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Investigators in Florida are wondering if a city official who allegedly killed a man who was trying to steal shoplifting at his military surplus store should be subject to criminal charges.
Police in Lakeland, a large city east of Tampa, released a surveillance video Monday of the incident that occurred on October 3 at the Vets Army & Navy surplus store, owned by the city's commissioner, Michael Dunn.
According to the police, Cristobal Lopez, 50, and his father, entered the store's police station around 2:30 pm While the father was making a purchase, Dunn saw Lopez pick up a hatchet and hide it before heading for the exit. . In the video, Dunn is seen catching Lopez by his t-shirt in the doorway as he tries to leave, unsheathing his gun and pulling it point blank in the chest. Lopez falls to the ground right outside the door and Dunn watches him die.
No charges have been laid, but the incident is currently being investigated, Gross, Gary Gross, Information Officer, Lakeland Police Department, told VICE News. The case sparked debate over the controversial state law, Stand Your Ground, although the Advocate General did not say whether Dunn had invoked it for his defense.
The 47-year-old commissioner is a staunch supporter of gun rights, according to the Tampa Bay Times, and even organized a rally in his store in July to counter the upcoming March for Our Lives march, organized by answer shot in high school in Parkland earlier this year. According to the Lakeland Ledger newspaper, Dunn accidentally shot someone while he was 19 (the victim survived).
Investigators in Florida are wondering if a city official who allegedly killed a man who was trying to steal shoplifting at his military surplus store should be subject to criminal charges.
Police in Lakeland, a large city east of Tampa, released a surveillance video Monday of the incident that occurred on October 3 at the Vets Army & Navy surplus store, owned by the city's commissioner, Michael Dunn.
According to the police, Cristobal Lopez, 50, and his father, entered the store's police station around 2:30 pm While the father was making a purchase, Dunn saw Lopez pick up a hatchet and hide it before heading for the exit. . In the video, Dunn is seen catching Lopez by his t-shirt in the doorway as he tries to leave, unsheathing his gun and pulling it point blank in the chest. Lopez falls to the ground right outside the door and Dunn watches him die.
No charges have been laid, but the incident is currently being investigated, Gross, Gary Gross, Information Officer, Lakeland Police Department, told VICE News. The case sparked debate over the controversial state law, Stand Your Ground, although the Advocate General did not say whether Dunn had invoked it for his defense.
The 47-year-old commissioner is a staunch supporter of gun rights, according to the Tampa Bay Times, and even organized a rally in his store in July to counter the upcoming March for Our Lives march, organized by answer shot in high school in Parkland earlier this year. According to the Lakeland Ledger newspaper, Dunn accidentally shot someone while he was 19 (the victim survived).
Dunn's shares may not be covered by Stand Your Ground, which was adopted in 2005 and is often used as a defense in criminal cases. The law states that a person may resort to lethal force if he thinks that his life or that of someone else is in danger. In this case, the video clearly shows that Lopez is trying to escape.
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