Speaking of coming to an officer's assistance...
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:21 pm
There's a Baton Rouge traffic division officer who's probably pretty happy he had civilian help.
There are three articles here. I'll post them in chronological order. The first is a sob piece about the family and their hard-working, entrepeneurial son, with no mention of his record of violent felonies.
The subsequent stories change the picture just a tad.
Kevin
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2335111.html
BR shooting still unexplained
Mother heard son shot over cell phone
By MARK F. BONNER
Advocate staff writer
Published: Feb 19, 2006
Sharalean Temple heard the gunshots that killed her son Friday afternoon through an open line to her son’s cell phone.
Along with shouted words, she heard about three gunshots, Temple said Saturday inside her home surrounded by family members.
“I could tell something was wrong when he called,� Temple, 51, said. “We didn’t talk, but I heard raised voices on the line, then a few minutes later I heard some shots. That was his last phone call.�
Her son, George Temple II, 24, was shot and killed in a parking lot about 2:15 p.m. after a scuffle with a motorcycle officer escorting a funeral down Greenwell Springs Road, authorities reported Friday.
The officer, who apparently wanted to cite Temple for a traffic violation, pulled Temple’s car over in the parking lot of Auto Zone on the corner of Greenwell Springs and Joor Road, authorities said.
Investigators are still unsure if the shots that killed Temple came from the police officer’s gun, or from a eyewitness who, after hearing the officer yell for help, grabbed his own gun and fired, authorities said.
There is no indication that Temple was armed, authorities said.
That motorcycle officer, whom police identified Saturday as Brian Harrison, 32, was placed on paid administrative leave as a result of the shooting, said Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. Charles Armstrong.
Harrison, a veteran of four and a half years on the force, suffered contusions to his face and possibly a broken jaw because of the fight, authorities said.
Harrison was released from the hospital in good condition Friday night, but attempts to reach him for comment Saturday were unsuccessful.
Fred Raiford, spokesman for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, said Saturday detectives had not interviewed Harrison about the shooting and therefore would not release any more information until at least Monday.
The Temples made clear Saturday that their “Georgie� was no thug — he was an entrepreneur, a Southern University business student and the father of a 14 month-old son.
In high school, he was a multi-sport athlete at Second Chance Academy, where his father, George Temple, coached him in track and field.
“The only reason we didn’t win a state championship was because we were coming from a small school and we didn’t have enough people,� Temple, 53, fondly recalled. “We were very proud of that.�
George Temple said that later on, the two forged a partnership in business — he ran his established business, Expert Moving Co., while his son opened Expert Sound, a successful car accessory business.
The two businesses were a family affair, operating out of the same location at 7221 Airline Highway, he said.
“The last time I talked to him was Friday morning,� George Temple said. “He was excited about the progress that was being made in the construction of our new building.�
Temple said he and his son worked side-by-side since the boy was 11 years old.
“Whenever me and my son did things, we were successful,� Temple said. “He had the drive and energy to run a business and he had the gumption to see a project through.�
Temple’s little sister, Candace Temple, said it was that sort of vigor that allowed her brother to set goals and then accomplish them.
“Georgie believed that you could do anything and would always say, ‘Go for it,’� the 20-year-old LSU student said. “He was humble in his success. It wasn’t that he was doing well, it was we are doing well.�
That attitude drove him to enroll as a business student at Southern University, the Temples said.
With all of them either having earned college degrees or working toward degrees, it was a matter of pride, not necessity, that he get one too, they said.
“He was successful with his business, but his family has a system that values education, a hard-work ethic,� Sharalean Temple said. “Above that, we are all Christians and we all attend Bethany World Prayer Church.�
“I know my son would not hit a cop unless he was highly provoked,� she said. “I feel I can speak for everyone on that.�
When her son called Friday, Sharalean Temple said, he didn’t say a word to her. All she heard was shouting, she said.
On the other line, she called Expert Sound because she thought something was going down at the business. But employees there said nothing had happened.
She called police, who then went to Expert Sound, but reported nothing was wrong there, she said.
Meanwhile, she was still listening to her son’s cell phone call and everything that was going on at the scene of the shooting. She said she couldn’t make out what the argument was about, but she remembers hearing the gunshots.
“I thought, ‘I know I didn’t hear that,’ so I put it out of mind,� she said. “A little while later, the police called me and asked me what sort of car he was driving and I told them a black Mercedes. He hung up the phone and to this moment, I have not heard from them since then.�
Sitting on a bedroom floor, Sharalean Temple was composed and confident some good would come out of this tragedy.
“At this point we don’t know what that good will be, but we are faithful and we serve a good God,� she said. “You asked us about how much he calls. He calls pretty often and that was the last call he made to me.�
There are three articles here. I'll post them in chronological order. The first is a sob piece about the family and their hard-working, entrepeneurial son, with no mention of his record of violent felonies.
The subsequent stories change the picture just a tad.
Kevin
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2335111.html
BR shooting still unexplained
Mother heard son shot over cell phone
By MARK F. BONNER
Advocate staff writer
Published: Feb 19, 2006
Sharalean Temple heard the gunshots that killed her son Friday afternoon through an open line to her son’s cell phone.
Along with shouted words, she heard about three gunshots, Temple said Saturday inside her home surrounded by family members.
“I could tell something was wrong when he called,� Temple, 51, said. “We didn’t talk, but I heard raised voices on the line, then a few minutes later I heard some shots. That was his last phone call.�
Her son, George Temple II, 24, was shot and killed in a parking lot about 2:15 p.m. after a scuffle with a motorcycle officer escorting a funeral down Greenwell Springs Road, authorities reported Friday.
The officer, who apparently wanted to cite Temple for a traffic violation, pulled Temple’s car over in the parking lot of Auto Zone on the corner of Greenwell Springs and Joor Road, authorities said.
Investigators are still unsure if the shots that killed Temple came from the police officer’s gun, or from a eyewitness who, after hearing the officer yell for help, grabbed his own gun and fired, authorities said.
There is no indication that Temple was armed, authorities said.
That motorcycle officer, whom police identified Saturday as Brian Harrison, 32, was placed on paid administrative leave as a result of the shooting, said Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. Charles Armstrong.
Harrison, a veteran of four and a half years on the force, suffered contusions to his face and possibly a broken jaw because of the fight, authorities said.
Harrison was released from the hospital in good condition Friday night, but attempts to reach him for comment Saturday were unsuccessful.
Fred Raiford, spokesman for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, said Saturday detectives had not interviewed Harrison about the shooting and therefore would not release any more information until at least Monday.
The Temples made clear Saturday that their “Georgie� was no thug — he was an entrepreneur, a Southern University business student and the father of a 14 month-old son.
In high school, he was a multi-sport athlete at Second Chance Academy, where his father, George Temple, coached him in track and field.
“The only reason we didn’t win a state championship was because we were coming from a small school and we didn’t have enough people,� Temple, 53, fondly recalled. “We were very proud of that.�
George Temple said that later on, the two forged a partnership in business — he ran his established business, Expert Moving Co., while his son opened Expert Sound, a successful car accessory business.
The two businesses were a family affair, operating out of the same location at 7221 Airline Highway, he said.
“The last time I talked to him was Friday morning,� George Temple said. “He was excited about the progress that was being made in the construction of our new building.�
Temple said he and his son worked side-by-side since the boy was 11 years old.
“Whenever me and my son did things, we were successful,� Temple said. “He had the drive and energy to run a business and he had the gumption to see a project through.�
Temple’s little sister, Candace Temple, said it was that sort of vigor that allowed her brother to set goals and then accomplish them.
“Georgie believed that you could do anything and would always say, ‘Go for it,’� the 20-year-old LSU student said. “He was humble in his success. It wasn’t that he was doing well, it was we are doing well.�
That attitude drove him to enroll as a business student at Southern University, the Temples said.
With all of them either having earned college degrees or working toward degrees, it was a matter of pride, not necessity, that he get one too, they said.
“He was successful with his business, but his family has a system that values education, a hard-work ethic,� Sharalean Temple said. “Above that, we are all Christians and we all attend Bethany World Prayer Church.�
“I know my son would not hit a cop unless he was highly provoked,� she said. “I feel I can speak for everyone on that.�
When her son called Friday, Sharalean Temple said, he didn’t say a word to her. All she heard was shouting, she said.
On the other line, she called Expert Sound because she thought something was going down at the business. But employees there said nothing had happened.
She called police, who then went to Expert Sound, but reported nothing was wrong there, she said.
Meanwhile, she was still listening to her son’s cell phone call and everything that was going on at the scene of the shooting. She said she couldn’t make out what the argument was about, but she remembers hearing the gunshots.
“I thought, ‘I know I didn’t hear that,’ so I put it out of mind,� she said. “A little while later, the police called me and asked me what sort of car he was driving and I told them a black Mercedes. He hung up the phone and to this moment, I have not heard from them since then.�
Sitting on a bedroom floor, Sharalean Temple was composed and confident some good would come out of this tragedy.
“At this point we don’t know what that good will be, but we are faithful and we serve a good God,� she said. “You asked us about how much he calls. He calls pretty often and that was the last call he made to me.�
