ARTICLE: Newport News police ID man killed in officer-involved shooting (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com): "Police on Monday released the name of a man who was shot to death Sunday in an officer-involved incident.
Robert Lamont Harper had apparently violated a $5,000 bond for several traffic violations, said Lou Thurston, spokesman for the Newport News Police Department. When the man's bail bondsman went to pick him up on a warrant, the man resisted and the bondsman called police, Thurston said.
Harper, 38, lived 'off and on' in the 1200 block of 25th St. where the shooting occurred, but had no permanent address, Thurston said. Harper, according to police, had failed to show up in court to answer his original charges.
Six officers responded to the boarding house in the southeast part of the city about 9 p.m. Sunday. The officers lined up on a stairway after being warned by the bondsmen that the victim 'had something in his hand,' Thurston said. When the victim made a sudden move in the direction of the stairs, the first officer in line fired his weapon. Harper died about 9:15."
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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