As Twitchy reported yesterday, the Normandy Police Department, located very near Ferguson, Mo., announced that an 18-year-old had shot himself once after exchanging fire with police officers. The teen had shot at police first, and after a failed attempt to use a Taser, police returned fire but missed. Then teen then ran off and attempted to take his life with a single gunshot that left him in critical condition.
Instantaneously, word began to spread throughout the neighborhood and on social media that police had shot and killed the teen. Amateur video of the victim’s father shot after the incident showed him insisting that officers from the Ferguson Police Department had shot his son.
A report from the St. Louis County Police Department issued this afternoon has doctors confirming that Armonderez Green, who died of his wounds early Thursday morning, had only one self-inflicted wound under his chin.
(1/2) #NormandyShooting update: ER drs confirm #ArmonderezGreen's only wound was self-inflicted, under his chin. An autopsy is scheduled.
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) October 29, 2015
(2/2) Gun was a 6-shot, .38 caliber revolver w/4 spent casings & 2 live rounds; It belonged to a family member. https://t.co/snlImOjXfw
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) October 29, 2015
Correction:
Correction: Gun in #AmonderezGreen shooting belonged to someone "close to the family," not a family member. Thank you.
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) October 29, 2015
The St. Louis County Police Department released its own statement on the incident right around the same time this afternoon, confirming initial reports that the suspect originally interacted with the Ferguson Police Department at the request of his immediate family as a probable CIT [Crisis Intervention Team] case. Normandy police were later called in because “the suspect was suicidal and refused to communicate with family members who had discovered him walking in this area.”
Police say #AmonderezGreen only wound was a single, self-inflicted gunshot under his chin. #KMOV pic.twitter.com/FjsHwBpJFp
— Alexis Zotos (@alexiszotos) October 29, 2015
The statement adds that only one officer returned fire during the incident, and the three shells were recovered from a yard in the neighborhood. Now to calmly await the results of the autopsy.
https://twitter.com/mavenxbeauty/status/659814164274262016
As the police said, the autopsy hasn’t been performed yet, only scheduled.
Bullet's trajectory from underneath the chin up isn't necessarily self-inflicted depending on height and position of head #AmonderezGreen
— TC (@tchopstl_) October 29, 2015
Honestly, whether homicide or suicide, Ferguson & Normandy PD's handling of #AmonderezGreen's mental/emotional health crisis was atrocious.
— TC (@tchopstl_) October 29, 2015
Can we talk about the death of #AmonderezGreen and mental health care for a bit?
— northern replant (@colocha_rachel) October 29, 2015
Someone who is suicidal, even someone who has a gun, should never get a police response. #AmonderezGreen deserved more than being chased.
— northern replant (@colocha_rachel) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/amymeansjustice/status/659824926526959616
Three shots, according to the report. Green reportedly fired at several police but missed them as well, instead hitting houses behind them.
Eye witness explaining in full detail how she watched #Ferguson police shot him in the face it was NOT suicide pic.twitter.com/C7qbtaKjdt
— King D Seals (@KingDSeals) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/STLAbuBadu/status/659768782378811394
https://twitter.com/STLAbuBadu/status/659768994962935808
https://twitter.com/mavenxbeauty/status/659831065033486337
ppl, don't ever call the police when a family member is having a mental health crisis. remember #AmonderezGreen
— Miss Anne (@GardenerMiss) October 29, 2015
@VOThunder The American state has metaphorically shot at minorities for decades. So who shot first? The state, not #AmonderezGreen.
— David Goldstick (@innov8ion) October 29, 2015
#AmonderezGreen another black soul ripped from the world. Something needs to be done. #BlackLivesMatter
— Brandon/Brando (@theblaqgawd) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/MrKaczpyanski/status/659854034526937088
The fact that you're more willing to believe that #AmonderezGreen shot himself in the face, than cops killed him, is a part of the problem.
— #BlackGirlsMatter? (@BlckGirlsMatter) October 29, 2015
DeRay Mckesson, who has dedicated his recent efforts to shopping a package of law enforcement restrictions called Campaign Zero around Washington and having his students read “In Defense of Looting”, appears to have entered the conversation and then promptly deleted his contribution.
https://twitter.com/AnasuyaIam/status/659862177554284548
So details coming in, the woman that was shot was #AmonderezGreen mother. #StLouis
— Robert Lewis (@TheRobertLewiz) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/mbrennan26/status/659862459705085953
https://twitter.com/mbrennan26/status/659862731575713792
https://twitter.com/STLeftist/status/659862443057745920
Just what the police need; another unfounded allegation making the rounds on Twitter.
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