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Updated: 5:56 PM May 12, 2008
NEW INFO: Shooting Suspect Dies
A nursing supervisor confirmed to WSAZ that Rashawn Harless died Monday afternoon. Police say he was involved in a shooting incident Sunday with officers.
Posted: 5:57 PM May 11, 2008Reporter: Susan Nicholas Email Address: susan.nicholas@wsaz.com |
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A nursing supervisor at Cabell Huntington Hospital confirmed to WSAZ.com that Rashawn Harless died Monday afternoon. He was the man shot by police late Sunday during a chase near 7th Avenue.
Sunday, neighbors told WSAZ.com that some customers at the Speedway on Hal Greer Boulevard spotted Rashawn Harless with a gun. Two MUPD officers were nearby and customers told them about Harless.
Huntington Police Chief Skip Holbrook says just before 5pm Sunday, the MUPD officers and some Huntington Police officers found Harless in the 1500 block of 7th Avenue carrying a gun. A chase started and Harless ran toward the train tracks. He ducked behind a trash dumpster and began firing shots at the officers. Chief Holbrook says MUPD officers returned fire toward Harless.
The Chief says HPD SWAT officers were called in as well as other local agencies to help in the situation. Neighbors and media were asked to move about a block away for safety reasons.
After nearly two hours, police got close enough to Harless to see he had a gunshot wound to his head. An ambulance waiting a block away moved in and took Harless to Cabell Huntington Hospital.
Both MUPD officers have been placed on paid administrative leave, a standard procedure following an officer involved in a shooting.
Court records show that Huntington Police arrested Harless last Wednesday during a city wide drug sweep. Harless was charged with possesion of a controlled substance. On Friday, he was released from jail on $5000 bond.
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yall r rediculous if you think it was meant to be and blame him....kayla i kno how u felt about him he was so nice and he had a big heart...he deserves life....he needs kayla and kamari... yea its sad but no 1 deserves to die...fuq yall if yall though he did...
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Rashawn and the officers involved in the shooting as well.....people you have to realize that the last thing an officer wants to do is take a life......no officer wakes up in the morning and says "I want to shoot a 19 yr old young man in the head today" it is tragic what happended. obviously rashawn lived by the streets and consequently died by the street life....our lord and savior loved him as much as anyone else.....we need to get to the real root of the problem because tragically there are Rashawn like deaths everyday....Father forgive us for we not what we do.....GOD BLESS ALL
yea you should regret what you say. if one of your family members got in trouble you wouldnt want a hole bunch of nobodys like you with no life just on the internet judging him and they didnt even know him. get a life or a job or something. go talk about your usless family problems.
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