Detroit mom questions how daughter shot during hug
DETROIT (AP) — The mother of a Detroit woman shot and killed while dancing with an off-duty police officer questioned Monday why he would carry a loaded gun at a party in his own backyard.
Police said Adaisha Miller
was dancing with the officer early Sunday morning when she hugged him
from behind. His gun, which was in a waist holster, went off, and the
bullet punctured Miller's lung and hit her heart. She died at a
hospital.
Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee described Miller's death during a Monday news conference as a tragic, "unfathomable" accident.
"Somehow, in the course of dancing with the individual to his rear and touching his waist, his Detroit Police Department-issued weapon discharged, striking Ms. Miller," Godbee said. "There is absolutely no indication that the officer placed his hand on his weapon at all."
Godbee
implied contact from Miller appeared to have caused the gun to go off,
but he stopped short of saying she pulled the trigger on the .40-caliber
handgun.
The officer, 38-year-old Isaac Parrish,
has been placed on desk duty while the case is investigated. There was
no answer at his home early Monday afternoon. Godbee said Parrish is
"very remorseful."
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The Smith & Wesson M&P
primarily was designed for police and military use. It does not have a
safety switch, but the trigger has to be pulled back completely for the
gun to fire, certified firearms instructor Rick Ector said.
Ector said that if properly holstered, the gun cannot be fired accidentally.
David
Balash, a former Michigan State Police firearms examiner, said the
investigation also should look at the gun's angle given that Miller was
shot in the chest.
"What's going to be very important here is the angle of the entry of the wound to the victim (and) if there is in fact any gunpowder residue," Balash said. "I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding how a weapon that's pointed at the ground can be turned literally 110 degrees minimum to be in an upward position to strike someone."
SC To Require Electronic Death Certificates
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina will require funeral directors and coroners to file all death certificates in the state electronically by the start of September.The Department of Health and Environmental Control says the practice will save money and allow families to get the documents to confirm a loved one's death quicker for life insurance and other purposes.
Amazon hiring for West Columbia warehouse
WEST COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - Amazon.com is hiring more workers for its West Columbia warehouse.The Internet retailer wants people interested in working for the company to go to its website, click on "careers" and choose the West Columbia location, then fill out the information requested.
Hundreds attend job fair for Frontier Communications new Myrtle Beach call center
MYRTLE BEACH -- Doreen Rogers has been on the job hunt for about a year.
“I would be very happy to start to work tomorrow,” she said.
She’s hoping Frontier Communications, which held a job fair Monday for a new call center in Myrtle Beach, will finally be the company to offer a position.
“I would be very happy to start to work tomorrow,” she said.
She’s hoping Frontier Communications, which held a job fair Monday for a new call center in Myrtle Beach, will finally be the company to offer a position.
Rogers was just one person in a steady stream of interested applicants at the fair on the Horry-Georgetown Technical College campus. At least 200 people came to learn more about the company and the job in the first hour and a half.
Tim Ruedy, area general manager for Frontier Communications, wasn’t surprised by the turnout and said they expected a big crowd of job seekers.
The fair was informational and all interested applicants should apply at frontier.com/careers.
Attendance won’t necessarily mean a leg up on the competition. Ruedy said one way to stand out in the online applications is prior experience because the work will start soon. The call center will be open in the next couple of weeks when the first batch of employees finishes training - a total of 110 people will be hired.
The staffing should be complete by the end of September, Ruedy said. The jobs pay $11- $12 an hour.
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