Two Stabbed, One Shot by Police
Police beat 2431 squad car was one of 26 police cars called to domestic dispute around 2pm Sunday when sixty-six year old Howard Jones apparently snuck into his wife's apartment on Pratt Avenue by the lake and killed her with a knife.
Mr. Jones continued his Sundy knife assault going after their son, who was also stabbed. A neighbor fills Channel 7 in on his version of the knife attack.
Officers reportedly told the woman's husband, who was wielding a knife, to put down the weapon. He reportedly stabbed himself and told the police they'd have to "shoot him!" The officer accepted the request and shot the man after he would not put down the knife. The woman and her knife toting husband both died.
5 comments:
26 cars is a little deceiving. Two cars responded to the original job. Most of the rest were gawkers, detectives, w/c, crime lab, ops..etc......
Eric Zorn
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In Eric Zorn's article he mentions that there had been an estrangement, a restraining order and finally an ambush. I doubt anything Cary Steinbuck could have done would have altered the course of events that led to this tragedy.
I wonder what events led to the restraining order and if there may have been additional precautions taken at that time. I know we cannot always forsee what a desperate man will sink to but I know that laws surrounding domestic violence are often weak.
My sister had an abusive ex-husband and he violated his restraining order again and again but was never held for more than a few hours.
I am sure that more details will surface in the days to come.
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