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2023-08-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Ta'kiya Young's experiment with shoplifting comes to an abrupt end

[NBC] An officer fatally shot a pregnant woman who police suspected of shoplifting Thursday night in an Ohio grocery store parking lot after officials say she accelerated her car toward an officer.

Blendon Township

...a suburb of Columbus, Ohio...

Police Chief John Belford called the shooting a "tragedy" and an "unfortunate loss of life" in a video statement.

The chief did not identify the woman or disclose she was pregnant, but the Franklin County Coroner’s Office identified her as 21-year-old Ta’kiya Young and confirmed she was pregnant.

The office said she was pronounced dead shortly before 7:45 p.m. Thursday.

While Blendon Township officers were helping a driver who was locked out of her car outside a Kroger, a store employee told officers about a theft by someone who was fleeing, the chief said.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-27 09:30|| || Front Page|| [24 views ] Top

#1 “She did everything in her power to take care of her two kids,” Young said. “She was a good and positive kid who didn’t deserve to be killed.”

Except follow the orders of the police. No do-overs on that one.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-27 09:40|| 2023-08-27 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, something about a car with increasing velocity coming towards a police officer might give the officer the idea that the driver might need to be neutralized.

But imagine if Ta'kiya succeeded in running over the police officer. I would bet dollars to donuts we would not be seeing words such as "tragedy" and an "unfortunate loss of life".

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-27 10:01|| 2023-08-27 10:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't try shoplifting in a small town.

Posted by jpal 2023-08-27 10:22|| 2023-08-27 10:22|| Front Page Top

#4 We will be told "she got the death penalty for shoplifting." Which is bullshit.

Full disclosure, when a person is charged with murder because a cop wrecked his car during a high-speed chase, that's bullshit too...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-27 10:33|| 2023-08-27 10:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Is that name some kind of take on taqiyya?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-27 10:38|| 2023-08-27 10:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Hope those chips was worth it,and you just know she had food stamps also.

Posted by Chris 2023-08-27 12:18|| 2023-08-27 12:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Hmm, maybe her name had some foreshadowing. "Ta'kiya" as in "tak' all ya" want from the grocery store.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-27 13:13|| 2023-08-27 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 "she got the death penalty for shoplifting."

She elected to put her life on the line trying to run someone over.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-08-27 15:03|| 2023-08-27 15:03|| Front Page Top

Posted by Titus Unoluns3549 2023-08-27 18:34|| 2023-08-27 18:34|| Front Page Top

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