Incident in Ohio
Man clears out the apartment of the deceased grandmother – and is shot by the police
A man is shot dead while cleaning out his grandmother’s home in Ohio. There are different statements about the circumstances of his death (symbol image)
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A new case of possible police violence is causing a stir in the United States. Joe Frasure Jr. was cleaning out his late grandmother’s apartment when he was shot dead by cops. Apparently they thought he was a burglar.
The small town of Wyoming in Ohio is a tranquil place. Almost 9,000 people live in the Cincinnati suburb, which is now the focus of public interest. The reason: Another case of possible police violence in the United States.
28-year-old Joe Frasure junior was shot dead in the city on Monday, the circumstances of his death differ widely. The police said they thought Frasure was a burglar who tried to ram the police while trying to flee. The 28-year-old’s family, on the other hand, explained that he and his sister only cleared out the apartment of their grandmother, who died in January.
According to the “Cincinnati Enquirer“A report was received by the police on Monday. A neighbor had therefore seen two or three people in the house. “It should actually be empty, but I see people doing suspicious things and maybe someone should come and check it,” says the emergency call that the police made public on Wednesday. The house itself had been checked several times by the police in the past few months. Between October and January there were 33 operations in the mostly empty building with four apartments, reports the ” Cincinnati Enquirer”.
Incident in Ohio: Police assumed burglars
Police said Frasure and another person were trying to flee the home Monday when officers arrived. Frasure got to his car and didn’t listen to the police officers’ orders to stop him. When escaping, he “almost rammed a police officer, who then opened fire with another officer,” quotes the “Guardians” from the police report. Frasure was hit at least once in the head and taken to a hospital, where he died on Tuesday. The TV station “WLWT5reported that the coroner’s cause of death was an exchange of gunfire with police. “The minivan turned, hit a tree, and headed toward our officers at high speed,” Wyoming Police Commissioner Brooke Brady said.NBC News“. After the shots, the van rammed the house, the police officers got Frasure out of the car and gave first aid.
According to the Frasures family, the police are trying to cover up the incident. “I don’t care what they say, but the car didn’t go their way,” explained Frasure’s father, Joe Sr. Frasure’s brother Joseph also made serious allegations against the police. “He’s been shot in the back of the head three times. If you’re shot in the back of the head, that means you’re not a threat,” Joseph Frasure toldABC“. “He did nothing wrong. That was his grandmother’s apartment and he was allowed to be there,” Frasure’s uncle Arthur Tucker complained. The family now has hopes for the publication of the video images from the bodycams. These have already been handed over to the responsible public prosecutor and, according to various media reports, are to be published on Friday.
The incident in Wymoning joins a chain of possible cases of police violence. Tire Nichols’ death had only come to public attention in the past two weeks. The 29-year-old was brutally beaten by five police officers during a police check. A few days after the incident, Nichols died as a result of his injuries in hospital, and the five police officers were released and arrested. The pictures of a surveillance camera and bodycams of the police officers published a few days later show the brutal attack.