(SALISBURY, MD) – After locating and notifying family in Delaware, Maryland State Police are identifying the armed man fatally wounded yesterday in Wicomico County during an encounter with police officers attempting to arrest him.
The man is identified as James L. Norris, 25, whose last known address was in the 400-block of North Franklin Street, Wilmington, Delaware. He was pronounced dead at Peninsula Regional Medical Center shortly after 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
Norris was a passenger in a car stopped about 4:30 p.m. yesterday on Rt. 13 at Philadelphia Avenue, in Salisbury. Norris was wanted on handgun charges by the Wilmington Police Department. Police were attempting to take him into custody when he was fatally wounded.
Investigators with the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit remain uncertain at this time if the fugitive was wounded by a self-inflicted gunshot or by the police officer from the Salisbury Police Department who was a member of the Maryland State Apprehension Team. Police found the fugitive had his hands clenched around revolvers in both jacket pockets.
The investigation is continuing.
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Suicide by cop?
ReplyDeleteHow can you kill yourself if your hands are in your pocket?
ReplyDeleteIf you have a handgun in each pocket and you have your hands wrapped around them prepared to fire on someone, it's not rocket science.
DeleteGood work !!!
ReplyDelete1:50 - pulling the trigger on your gun before you get it out of your pocket.
ReplyDelete1:50 You fell off the tree way too early.
ReplyDeleteReally? He had a revolver in each hand. You can pull the trigger with your hand in your pocket. Oh and bullets do travel through clothes...including pockets, just FYI.
ReplyDeleteI know the officer involved very well. I thank God that he was able to go home to his family at the end of his shift. In a fraction of a second, things could have been different.
ReplyDeleteAnother useless piece of crap off the street and tax payer dollars saved!!!! Give the officers involved a medal for cleaning up the garbage .....
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