Mug shot of Andre McKoy, 21, the suspect in the College Park shootoutPosted by Nicholas Stix
In shootout with PG Police, suspect shot multiple times, tased, clubbed
By Brianne Carter, Suzanne Kennedy
July 6, 2012, 5:25 a.m.; updated at 9:17 p.m.
WJLA News
A 21-year-old man who was armed and presumably high on drugs was shot about a dozen times in College Park late Thursday night after a shootout with officers, county police say.
The suspect crashed into a brick wall at McDonald’s restaurant while fleeing the scene in a stolen police cruiser. (Brianne Carter/WJLA)
163PHOTOS“Mugshots: A rundown on the D.C. region's arrested and incarcerated.” [N.S.: WJLA posted the mug shot of this irrelevant white guy, in order to promote the racist lie, whereby whites commit just as much crime as blacks do. A realistic rundown would have another black guy.]
Prince George's County Police say that 21-year-old Andre McKoy may have been on PCP when he held his mother at gunpoint at her home, shot at police officers and eventually tried to flee in a squad car.
McKoy is charged with attempted second degree murder of a police officer, assault, firearm use, theft and destruction of property.
No officers were shot during the chain of events, but police say that McKoy, who is remarkably listed in good condition at an area hospital, was shot more than a dozen times, shocked with a Taser and clubbed with police batons while they tried to apprehend him.
The incident started at the College Park townhouse where McKoy's mother lives, authorities say, when his mother called 911 to report that he was acting erratically and was possibly high.
"I think he smoked some PCP and he swears somebody's after him," she told a 911 dispatcher. "He wants us to leave. He said, 'Empty the house.'"
Police say that McKoy then led his mother out of the house at gunpoint, where police were waiting. He was then shot. However, police say that McKoy was "unstoppable," even after being hit with gunfire. He was also shocked with a Taser several times.
"He was shooting at the cops," witness Unique Mitchell said. "The police didn't give him a chance...they just pulled out a gun and started shooting."
[This lady has some kind of talent with non sequiturs! Or is it: 'The police didn't give him a chance to kill them!'?]
Police say the incident ended about two blocks away along Baltimore Avenue, after McKoy was able to commandeer a squad car and flee. He didn't get far, though; the car crashed into a low brick wall near the College Park McDonald's.
Assistant Police Chief Kevin Davis credited McKoy's mother for preventing the situation from getting even more dangerous than it was.
"The mom acted very courageously by calling 911," Davis said. "She listened to our directions and the best thing she did was walk out of the house."
[Thanks to reader-researcher RC for this story.]
Not one of those cops could manage a head shot? WTF?
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