OTHER HARDWARE IN THE STORES.
THE COMPANY IS ALSO LOOKING TO
SELL ALL OR PART OF ITS ASSETS.
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON IF
THERE IS A NEW OWNER AND WHEN
THE CLOSING DATE IS.
A MAN IN CHESTER SHOT AND
KILLED BY POLICE OFFICERS JUST
DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT WAS
FILED TODAY.
IT CLAIMS THAT AARON McCREE WAS
UNARMED AND HANDCUFFED WHEN HE
WAS KILLED.
GREG SUSKIN WAS THERE AS THE
LAWSUIT WAS FILED AND DOZENS OF
PEOPLE THEN MARCHED, LOOKING
FOR JUSTICE FOR McCREE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN TWO
MONTHS AGO, BUT LISTENING TO
THE PARENTS TODAY STANDING
OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, IT WAS
LIKE NO TIME HAD PASSED THAT
ALL.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO
HEAL.
MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME.
VICKI McCREE AND HER
HUSBAND, MICHAEL NEVER IMAGINED
THEY WOULD BE HERE WEARING THE
SON'S PICTURE ON T-SHIRTS AND
DEMANDING ACTION FOLLOWING HIS
DEATH.
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
DOZENS WALKED WITH THEM TO
THE COURTHOUSE WHERE THE
LAWYERS FOR THE FAMILY FIRED A
LAWSUIT IN HIS DEATH.
THE 28-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND
KILLED OUTSIDE THE WALMART THE
23rd TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM
POLICE.
OFFICERS BELIEVE HE WAS A
SHOPLIFTER AND DETAINED HIM IN
HANDCUFFS.
THE SCENE WAS TERRIFYING AS
CUSTOMERS DUCKED BEHIND CARS
AND BOLTED INTO OTHER STORES TO
ESCAPE THE GUNFIRE.
HE WAS SHOT IN THE HIP, ARM AND
CHEST.
WHO'S GOT THAT PHONE CALL?
ABOUT MY SON?
IT NAMES CHESTER POLICE, THE
CITY, AND WALMART AS DEFENDANTS
AND IT SAYS McCREE WASN'T
SHOPLIFTING BUT RETURNED HIM OF
REALIZING THE CASHIER FORGOT TO
CHARGE HIM.
POLICE SEARCHED THEM FOR
WEAPONS AND HANDCUFFED HIS
HANDS AND BEGAN THREATENING HIM
AND THEN DESPITE BEING
HANDCUFFED, HE RAN FROM THE
LOSS PREVENTION ROOM TO THE
SAFETY OF THE CROWDED WALMART
PARKING LOT WHERE HE HOPED
OTHER SHOPPERS WOULD INTERVENE
TO SAVE HIM.
IT SAYS POLICE INDISCRIMINATELY
WERE SHOOTING THEIR GUNS AT
HANDCUFFED AARON AS HE
FRANTICALLY SOUGHT REFUGE BEHIND
PARKED CARS.
I NEVER SAY THEY STILL HAVEN'T
GOTTEN AN EXPLANATION FROM
CHESTER POLICE OR WALMART ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT'S WHAT IS THE MATTER
THE MOST, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING.
LAWYERS FOR THE FAMILY SAID
THAT McCREE WAS ON THE GROUND
STILL AND CUPS WHEN MEDICS
ARRIVED.
IT WAS THE MEDICS THAT DEMANDED
THE HANDCUFFS BE TAKEN OFF SO
THEY COULD TRY TO SAVE HIS
LIFE.
SLED IS INVESTIGATING THIS AND
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
LAWYERS FROM THE FAMILY WHO SAY
THAT THE THREE OFFICERS WHO
THEY SAY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
ARE DEFENDANTS IN THE CASE, BUT
THEIR NAMES WERE NOT A PART OF
THE DOCUMENT.
