"State trooper shoots armed woman, man found shot" by Wilson Ring | Associated Press September 06, 2014
WATERBURY, Vt. — A woman who ignored repeated commands to drop a large-caliber handgun was shot by a state trooper after officers were called to a home over a suicide threat, the head of the Vermont State Police said Friday.
Tina LaBossiere of Crown Point, N.Y., was hit by one shot in the torso Thursday night, said Colonel Tom L’Esperance.
State Police then found Norman Michaud, 56, of Bristol, in the driveway of his home with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The two were taken to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington. Michaud was reported in critical condition; LaBossiere’s condition was fair.
L’Esperance did not release the name of the trooper who shot LaBossiere.
The ordeal began just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday when Michaud called 911 and threatened suicide. A gunshot was heard after officers arrived.
L’Esperance said LaBoissiere’s son also arrived and told State Police that his mother had a gun. He was with State Police and talking to his mother on the phone, trying to get her to put down the handgun, but she advanced up the driveway, waving it in a threatening manner.
‘‘I saw the weapon myself. It looked like a revolver that had probably a six- to eight-inch barrel,’’ L’Esperance said, although he did not know if it was loaded
‘‘The hammer was actually cocked back, so it was an intimidating weapon to say the least.’’
He did not know if the weapon that LaBossiere held was the same gun used by Michaud. He said Michaud had been drinking earlier Thursday.
I say ban all booze. Story reads like a drunken tall tale, too. I don't know what happened, but could we have another instance of the thin blue line blowing people away like a domestic einsatzgruppen?
The episode, the fifth officer-involved shooting in Vermont this year, is being investigated by State Police from a different part of the state, the office of the Addison County state’s attorney, and the attorney general’s office.
L’Esperance said he believes the trooper’s actions were reasonable considering the circumstances.
They always are.
There have been three shootings this year involving state troopers, two involving officers from other agencies, and a sixth case in which a man shot and killed himself during a standoff with police, although officers did not fire.
According to official authority in a propaganda pre$$ that has lost all credibility. Sorry.
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