Investigation is handling the shooting case – standard in officer-involved shootings – and Hunt has been placed on administrative duty.

Fayetteville police said Monday that investigators recovered from the scene of the shooting a handgun that was reported stolen in South Carolina in February 2012. :nya:

It's unclear, however, if it is the same weapon McNailr allegedly had in his possession.

Medlock said Sunday that Hunt was the first officer to respond to 201 Bertram Place in Fayetteville's Loch Lomond subdivision, where a crowd of about 12 to 15 people had gathered in the street. First thing the ossifer should have done is unload into the groidle.

While waiting for other officers to arrive, Hunt arrested Bennett's other son after observing injuries to a woman related to the call.

It was during that arrest that Bennett approached Hunt, struck him on the head and tried to take away her son, Medlock said.

As Hunt was struggling with Bennett in a yard, several people approached them, and Hunt ordered them to back away.

"There was one young man who refused to do so, and he had his hands at the front of his waist," Medlock said. "Officer Hunt, as the young man continued to advance, told the young man to back up."

Hunt had handcuffed Bennett and was getting up off the ground when the teen reportedly produced the handgun.

Medlock said that, although no police department policy was violated by Hunt responding to the call alone, officers were directed Sunday evening to begin waiting for a second officer before going into a domestic dispute.

Hunt had been close when the call came in, Medlock said, and he thought his backup was close when he responded.

"Quite frankly, I don't like for my cops to show up on any domestic call by themselves," Medlock said. "For a domestic, you always know there are at least two people involved. If one officer shows up, we're automatically behind the game, and that certainly was the case tonight."

 

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Shaqur McNair

Vigil held for teen shot by police

FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) -- A vigil is being held Tuesday evening for a teenager shot and killed by police.

Shaqur McNair, 16, died Sunday night after an officer responded to a domestic dispute call.

Police have released a list of calls to service to the home. It includes calls to the fire department, EMS, and police.

The police have responded to the house about 20 times over the past year, including several times the day before the shooting. :biggrin:

On Saturday, they went to the home for several calls that included a domestic dispute call, which is what brought them back out there on Sunday before the shooting.

The big point of contention is that Fayetteville police say McNair had a stolen handgun in his possession when he was shot.

Family, and witnesses, including a 911 caller, dispute that. They say McNair was unarmed.

Police say he was, and that's what led to the shooting.

The SBI is now investigating.

Meanwhile, friends and family are gathering for the vigil that's planned for 7:30 p.m.