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Omaha Steve

(99,618 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:02 PM Jan 2020

Bond denied for officer in handcuffed man's fatal shooting

Source: AP

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A judge denied bond Wednesday for a Maryland police officer who has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting a handcuffed man in his patrol car.

Judge Robert Heffron Jr. said he found convincing evidence that Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Michael Owen Jr. posed a danger to the community. Owen’s defense attorney had asked for him to be freed without bond.

Investigators didn’t find any evidence of a fight between Owen and William Howard Green before Green was fatally shot Monday night in the front passenger seat of a patrol car, police said in a report on a murder charge against the officer.

That finding contradicted statements on the night of the shooting by a department spokeswoman, who told reporters that two “independent witnesses” said they saw or heard a struggle “of some sort” coming from the patrol car before they heard loud bangs.

This undated photo provided by the Prince George's County Police Department shows Prince George's County Police Department Cpl. Michael Owen Jr. Owen, accused of shooting and killing a handcuffed man in the front seat of a police cruiser, will face a murder charge, the department announced Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Prince George's County Police Department via AP)

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Bond denied for officer in handcuffed man's fatal shooting (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP

Well, this should be interesting........... oldsoftie Jan 2020 #1

Good. I hope the family gets justice. He is absolutely a danger to the community tulipsandroses Jan 2020 #2

oldsoftie

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1. Well, this should be interesting...........

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:04 PM

Jan 2020

tulipsandroses

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2. Good. I hope the family gets justice. He is absolutely a danger to the community

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:48 PM

Jan 2020

I was wondering why the judge denied bond. I thought it was unusual for an officer involved shooting. I don't know if this is the reason but IMO- this would be compelling reason - This is his 3rd shooting. 2nd fatality!!! Most police officers go their whole careers without shooting anyone, he's managed to shoot 3 people, killing 2 of them.

The lying is not panning out. No drugs involved. Video shows Green sitting calmly.

The circumstances of this other fatality seems odd

Green’s death is the third shooting Owen has been involved in -- and the second fatal, on-duty shooting, the Post said. Owen fatally shot Rodney Deron Edwards, 35, of Landover the night of Dec. 17, 2011, after Edwards, who had been lying in some grass on the side of a roadway, threatened him with a revolver after Owen stopped to offer him assistance.
[link:https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/maryland-police-officer-charged-with-murder-shooting-handcuffed-man/TAOWMH4GO5BATET4H5EHZW5YOU/|

Now my question is, were those other shootings investigated or did the dept just take his word that this is how it happened?

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