Arrest in Ferguson shooting

[annabanana]

now on MSNBC.. waiting for press conference.. Anyone got anything?

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Nothing yet - I'll googlenews it...

On edit: nothing via Google News yet (13:42 ET)...

News Conf @ 14:30ET...

[octoberlib]

2. I just googled it. Nobody has anything yet.

[Ptah]

3. Arrest Made in Ferguson Shooting That Injured 2 Police Officers

http://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-ferguson-shooting-injured-police-officers/story?id=29652783

[msanthrope]

4. nothing on the wires...but FBI on scene. nt

[Cooley Hurd]

5. The big question is... motive.

[Enrique]

8. also, how he got the gun n/t

[B2G]

6. Local man, gun recovered

St. Louis County police have arrested a suspect and recovered a weapon in connection with the shooting of two police officers standing guard during a peaceful protest in Ferguson, Mo., early Thursday, according to a news release.

Officials in Missouri announced a news conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss “an arrest in connection with the shooting at the Ferguson Police Department Thursday morning that left two police officers wounded.”

Law enforcement sources told The Washington Post that a local man was arrested in the late morning on Sunday and that the weapon believed to have been used in the shooting has been recovered.

The shooting came just hours after the resignation of Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, which sparked a new round of protest outside of the police department. Demonstrations have gone on for more than seven months since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was killed by a white police officer.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-suspect-arrested-in-shooting-of-two-officers-in-ferguson/2015/03/15/eb3140c2-cb38-11e4-8a46-b1dc9be5a8ff_story.html?wprss=rss_national

[sl8]

7. McCulloch said Williams admitted firing the shots, but said he was shooting at someone else.

From http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/15/ferguson-police-shooting-arrest/24808987/

A 20-year-old protester has been charged with shooting two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., last week, authorities said Sunday.

County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams was charged with two counts of assault in the first degree, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle, and thee counts of armed criminal action.

McCulloch said Williams admitted firing the shots, but said he was shooting at someone else.

"We're not sure we buy that part of it," McCulloch said, adding that the handgun used in the shooting has been recovered.
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[H. Cromwell]

9. first-degree assault???

"McCulloch said Williams admitted firing the shots, but said he was shooting at someone else."

So, I guess since he was firing at someone else, not the line of LEOs, that makes it better?

"Jeffrey Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action."

Why wasn't he charged with attempted murder? or attempted manslaughter?

Would a RW white agitator have been charged the same as Mr. Williams?

[rollin74]

10. I was wondering about an attempted murder charge also

maybe it's because they feel they can't prove who the suspect was firing at/attempting to kill???

but I understand he is facing life in prison on what he's been charged with