Friday, January 14, 2011
Huntington Police Officer Fatally Shoots Man
Huntington Police are investigating an incident which ended with an officer fatally shooting 59 year old Raymond Adkins after he refused to allow police in his home Thursday night. Police were responding to a domestic violence call where Adkins was allegedly in an argument with his daughter Leanna when his wife called the police. Officers say they kicked in the door after Adkins refused to let them in. Police say Adkins went after an officer's bean bag gun, prompting another officer to respond. Police say officer Travis Hagan used a .45-caliber pistol to shoot Adkins in the back. Leanna Adkins says her father never threatened the police. She denies there was any struggle, nor that her father even reached for a gun.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:26 PM 
