The woman, Talisa Coombs, told Delaney she’d just gotten into what she alleged was a physical altercation with her granddaughter’s mother, Maria Pike, and called 911. Independence police’s response to that 911 call ended with the shooting death of Pike, 34, and her two month old daughter, Destinii Hope — who were identified Tuesday by authorities from the Police Involved Investigative Team, or PIIT, a team of eastern Jackson County detectives called in to investigate police shootings and use-of-force incidents.
The officer who fired his weapon was “a long-tenured veteran of law enforcement,” Dustman said. That officer and another two who were at the scene are on administrative leave.
My only good neighbor weighs almost 400lbs and has ruined knees and a fucked up spine. Wish there was a neighborhood watch, but most of my town is impoverished, so there’s a lot of shitty people. The town is nice overall imo, but the shitty people definitely bring it down when they start their shenanigans. The small police force is very active and most criminals are taken into custody peacefully, but ACAB and it’s just a matter of time before they start killing folks. I do own a gun and know how to use it, have two very loud dogs, and my house has a good alarm system and the fenced in yard has a gate that confuses a lot of people. I’m not afraid of anyone breaking in to hurt me or whatever, but I don’t want to get dragged into anything if I’m outside at the wrong time, especially if my dogs are out because they are liable to get shot with how much they want to see people and how loud they are.