Fraction of an inch made difference between life and death

That it was pulled out front to back, nurses told him they thought it entered from the back, which is consistent with how he remembers the case, and just reiterating he never took anyone's car A fraction of an inch appears to be the difference between life and death for Shonto Pete, who was shot in the head by an off-duty Spokane police officer following a brief car chase and foot pursuit nearly a ... via KXLY-TV Spokane

[Shonto Pete]

Wow! That was close. Too close for comfort. By the way I'm doing alot better now. Only some headaches, headspins, bad dreams, stinging and ptsd.

[Go Figure]

Vaya con dios mis amigo. Go with God my friend. You were strong and brave that day and it was a good thing that you kept your head a little to the right. Now they owe you an apology for false imprisonment. Better to stay away from alcohol, especially in Spokane. In the words of a wise man, "A true gentleman never staggars."

[Ime]

False imprisonment? I am a little confused. The police investigation said that your finger prints were in the vehicle. Also, I am a little confused. Did you call your wife to pick you up of did your wife drop you off by Dempsy's? Apperently you can't get your story right. When my vehicle was stolen, I felt violated and at the time and I wanted to inflict bodily harm to the person(s) that violated me in that way. Yah, you didn't deserve to be shot at, but why did you run? In my experience those who usually run from a situation like this are fleeing because they did something wrong. To me running makes me think that you are guilty of something.

[No Bias]

What you wouldn't run if someone pulled a gun on you? On your other post you say going to Dempsey's doesn't make you gay and now your trying insinuate that the victim is. Also you say he's a "seasoned" drinker, the officer he ignored says that Olsens speech was thick and slurred. And if he wasn't in the wrong, why would he ignore the officer on the scene that asked him to identify himself. He must have went and hid something and then came back. What an upstanding guy also, saying damn when he found out the victim wasn't harmed. And what about his friend Rene Main first saying she didn't hear any shots, pretty fishy to me. They found his fingerprints on the exterior door handle and forensic scientist Glenn Davis stated that Shonto's DNA was excluded as one of the two samples on the steering wheel. He may have got inside the truck but he did not drive off. Also you are a brave man if you wouldn't run from an intoxicated gun-weilding person, whom didn't identify himself as a police officer. I know I would run. Also pretty odd that Shonto was able to recollect his path down the hill and officer olsen wasn't able to, even after the investigators showed him where the shell casings were found.

[Ime]

I did not say that Pete was gay. I did not even insinuate that. What I did state is that there are holes in both stories. Also last I knew DNA was not the same as finger prints. DNA is bodliy fluid. From what the report said was that Olsen yelled that he just wanted to talk to the person. We do not know for sure at what point Olsen pulled his gun. Hey, if someone wants to talk to me and I have done something wrong yes I would run, but if I have done nothing wrong why run. I don't know if anyone I talk to has a weapon. Heck, when I go to the store, work, or even to the park someone could have a weapon. I mean look at Virginia Tech. What would Olsen have to hid? He did state to one officer that he was armed and it was on his back. If he had something to hid wouldn't it be the weapon that he had used? In any investigation there are several people around and you can get easily distracted. I know I have. In those cases the investigator has posed the question again and it makes me focus on what is going on. I don't know about Main, but I know me. As for Pete, his story has holes in it just like Olsen's. I just don't think he is as innocent as people think he is.

No Bias wrote:

What you wouldn't run if someone pulled a gun on you? On your other post you say going to Dempsey's doesn't make you gay and now your trying insinuate that the victim is. Also you say he's a "seasoned" drinker, the officer he ignored says that Olsens speech was thick and slurred. And if he wasn't in the wrong, why would he ignore the officer on the scene that asked him to identify himself. He must have went and hid something and then came back. What an upstanding guy also, saying damn when he found out the victim wasn't harmed. And what about his friend Rene Main first saying she didn't hear any shots, pretty fishy to me. They found his fingerprints on the exterior door handle and forensic scientist Glenn Davis stated that Shonto's DNA was excluded as one of the two samples on the steering wheel. He may have got inside the truck but he did not drive off. Also you are a brave man if you wouldn't run from an intoxicated gun-weilding person, whom didn't identify himself as a police officer. I know I would run. Also pretty odd that Shonto was able to recollect his path down the hill and officer olsen wasn't able to, even after the investigators showed him where the shell casings were found.

[Joe Q Public 1]

Ime wrote:

False imprisonment? I am a little confused. The police investigation said that your finger prints were in the vehicle. Also, I am a little confused. Did you call your wife to pick you up of did your wife drop you off by Dempsy's? Apperently you can't get your story right. When my vehicle was stolen, I felt violated and at the time and I wanted to inflict bodily harm to the person(s) that violated me in that way. Yah, you didn't deserve to be shot at, but why did you run? In my experience those who usually run from a situation like this are fleeing because they did something wrong. To me running makes me think that you are guilty of something.

Did your vehicle have insurance? A truck can be replaced, or a vehicle. Mr. Pete had to run as he was running for his life. It will all come out in court, and believe me, Olsen got off real easy, because a head shot is attempted murder, wouldn't you say? What if one of those residents of Peaceful Valley got shot? What if four residents got shot? Firing randomly into a neighborhood shows a lack of reasoning, and it makes it worse if he wasn't drunk because then it is cold blooded. We don't need a gun-weilding off-duty officer of the law who is drinking alcohol,but is only half way drunk, shooting up the town, or the city of Spokane now do we?

[Ime]

Yes my vehicle had insurance. However, I am and was not in the financial situation to relace a stole vehicle. I guess from what I have read and heard Olsen was in the same financal boat. It does not justify what he did, I understand that. But as a first response you protect your property when you have to. When you are being violated your instinct is to protect you and your property. So, yah, I understand why Pete ran, but at the same time how can he say that Olsen said to get out of here when the police report stated that Olsen was asleep in the womans car? I am just trying to understand it all. I don't think anyone is innocent in this whole situation.

Joe Q Public 1 wrote:

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Did your vehicle have insurance? A truck can be replaced, or a vehicle. Mr. Pete had to run as he was running for his life. It will all come out in court, and believe me, Olsen got off real easy, because a head shot is attempted murder, wouldn't you say? What if one of those residents of Peaceful Valley got shot? What if four residents got shot? Firing randomly into a neighborhood shows a lack of reasoning, and it makes it worse if he wasn't drunk because then it is cold blooded. We don't need a gun-weilding off-duty officer of the law who is drinking alcohol,but is only half way drunk, shooting up the town, or the city of Spokane now do we?

[No Bias]

I just think that if the vehicle was being stolen and he got out and ran, I would have reported it to the authorities and stayed w/my vehicle and considered myself lucky that it wasn't stolen. He did state that he had a weapon, but that was after he had already ignored one officers request to identify himself and walked on by down the street. When he returned was when he stated that he had a weapon. My question is if he was such a seasoned drinker, and an honest officer, why didn't he stop the first time if he didn't have anything to hide or ditch. Who knows he did rent to a meth-head living below him? I know some people that live in the area it happened and children do live in the houses that were near the shooting. How would you feel if anything would have happened to any of them. Careless, reckless, and a total disregard for his profession and for innocent people around the situation.

[Ime]

Meth-head? Last I knew you could not do a drug test on a potential tenant. I know I rent out a house I own. I can not enter the dwelling to investigate at any time, I can only enter when the tenant asks for something to be fixed. I also know for a fact that Olsen did not reside in the building you are referring to. It is a rental. I don't think any landlord knows what is going on in their rentals. You can really only do a credit check. Also, just because a person makes a bad decision doesn't make them a bad person. Hey, if one bad decision makes a bad person, then we all are. Because last I checked I was not perfect and I make decisions that I see were bad ones in retrospect. There have been a lot of innocent people involved in this whole thing. How do you think Olsen and Pete's family feel? What about friends, co-workers, etc? Again, I am not saying what Olsen did was right, I am not trying to choose sides either. I just want to let an incident like this affect how I view the Spokane Police Department on a whole. I know several officers and they are nice and not careless, or reckless. They are very professional. I just think that a bad decision was made on part of both parties, and both will have their day in court. I will support any decision that the judge/jury makes, that is all I can do.

No Bias wrote:

I just think that if the vehicle was being stolen and he got out and ran, I would have reported it to the authorities and stayed w/my vehicle and considered myself lucky that it wasn't stolen. He did state that he had a weapon, but that was after he had already ignored one officers request to identify himself and walked on by down the street. When he returned was when he stated that he had a weapon. My question is if he was such a seasoned drinker, and an honest officer, why didn't he stop the first time if he didn't have anything to hide or ditch. Who knows he did rent to a meth-head living below him? I know some people that live in the area it happened and children do live in the houses that were near the shooting. How would you feel if anything would have happened to any of them. Careless, reckless, and a total disregard for his profession and for innocent people around the situation.

[Miss Smarty]

You Go Girl

[Warhorse]

wouldn't it suck to get thrown in jail and shot in the back of the head for only touching a truck? I could see disorderly conduct or drunk pedestrian charge.

[the victom]

why wasn't olsen tested for drugs? Is't that part of some sort iof protocal? If it is not it should be!

[just me]

Drugs? I am a little confused. How did we go from drinking to drugs? If you think that drinking and drugs go hand in hand then look at yourself as well.

the victom wrote:

why wasn't olsen tested for drugs? Is't that part of some sort iof protocal? If it is not it should be!

[Bulletproof]

Don't be confused by a simple question. Don't you think drug testing should be part of the spokane police department when something like this happens? The reason why I suspect that he might have been on drugs Is because he did not reveal himself to his fellow officer but just walked right by him. What was he trying to hide or ditch? Was it drugs? Or what? What do you think miss smarty?

[Miss Smarty]

bulletproof...you seem to be mistaken...shocker, I know. But the person you are responding to is "just me" and not Miss Smarty. I suggest you hop on your high-horse and ride back to MT.

[No Bias]

Aren't you the one who gets on people for calling names and belittling people, and here you go doing the same, it says cheney, wa and your going to assume he's from montana because.......... I sure wish I was smart enough to never have made a mistake!!

[Miss Smarty]

I wish you were too.

[No Bias]

Actually I take that back, I have learned a lot from the mistakes that I have made, thats what makes life such an amazing learning experience. That is why he shouldn't have been shot in the head, give him a chance to learn from his mistake. So is that what you are saying, you haven't made any mistakes, but I'm done with you. Like my grandpa said "You argue with a fool and people can't tell the difference from a distance" And yes this goes for you arguing with me also! Have a nice day and life! Best wishes to you and your family.

[Miss Smarty]

You are right, we all learn from our mistakes - so should not Olsen also have that same chance? Or do you have limits on this grace you give so freely to Pete? Call me what you want, but I know who I am.

If we don't box ourselves into categories..."I'm THIS...type" or "I'm THAT...kind"... we just might find a life and world worth investigating. We just might find a commonality with those we never thought we'd be aligned with.

If we don't stick ourselves - OR OTHERS - in a box, and we're open to things like Grace, Hope, Love, Forgiveness, Peace...this world would be much better off.

If sin is sin no matter what the measure, we are all blessed to have Grace and even better off to give Grace as well.

[No Bias]

Yes I was including the officer in that we all learn from our mistakes, glad to see you admit he did make a mistake, its an unfortunate situation for all involved. Your right I don't believe in boxing ourselves into labels or types. I feel this way because I want my daughters to know that they can be what they want in this male-dominated society and there are no limits to what they can do, other than the ones placed upon themselves.