Officer Shoots Shoplifting Suspect
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What started as an alleged shoplifting crime turned into a police-involved shooting.
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UPDATE: CPD releases the name of the officer who shot a shoplifting suspect.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A shoplifting suspect rammed an undercover officer’s vehicle outside a popular department store and the officer opened fire, police said.
NBC 4 has been on the story since Tuesday night and had an update Wednesday morning.
CPD received a report of a shoplifter at Kohl’s on South Hamilton Road around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday night.
A plain-clothes CPD officer, who was later identified as Officer Bret Bodell, was nearby and responded, according to police.
CPD said Bodell observed a suspicious vehicle, set up surveillance and waited for uniformed officers to arrive.
Moments later, the officer saw the suspect, later identified as Homer Hendrix III, running from the store with merchandise, a police report said.
Hendrix jumped into a parked vehicle in the lot, and Bodell attempted to block the vehicle in, according to police.
Police said Hendrix put his vehicle into reverse and purposely rammed the officer’s vehicle repeatedly.
Bodell fired his service weapon and struck the suspect in the shoulder.
“It’s been proven. A vehicle can be used as a deadly weapon. It’s killed officers in the past, and if in fact, this vehicle was being used as a weapon and [the suspect] was ramming that car, then the officer will be justified,“ CPD Sgt. Rich Weiner said.
Hendrix was transported to Grant Medical Center in stable condition.
He was being charged with robbery and attempted felonious assault, according to the police report.
Bodell received minor injuries from the vehicle collision.
The shooting remained under investigation.
Bodell has been with CPD for 17 years and is currently assigned to the Strategic Response Bureau Enforcement Section.
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and THINKABOUTIT… would you please go back to 3rd grade and learn proper english before - yous go a postin all dis crap on deer??
too bad the officer didnt shoot him in the head. would have saved a lot of money and kept him from joining the other (whats the word??) pirates ....err criminals…err..oh yeah…victims.
Hendrix’s common pleas cases also suggest that he is a predator. Had the officer known Hendrix’s record, Hendrix perhaps would have been shot after the FIRST ram.
Hendrix chose the protocol and answered to the logical consequences of his actions.
Now where is the police history? There are always still two sides to the store. With that history the police could have been acting off of it versus the here and now. OOOPPPSSS kind of like you are doing. Bottom line. HE was not in the car and he did not have merchandise on him. DONE DEAL
Mr. Hendrix III elevated a shoplifting offense to robbery when he chose to use the car as a weapon. He is not a stranger to the judicial branch.
—- FCMC Index below
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No it just means we don’t know what cause it and how it happen. I never said the shooting did not happen. It’s just about how it happened. OH yea whose to say I was not there?? Have you ever thought maybe I saw what happened?
Think about what? You and I were not at the sinking of the Titanic. Does that mean you think it didn’t happen? You are an idiot and unworthy of further consideration or comment.
UNDERSTAND you were not there. There were people who were there….....now think about that!!!
thinkaboutit, it seems you are the one unable to read and understand. A quote from the above article: “Moments later, the officer saw the suspect, later identified as Homer Hendrix III, RUNNING FROM THE STORE WITH MERCHANDISE, a police report said.“ WITH MERCHANDISE! That means he left the store with stuff he stole! So just sit down and shut up! You didn’t raise your son right.
thinkaboutit , are you Homer Hendrix III momma? “My son didn’t do nothin’ wrong! He was jus’ runnin’ an’ they went an shot him! It’s just the PO-lice shootin’ everybody and everything!“ seems to be your take on this so you’ve got to be his mammy.
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