Sunday, August 22, 1999
Slain robbery suspect had long record
Man killed did time, police say
BY LUCY MAY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
James E. King
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Authorities on Saturday identified a bank robbery suspect fatally shot by Cincinnati police as James E. King, an Avondale man with what police described as “an extensive criminal history.”
Details of his criminal record were not available Saturday, but Cincinnati Police Sgt. John Newsom said Mr. King went to prison in Ohio in the late 1970s for bank robbery.
Mr. King, 44, was last known to be living in Alaska Terrace Apartments on Alaska Avenue in Avondale. One neighbor said Mr. King didn't seem dangerous.
“I seen him walk past once or twice, but he never talked,” said Antwan Wills. ""He was real quiet. Just "hi' and "bye,' that's all.”
Four Cincinnati police officers opened fire on Mr. King Friday afternoon, killing him after a short car chase that ended at a construction site on the University of Cincinnati's main campus.
A news release issued by police Saturday said Mr. King was “struck numerous times by shots fired by four officers” and pronounced dead at the scene. Sgt. Newsom said he could not say how many times Mr. King was shot.
Mr. King's pistol was re covered next to his body.
Money believed to be taken in the robbery at the Fifth Third Bank in Corryville was recovered from Mr. King's auto, the news release said.
The officers involved were Sgt. Randy Webb, who joined the force in 1988, Police Specialist Jason Drach, who joined in 1994, Officer Adrian Gibson, who joined in 1993, and Officer Rachel Folk, who joined in 1998.
The groups that will conduct routine investigations into the shooting include the police division's homicide and internal investigations units, the Hamilton County prosecutor's office and the city's Office of Municipal Investigations.
Friday's shooting was the second fatal shooting by police in 1999 and the fifth in the last two years. It marks the first such incident since City Man ager John Shirey named the seven-member Citizens Police Review Panel in June.
The panel's creation was prompted by the 1997 fatal shooting of Lorenzo Collins, an escaped mental patient whom police shot after he charged officers with a brick.
The new citizens panel has no disciplinary power but will issue public reports and make recommendations to the city manager regarding thoroughness, accuracy, credibility and impartiality of other investigations.
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