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An Orlando police officer mistakenly shot and killed an innocent woman during a confrontation with a gunman at a downtown bar early Tuesday, according to a preliminary investigation by the police department.
The victim, identified as club patron Maria Fernada Godinez, 22, was shot just before 1 a.m. at the Vixen Bar on South Orange Avenue, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said.
Police were called after a complaint about a man with a gun outside the club who was banging on the door. The suspect was identified as 23-year-old Kody Roach, described in a 911 call by a bar employee as "a gun-wielding maniac."
"There was a guy who was kicked out of a bar because he was too drunk and now he's waving his handgun," the employee told a police dispatcher. "I had to run inside and lock my door before he did something stupid."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-1-dead-orlando-police-shooting-vixen-20140819,0,825317.story
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)didn't fire at all according to police, yet somehow the police officer wound up shot in the leg and a bystander wound up dead.
So did the police officer shoot both himself and the bystander?
Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)Confusion is their trademark.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Once cops go into shoot mode, the bullets go here, there and everywhere. Damned bullets.
cvoogt
(949 posts)Did the bullet spontaneously propel itself towards Ms. Godinez? No, Mr. Roach killed her. Interesting that the headline does not reflect this. Blames the bullet rather than the officer?
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)And the cops leg. Was Barney Fife there?