Independence Police Refuse To Answer Question About Officer Shooting Infant

Credit where it's due . . . 

The community deserve an clear & concise answer to a direct question and local media is doing their best to provide the public the details . . . Meanwhile, they're confronting word games and very little detail.

Here's the sitch . . .

The public and the media have had to put two and two together when trying to get answers about what led up to Pike and Destinii's deaths.

Police haven't directly said their officer shot and killed the two or even how they died.

Instead, this is how Chief Adam Dustman phrased it at the news conference he held the day after the shooting:

"Officers encountered a female who ultimately was armed with a knife. As a result of that encounter, it resulted in two fatalities, one to the armed female, one to a child," Dustman said.

Dustman said a "third-party caller called 911" about a domestic violence disturbance with a possible assault.

He would not answer reporters when they asked if the officer shot the baby.

"The situation escalated to where it ultimately resulted in those fatalities," Dustman said.

He also said, "Per normal protocols, the officer that fired, and there was one that fired, is on administrative leave."

Later in the news conference, he said, "No officer ever comes to work expecting or wanting to take a life."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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