Thats Metro Police Officer gill calling dispatch after a bizarre encounter. Police say 55yearold James Francis smith sideswiped the officer in traffic near wigwam and maryland parkway last november. Gill followed smith to nearby Desert Bloom Park when this happened. He tried to ram two parked cars. Shots fires. Reporter four year later the radio traffic and Police Photos are being released in this fact finding review. A chance for ask questions through an appointed ombudsman david fisher. Did your investigation determine anything with respect to a medical episode. No. Reporter the incident was captured on police body cameras. School district officers were at the park investigating an unrelated fight call, interviewing two juveniles when they say smith drove right at them. Both officers opened fire, gauge shotgun, two swords, a police baton and a large knife in smiths car. In the month before the shooting police learned smith had just gone through a divorce and was recovering from colon
Owen Laukkanen s Pet Project
Oline H. Cogdill
Last summer, author Owen Laukkanen started Project Puppies. The plan was that he and a friend would drive across Canada, finding dogs that needed rescuing with the goal of finding them forever homes.
But summer turned into winter and now Project Puppies is a year-round mission.
To date, Project Puppies has rescued 71 dogs and one cat. That includes four or five litters of puppies and one pregnant dog who gave birth shortly after the rescue mission. They have all found homes or are in the process of being homed.
He also is chronicling the rescues in the blog Project Nomad.