The Coroner’s Inquest into the 2007 shooting death of Denver Thompson, involving a police officer, outside the Rand Memorial Hospital has been ruled an accident.<\/p>\n
The hearing opened in May of 2010 before Magistrate Debbye Ferguson and the five-woman, two-man jury heard evidence from more than 20 prosecution witnesses, including the partner of Sergeant Trevor Miller whose gun went off that fateful day.<\/p>\n
Thompson, 32, was shot in the neck and pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n
He had been taken to the hospital by his father and brother on November 27, 2007 and left there for treatment after he suffered an epileptic seizure.<\/p>\n
However, hospital officials had maintained Thompson became disorderly and had to be physically restrained and the police were called in.<\/p>\n
Thompson’s father Locksley Thompson, Sr., and brother, Arlington, both told the court of how they met security and police officers kicking him as they drove up to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Attorney Olivia Blatch represented the Attorney-General’s Office and the Public Hospitals Authority, while Attorney Pleasant Bridgewater represented the Thompson family.<\/p>\n
Attorney Carlson Shurland acted on behalf of Sergeant Miller.<\/p>\n
Arlington Thompson told the court he remembered being between Officer Ward and Sergeant Miller, who was at his right when he heard a loud sound.<\/p>\n
Arlington said he saw when Denver held his neck and said he got shot.<\/p>\n
He testified that he then held his brother, laid him on the ground and tried to stop the blood from flowing, while everyone was just standing around watching.<\/p>\n
Arlington said he remembers asking if anyone was going to help him, before his father went inside the emergency area to call the doctor.<\/p>\n
Soon afterwards, he said, Denver was placed into the wheelchair and rushed into the hospital. Not long afterwards, he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
Friday’s decision that the shooting was an accidental death could lead to a possible civil suit by the Thompson family.<\/p>\n
Freeport News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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