People i think we gonna see more and more cops and criminal shootouts in our future here in cville/bartow due to more area growth and the decline of social values not to mention people just plain gettin meaner.

Wasn't there another woman shot by deputies a couple of years ago around this same time. Sounds like they may need to be looking to have them all retrained!

I dont think that its right for the law to beable to kick in ur door with a no knock search warrant and not expect u to pull a weapon with all the home invasion that have been going on in Bartow County. I think Bartow is very crooked. They shot a innocent woman for no reason.

This was a good woman, had a heart of gold that lived alone wih her two dogs! She didn't deserve to be shot down like that! She had to be scared and couldn't have known what was goin on! I hope the police officers that pulled the triggers feel real good and powerful about what they did! We will always love and miss yu Miss Gene! R.I.P.

The other woman was Holly Gooch. She was in her 20's and two police fired 5 rounds into her because she lifted up a hammer.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/deputies-shoot-kill-hammer-wielding-woman/nQnz8/

My name is Johnny Bunn, she was my aunt and I agree with Betty Sue. She was not a criminal! I wait for final result from family before comminting any farther.

No knock warrants are killing people every day. Just look at the Kathryn Johnston case in Atlanta, The city had to pay her family $5 million dollars. What is our world coming to? Officers should be more careful. Virginia

So now there's two lady's that have been shot cause they tried to defend themselves with the violent home invasion anybody would of did the same they could of used a taser gun I've seen full grown men go straight down after tasered so why do they keep killing for no reason poor 66 yr old and a 34 year old around the same time that's crazy Ill pray for the family and I'd have them outta there jobs thought they was supposed to protect and serve not kill and ruin lives

Nearly one month since a Paulding man died after Haralson-Paulding Drug Task Force agents shot him during the execution of a search warrant, no arrests have been made as a result of the warrant and related investigation, Officials said agents shot Hammett after he raised his hands up in an aggressive manner while holding a black shiny object that was pointed toward agents; it was later determined that the object had been a canister of pepper spray.

Only cops get away with murder!

Capt D, I had not gotten around to posting links to stories about that case from our friends at Dallas-Hiram Patch:
"Nearly one month since a Paulding man died after Haralson-Paulding Drug Task Force agents shot him during the execution of a search warrant, no arrests have been made as a result of the warrant and related investigation.

Danny Hammett, 60, was shot by agents during the Oct. 17 incident. Hammett—full name Daniel John Thomas Hammett—succumbed to his injuries at Grady Hospital in Atlanta about an hour and a half after authorities executed the narcotics search warrant at a Nebo Road residence in Hiram. Officials said agents shot Hammett after he raised his hands up in an aggressive manner while holding a black shiny object that was pointed toward agents; it was later determined that the object had been a canister of pepper spray."
See the full article: http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/articles/no-arrests-made-in-hammett-case
And more:
http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/articles/pcso-confirms-man-s-death-after-drug-warrant-execution

Update: Hiram Man Shot by Authorities Dies http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/articles/update-hiram-man-shot-by-authorities-dies
Funeral Set for Man Shot by Agents http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/articles/funeral-set-for-man-shot-by-agents

This was my great grandmother..she was maybe 85-90 lbs and maybe 4'11 this is heart breaking to my family..we cannot believe this happened

Personally, I feel that if a law officer is "properly trained" to ID a weapon, handle a stand off with out firing the first shot all the time and use some sort of non lethal force, be over the age of 40 and have the Lord Jesus deep in their heart, needless killing of everyday people will stop and the ones doing the killing MUST be held responsible. Go after the shooter in civil court, make them answer your questions under oath, drag them through as long as possible to get the truth. You know their "story" will make even a fish guilty of stealing water. These young guns are too trigger happy and "scared" when faced with danger.

We need to stop rushing to judgement about what happened. Let the GBI investigate. I am truly sorry someone did get shot, but we were not there in those exact minutes leading up to this shooting. LE has to make split second decisions. As far as ID Ing a weapon "excuse me could you please give us a second to examine your weapon before you shoot us?" Doesn't happen like that. And many times the weapon is being waved around. Lets wait for the facts not just speculation before making judgements and accusations.

The National Association of Police Chiefs is against the use of No-Knock Warrants, but our Sheriff is VERY MUCH for them. My son is a Police Officer and very much against them. When I questioned our Sheriff about them in a local Doctors office he became so agitated he actually pulled his weapon and started waving it around and using it to point in his description of why they were needed. When people bust in your house with masks on and dressed in black , of course you're going to resist. This is beyond nuts.

Please somebody tell me when ever does the sheriffs office only send 2 deputies out on a search warrent and with a no knock warrent is done it takes special measures to obtain this makes no sence . Something isnt right !!!!!!!

A gun shot by a 90 lb person is just as deadly as a gun shot by someone who weighs 190 lbs.

It is spelled warrant.

JUSTICE for this Beautiful Mother & Grandmother .. Who did not deserve too die .. COPS killing our Seniors .. Miss Gene was Wonderful Lady .., & LOVED by all that knew her ... RIP PRECIOUS LADY .., Dearly Loved & Missed .90lb woman killed by Trigger happy Cops !!

Anyone know what "drugs" she was being accused of selling? Seems incredibly sad either way, but if it turns out to be marijuana or something stupid it will be unforgivable.

That was my aunt and she has never ever hurt anyone she had a heart like no one i every seen but her being shot by cops i dont even know what to say but what is our world coming today . u will be so missed and we will think about u everyday i hope ur after life is what u throught it would be and say hi to all our family that left befor u and one day we will all be back together r.i.p. and god be with us to help us with this pain of saying good bye

DCHUMBLER1955@GMAIL.COM.
Sorry to hear of this tragedy , I know what it is like to lose a love one,Lost my son Shannon to hit run driver on I75 April 21, They talk to one man ,but said he was not the one,,they have close case,unless something comes up. so please if you know anything please email . Somebody knows what he did'

My name is tina bunn and our family is hurt and we want to know why we found out today that we cant even see her one last time because they shot her 2 times in the face and one time in the chest we just want to know why and will something be done and it be done the right way by the law or will they just let it go cause it was the law and they never do anything wrong god be with my family

Why in the world would an armed Deputy shoot a 90lb 70something women in the face. Why do they always have to use deadly force.? There are other ways to handle situations besides shoot to kill. Did she have a double barrel shot gun or something.? Holi Gooch supposedly had a hammer. Two big strong deputies found to defend their lives against a hammer they needed to shoot to kill. Get real!!!

She pointed a gun at them. Split second decision time. They can't stop a bullet with their teeth like superman. Point a gun at LE and you would and should be shot. Very simple.

How could the entry tactics have been better to avoid having to kill the elderly woman?

Sorry but 66 is not "elderly". She is still quite capable of killing the officers with the gun she pointed at them. I am sorry she got shot, but it does make you want to be very careful who is living with you and can they be brining criminal activity into your home. Because it appears she paid the price for someone's illegal actions that was living at that address. Who else lived there anyhow?

Sounds like another case where someone is leaking information about a police shooting while there is still a investigation going on. Too many times we read this leaking of information and its always one trying to convince the other that all is justified.Does any law enforcement ever use tear gas anymore? Worked for many years. Are there other ways than a total distruction of life, family, house's, and any other object in the way just to get inside a house when they "watch it" for so long. Can they not go in with their warrant when no one is home, to prevent another death, so they can go and search without killing someone? Why do they set a person up for a raid and meet them with a death squad? If what they do in the performance of their duty is so totally legal, then video's with audio should and must be provided within 1 hr of this type of crime, so coverup is not possible so all of America can see with their own eyes what happened and who did what when, and had what when.

Was this shooting victim a person of color?

What does it matter if they are purple, green or polka dotted? Uh oh. Think someone is trying to place the "R" card......

I do not use or condone the use of drugs and say yes to stop the spreading of these drugs, I realize the officers have a family to go home to, but it seems to be a better way to enter and control without deadly force. They dress like the military, use very sophisticated devices, and should have the same outcome as our Tactical units they copy. Why force the outcome, wait for the right time when you can capture what your after. More training is needed and repeated every week, every week of the year. As a former 462XX I'm aware of major weapon systems, maintaining them, loading and clearing them. Transporting all types of armament and support equipment. And we had 30 min's to get them cleared, maintained, and reloaded for another mission, Training all day, 7 days a week made us professional in what we did! Drop yourself in a "no lone zone" under a " 2 man concept" and see the outcome. Not one of us is better than another as we all are "Made in His image".

AMMO

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, the police are always wrong, blah, blah, blah

Snide comments aside, I was wondering how come the Al and Jesse show is not right here in Bartow. She must be white

Wanda you seem to be a rejected person when you were young and I am so sorry that you’re in the blame game. We here were looking and discussing ways this unit could be more efficient without blowing a head off, maybe aim for the hand that’s got the weapon if your target shooting is so perfect. After what I just read about where she was shot, that takes a special human being to do that, then go eat dinner and look their mother in the face, like it was a daily task. A very special human indeed! A closed mind to improvement seems to be a mind wasted.

Beachbum she lived ALONE! They got the wrong street name. Very big mistake to make!

This situation could have been handled better, arrest her at Krogers discount senior day then do the no knock warrant. Hind sight is always 20/20. We train these men to handle dangerous situations with drug dealers and serving these no knock warrants, then we send them out all charged up, What do we expect? We all find it hard to believe that a 66 year old grandmother would deal drugs and carry a gun. But young gun totting drug dealers grow up to be old drug dealers with guns. I want to know what the evidence against this women was and did they find a quanity of drugs to determine if she was in trueth selling drugs from her home. We will probably never know sense she won't be going to trail.

A woman weilding a gun at police officers may render a bullet in the end so my advice...dont attack deputys with a deadly weapon.

Exactly Steve. Counselormom, other news articles have said two people lived there.

I have seen nothing that indicates that they had the wrong address. If that is true, there will be consequences, and it can't be covered up. I suspect that the address raided was the right one.

First, the 66 year old woman most likely didn't realize that these men "breaking in" her home were police. Second, if someone broke into your house, you would defend yourself too. Drugs in a house is not worth killing someone over. Other crimes are much worse! I lived at one time in Jonesboro, GA and had something similar happen. Two SWAT officers shone their flashlights into the window of my teenage daughter and my husband went outside the front door with a shotgun. The officers scolded my husband for doing that saying that they could have shot him. But look how dangerous it is for the police to do these things.

Check the reports before making harsh judgements. The today's fax bartow county's top news source stated that they broke the door down, did not identify themselves as police because it was a no knock warrant, and shot her 2 times each in the head and chest! It also said the address was incorrect! They were supposed to be at wingfoot trail, and went to evergreen trail! This poor lady has done nothing wrong according to original reports, and it sickens me to see people talking about her like she deserved to be killed! The facts will come out and I hope you who made terrible assumptions about this ELDERLY lady will feel bad!

I LOVE U MRS.JEAN U WILL ALWAYS B MISSED...

I get the Today's Fax every day to my printer on my desk. Read every one of them; and this has NOT been in the Fax

I have very much respect for law enforcement and what they face every day laying their lives on the line for us. There are some good officers. That being said I witnessed the DTForce arrest a young man in broad daylight when I was at church with 30 children. They were driving nice trucks and sub's drove through elderly people's yards had on tactical uniforms like they were after a kingpin or serial killer. I later found out it was because he had marijuana
A waste of taxpayers money was what that was. My real point is what was done in the dark could have been done in the light. There had just been a home invasion the day before around the corner from the lady the day before by fake cops

Maybe a no-knock warrant could be understandable when a known violent offender, who is KNOWN to be arned is holed-up in a house, but hell no...concern that someone may flush some drugs is NO REASON to kill them. I mean damn, how do you know that it isn't some criminal intent on doing you harm that is outside yelling "sherrif's office..sherrif's offce"?

She was a drug dealer. She was armed. I don't care if she was 26 or 66. She chose to draw her weapon on law enforcement. She died. Happens everyday. She was in a high risk occupation.

FBR,

I'm not assuming. There was a warrant with her name and address on it. Signed by a Judge. The DTF had FIRST HAND knowledge of her occupation. I guess they should have knocked so she could have shot them through the door.

Well hopefully they will follow up with all the other known drug dealers that are ruining people lives!

Wow, it is REALLY crazy how many judges and juries we have out here now. Everyone is so quick to lay blame when you have no clue what really happened. If you weren't there, don't speculate.

I'm not a judge nor a on a jury but IF, the magic word, she was a drug dealer, and obviously the county had reason enough to think she was, then shame on her for selling drugs.

For all ya people making comments about miss jean if you didn't know here you just need to shut the fuck up she was a dam good woman just ask your self what would you do if you got your door kicked in you dam right she had a gun to defend her self a mother fucker kick my door in and I'm by a gun I'm going to shoot your ass to so fuck ya ho said she deserv it if that want to kill some one they need to kill all the child melesting mother fuckers not some one ho don't harm no body I known miss jean for four years she would help any body she had a good hart pot ain't drugs the only reason it. Ain't legal is because thay can't tax it meth that's a fucking drug not pot it's a herb it grows out the earth not in a meth house still love ya miss jean RIP fuck all ya other murther fuckers

Deal in vice and pay the price. Everyone on evergreen is a drug dealer. The old lady is dead cause she pointed a gun at cops who were there legally. People need to submit to lawful orders from the police. And these officers who had to shoot her are not cold blooded. If you never walk in thier shoes then how do you know how they feel?

Well Greg just pretty much told us that there was drugs in the house with the longest sentence ever !!