Ohio: Canton police officer shoots blindly through fence, murders father of six James Williams just as 2022 begins

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Sheer incompetence!​

Canton police officer shoots, kills armed man just as 2022 begins

1 January 2022

The investigation continues into the circumstances surrounding a city police officer's fatal shooting of a 46-year-old man on 10th Street SW shortly after the new year began. The man shot was armed when the shooting occurred, according to the Canton Police Department. He was later identified as James Williams. Police said they went to the 2300 block of 10th Street SW just after midnight Saturday in response to a report of gunfire. According to a statement from the Canton Police Chief Jack Angelo: ".... the officer, who was outside of his vehicle, confronted a subject that began shooting a firearm. ...

Canton police officer shoots, kills armed man just as 2022 begins

The person's name\u00a0and other information was not immediately released.

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Widow: "They didn't say, 'Police.' They didn't say, 'Freeze.' ... They just shot him."

3 January 2022

Nine-year-old Ja'Lia Williams pointed out the blood spots on the living room floor where her father fell following the family's New Year's Eve celebration. James Williams, 46, had been blasting celebratory gunfire to ring in the new year when a police officer shot him to death minutes after midnight, firing through the family's enclosed wooden security fence, which is 6 feet high, according to his wife, Marquetta Williams. "Out of the blue, he said he got shot, he got hit," she said. "I don't know where it came from. Nobody said anything. They didn't say, 'Police.' They didn't say, 'Freeze.' ...

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The wife of a man shot to death by a police officer said he was killed during a New Year's celebration involving gunfire aimed skyward.

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Wife of man shot, killed by Canton police officer says husband was put in unsafe situation

3 January 2022

The wife of a Canton man shot and killed by a police officer on New Years Day is demanding justice, saying her husband was the one placed in an unsafe situation by police. According to Canton police, officers went to the 2300 block of 10th Street SW on Saturday after getting a call about shots being fired. Police said an officer confronted a man on scene and that the man started shooting. Canton Police Chief Jack Angelo said the officer feared for his safety and shot the man. The man was taken to the hospital where he later died. He’s ...

Wife of man shot, killed by Canton police officer says husband was put in unsafe situation

The wife of a Canton man shot and killed by a police officer on New Years Day is demanding justice, saying her husband was the one placed in an unsafe situation by police.

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Ohio man shot dead by police was celebrating new year with rifle, wife says
James Williams was said to be taking part in local tradition of firing celebratory shots when killed by officer in Canton

5 January 2022

The wife of an Ohio man fatally shot by police minutes into the new year has said he had been firing an assault-style rifle to celebrate the arrival of 2022 when an officer opened fire without warning. Marquetta Williams told the Repository newspaper her 46-year-old husband, James, was using an AR-15 rifle that belonged to her to fire celebratory shots early on Saturday outside their home in Canton. That night, James, a stay-at-home father or stepfather of six girls, was at home with his wife, three of their daughters and two other family members. Marquetta Williams said the gunfire was ...

Ohio man shot dead by police was celebrating new year with rifle, wife says

James Williams was said to be taking part in local tradition of firing celebratory shots when killed by officer in Canton

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Body cam footage: Officer shoots before yelling, "Police! Get down now!"

5 January 2022

A police officer radioing in his location outside a southwest Canton home New Year's Eve announces that he heard shots, saw a man's head through a fence and, going up to the porch, saw the man put away a rifle. Then dozens of shots ring out from behind a 6-foot wooden fence on the side of the home. Police body camera footage of the fatal police-involved shooting was released to the public Wednesday morning. It shows flashes and smoke rising from behind the fence, with the gunfire aimed skyward. Nearly 30 shots in rapid-fire succession ring out as the video ...

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The city has released the footage of the body camera worn by a police officer involved in a fatal police-involved shootings on New Year's Eve.

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Canton police video shows officer fatally shoot man who was firing gun on New Year’s Day (graphic)

5 January 2022

The Canton Police Department released body camera video that shows the moments that led up to a deadly officer-involved shooting just after midnight on New Year’s Day. According to the report from the Canton Police Department, officers responded to a 10th Street SW home just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2022 for reports of shots fired in the area. A responding officer can be seen approaching the area where the shots were being fired from, which appeared to be be coming from behind a privacy fence. In an initial press release, the Canton Police Department stated: “When the officer, who ...

Canton police video shows officer fatally shoot man who was firing gun on New Year’s Day (graphic)

The Canton Police Department released body camera video that shows the moments that led up to a fatal officer-involved shooting just after midnight on New Year’s Day.

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BCI investigating after Canton father is killed in deadly New Year's officer-involved shooting
Family believes Canton officer acted improperly

5 January 2022

The Canton Police Department released body camera video Wednesday of a New Year's Day shooting that left a 46-year-old man dead. The incident happened just outside James Williams' 10th Street SW home at around 12:06 a.m. on Saturday. Police responded to the home for shots fired, with the Canton police officer seen on body camera video being confronted by shots allegedly being fired by Williams behind a 6-foot privacy fence just outside the house. The wife of James Williams, Marquetta Williams, told News 5 she understands celebratory New Years' gunfire unto the air is illegal in Canton, but she believes ...

BCI investigating after Canton father is killed in deadly New Year's officer-involved shooting

The Canton Police Department released body camera video Wednesday of a New Year's Day shooting that left a 46-year-old man dead.

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Bodycam video released from officer-involved shooting in Canton

5 January 2022

A vigil is being held Wednesday evening for a Canton father of six who was shot and killed by police while firing his gun into the air to ring in the new year. Canton police released bodycam video of the incident, which happened around 12:06 a.m., New Year’s Day. According to the video, when the officer walks up to the house in the 2300 block of 10th Street SW, he hears someone shooting multiple rounds from behind a wooden fence. The officer opens fire, killing 46-year old James Williams. According to the bodycam video, after firing the shots, the officer ...

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"We're mourning another Black man." Candlelight vigil held for 46-year-old James Williams

5 January 2022

James Williams, a father of six and a man beloved by friends and neighbors, was remembered Wednesday night during a candlelight vigil. Williams, 46, was shot and killed minutes after midnight on New Year's Day by a Canton police officer. "He didn't deserve to die like this, at all," his daughter, Ja'Lia Williams, said. Widow speaks:"They didn't say, 'Police.' They didn't say, 'Freeze.' ... They just shot him." Body cam footage:Officer shoots before yelling, "Police! Get down now!" The man friends called Roe was standing behind a 6-foot wooden fence on the side of his home repeatedly firing an AR-15 ...

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A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday night in remembrance of 46-year-old James Williams, who was shot and killed by Canton police on Jan. 1.

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Ohio Officer Shoots Through Fence, Killing a Man Who Was Firing a Gun
Body-camera footage shows an officer in Canton, Ohio, firing through a wooden fence, killing James R. Williams, 46, as he fired shots just after the start of the New Year.

6 January 2022

A police officer in northeast Ohio fired through a wooden fence, killing a man who had been firing a gun in his yard just minutes after the start of the New Year, body-camera footage released this week shows. The footage shows an officer firing through the fence at about 12:07 a.m. on Jan. 1, killing the man, later identified as James R. Williams, 46, of Canton, Ohio, a city of about 70,000 residents, about 60 miles south of Cleveland. On the video, Mr. Williams appears to be obscured by the fence, which separates him from the officer. The sound of ...

Ohio Officer Shoots Through Fence, Killing a Man Who Was Firing a Gun

Body-camera footage shows an officer in Canton, Ohio, firing through a wooden fence, killing James R. Williams, 46, as he fired shots just after the start of the New Year.

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'Today is not the day for judgment': Law enforcement experts weigh in on Canton shooting

6 January 2022

Don't rush to judge the split-second actions of the city police officer who shot and killed a man celebrating the new year by repeatedly firing an AR-15 rifle into the air. That's the message from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and law enforcement training experts contacted by The Canton Repository after police publicly released a four-minute body camera video from the Jan. 1 fatal confrontation. While expressing sympathy for James Williams' family, Yost doesn't sugarcoat the magnitude of Williams' actions that night. "It’s a stupid and extraordinarily dangerous thing to do — to shoot a gun off in the air ...

'Today is not the day for judgment': Law enforcement experts weigh in on Canton shooting

The Ohio attorney general, along with two law enforcement experts, advise people not to rush to judgment in fatal shooting.

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Cop Shoots Through 6′ Tall Fence, Executes Dad in His Back Yard for Celebrating 2nd Amendment on New Year’s Eve
“They didn’t say, ‘Police.’ They didn’t say, ‘Freeze.’ … They just shot him.”

6 January 2022

James Williams, 46, spent his last seconds on Earth wondering who shot him during their family’s celebration to bring in the New Year. He would die in his living room in front of his family, his last words being, “I’ve been shot.” Though they didn’t know it, that bullet was fired from a police officer’s gun, from the other side of the family’s 6′ tall privacy fence around their back yard. Blood stains still mar the floor in the living room where Williams dropped dead in front of his wife and children. Just seconds prior, they had been celebrating the ...

Cop Shoots Through 6' Tall Fence, Executes Dad in His Back Yard for Celebrating 2nd Amendment on New Year's Eve

"They didn't say, 'Police.' They didn't say, 'Freeze.' ... They just shot him."

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Body camera footage released in fatal shooting of Ohio man on New Year's Day
The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

7 January 2022

Just a few minutes after the clock struck midnight, James "Roe" Williams was fatally shot by police on New Year's Day. The Canton Police Department has now released body camera footage that shows the moments leading up to the fatal incident as the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation begins its investigation. Williams, 46, was firing celebratory shots into the air from his rifle just outside his home in Canton, Ohio, on Jan. 1 when police arrived, his wife, Marquetta Williams, told ABC News. Canton Police said they were called to investigate a shots-fired incident. In body camera footage, an officer ...

Body camera footage released in fatal shooting of Ohio man on New Year's Day

Body camera footage has been released showing a fatal New Year's Day shooting.

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WATCH: Without Warning Cop Executes Dad in His Own Back Yard as Wife and Kids Watch in Horror

7 January 2022

As TFTP reported this week, James Williams, 46, spent his last seconds on Earth wondering who shot him during their family’s celebration to bring in the New Year. The family would later find that a Canton police officer took aim as Williams stood on the other side of his privacy fence, in his own back yard, and executed this innocent father of six without warning. His wife and children watched him take his last breaths. After much public outcry, police released the body camera footage and it confirms that the cop gave no warning before shooting Williams dead in front ...

WATCH: Without Warning Cop Executes Dad in His Own Back Yard as Wife and Kids Watch in Horror

Body camera footage was released showing an Ohio cop execute a dad in his back yard, without warning, as his wife and children watched in horror.

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What we know about the Canton police shooting of 46-year-old James Williams

8 January 2022

A city police officer shot and killed James Williams minutes after midnight on New Year's Day. Williams, 46, was repeatedly firing an AR-15 into the air in celebration when he was shot. He leaves behind a wife and six children. Here's what we know now about the Jan. 1 shooting: What the investigators are saying: The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation for the Canton Police Department. The initial news release Saturday said Williams was armed when police responded at 12:06 a.m. to a report of gunfire at his house in the 2300 block of of 10th ...

What we know about the Canton police shooting of 46-year-old James Williams

A summary of where the investigation stands publicly in the death of James Williams, shot and killed by Canton police on Jan. 1, 2022.

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Protest held outside Canton Police Department for man killed by officer

8 January 2022

Family members and supporters gathered Saturday outside of the Canton Police Department in protest of the officer-involved shooting death of 46-year-old James Williams. His wife Marquetta Williams has retained Texas attorney Joseph Gourrier to represent the family surrounding her husband's death. More:What we know about the Canton police shooting of 46-year-old James Williams A crowd of about 30 citizens gathered just after 3 p.m. "I want justice for my husband and I want this officer terminated. We need his badge. This is not going underneath the rug," Marquetta Williams said. More:'Today is not the day for judgment': Law enforcement experts ...

Protest held outside Canton Police Department for man killed by officer

A protest was held Saturday outside of the Canton Police Department, over the fatal shooting of James Williams.

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Background: They've known for years that the Canton Police Department's policies and training are seriously deficient:


Advocates: Canton police fall short on '8 Can't Wait' policies

7 July 2020

City police meet the standards of only three “8 Can't Wait” policies, according to the advocacy group behind the national campaign. DeRay McKesson, co-founder of Campaign Zero, said the Canton City Police Department’s policies require officers to intervene and stop excessive force, prohibit shooting at a moving vehicle and establish a continuum of force. But the Canton Police Department fails to ban chokeholds, require de-escalation, exhaust all alternatives before shooting, require a warning before shooting and require comprehensive reporting, McKesson said, basing his assessment on the manual shared online by Ohio Community Coalition. Police policies provided by the Canton Law ...

Advocates: Canton police fall short on '8 Can't Wait' policies

CANTON City police meet the standards of only three “8 Can't Wait” policies, according to the advocacy...

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Wife of Ohio Man Killed By Officer During New Year’s Ritual Says Cop Shot Without Warning Through Their Fence, Bodycam Footage Confirms Claim: ‘Nobody Said Anything’

10 January 2022

The widow of an Ohio man shot and killed by a police officer on New Year’s Day wants justice after she said her husband was gunned down without warning during their annual celebratory gunfire ritual as the calendar turned over to the next year. Marquetta Williams told the Canton Repository that the incident occurred at their 10th Street SW home just minutes after her family rang in the new year. The woman told the newspaper that her husband James Williams had been firing off celebratory gunshots with his AR-15 skyward into the air in their backyard — a tradition for ...

Wife of Ohio Man Killed By Officer During New Year’s Ritual Says Cop Shot Without Warning Through Their Fence, Bodycam Footage Confirms Claim: 'Nobody Said Anything'

The widow of an Ohio man shot and killed by a police officer on New Year’s Day wants justice after she said her husband was gunned down without warning

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