AND IS LOCKED UP IN JAIL NEWS
FOUR'S CASSANDRA SWEETMAN HAS
THE NEW INFORMATION.
THE OFF-DUTY LANGSTON
UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER SHOT
SEVERAL ROUNDS AT THE SUSPECT
AS HE FLED THIS WAL-MART
PARKING LOT. NOW THAT SUSPECT
IS FACING SEVERAL PENDING
CHARGES BUT DEL CITY POLICE
SAY IT WILL BE UP TO THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ON WHETHER
THAT OFFICER FACES CHARGES AS
WELL. A STRUGGLE BETWEEN A
SUSPECTED THIEF IN A WALMART
SECURITY GUARD, THE GUARD, AN
OFF-DUTY LINKS TO UNIVERSITY
POLICE OFFICER TRYING TO PULL
THE SUSPECT OUT OF THE
VEHICLE, THE SUSPECT VS AND
THE SECURITY GUARD STARTS
SHOOTING.
11 SHOTS FIRED AT THE
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS 28
YEAR-OLD KENNETH LEE SIMMONS
SIMMONS WAS HIT BUT CONTINUED
TO FLEE WITH THE SHATTERED THE
BACK WINDOW.
LATER TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR HIS GUNSHOT WOUND SIMMONS
HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED
ACCORDING TO AN ARREST
AFFIDAVIT HIS ACCUSED OF PETTY
LARCENY AFTER ALLEGEDLY
ADMITTING TO TAKING A
TELEVISION PAST THE LAST POINT
OF SALE AND LEAVING IT BETWEEN
THE 2 EXIT DOORS. HE'S ALSO
ACCUSED OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY
WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. THE
AFFIDAVIT STATING SIMMONS
PLACED HIS VEHICLE IN REVERSE
AND STRUCK THE SECURITY GUARD
WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR.
SO FAR POLICE AREN'T
IDENTIFYING THE LINKS
UNIVERSITY OFFICER SAYING THE
DA HAS NOT YET LOOKED AT THE
CASE WHEN WE TRIED TO FIND OUT
IF THE OFFICER WAS PLACED ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE THE
PERSON WHO PICKED UP AT THE
LINKS TO UNIVERSITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT HUNG UP ON US AND A
SPOKESPERSON DIDN'T ANSWER THE
QUESTION SENDING INSTEAD A
STATEMENT THAT SAID IN PART
THE OFFICER WAS NOT PERFORMING
DUTIES ON BEHALF OF LANGSTON
UNIVERSITY AT THAT TIME OF THE
INCIDENT WAL-MART DECLINED TO
COMMENT ON POLICY SAYING IN A
STATEMENT WE ARE WORKING WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF AN
ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND
WOULD DEFER ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS TO THEM DEL CITY
POLICE SAY IT'S TYPICAL FOR AN
OFF-DUTY OFFICER HIRED AS A
SECURITY GUARD TO BE ARMED.
THEY HAVE THEIR INSIDE
ASSET PROTECTION PEOPLE. THE
STAY INSIDE THE STORE THEY
WILL PURSUE PEOPLE TO THE
