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From the Guardian, March 20 2009 Clutching a photograph of her son, Andrew Hanlon, and choking back the tears, Dorothea Carroll told the waiting media gathered outside Dublin County Coroner’s Court that she often thinks about her son lying in a pool of blood dying and wishes she could have been with him. “There’s no […]
Oregon State Senate Bill 111, passed in 2007, in part requires each Oregon county to create a plan regarding the use of deadly force by police offices and sheriff’s deputies. Persons with mental illness and addiction, and their friends and family members are particularly concerned how police officers are trained to use deadly force, and […]
The following names were chalked onto the sidewalk outside the Portland Police Bureau’s Central Precinct and the Multnomah County Justice Center on September 16 2007 Andrew “A.J.” Hanlon, shot July 30, 2008, by a Silverton police officer after a confrontation on a residential street corner. Glenn Shipman, died Aug. 26, 2007, three days after Scappoose […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, August 4 2008 Investigative documents released last week show that the main eyewitness in the Silverton police shooting, town resident Jeff DeSantis, had connections to the case that have not been revealed to the public before now. DeSantis saw the shooting from about 35 feet away and backed Silverton Police […]
From Salem Statesman Journal, August 3, 2008 Inability to see suspect’s hands, sound of glass, sudden lunge were top factors Silverton Police Officer Tony Gonzalez couldn’t see the burglary suspect’s hands. Gonzalez had confronted the man on a poorly lit section of Oak Street. The officer drew his gun when he thought he heard a […]
There is a memorial service planned for AJ on August 3rd at Silver Falls State Park, beginning at 4 p.m. Donations to help defray the costs incurred to the family can be made to a Washington Mutual to the “Family of AJ Hanlon” fund. For more details, call any Washington Mutual Bank. Cards of condolence […]
From the Oregonian, July 24 2008 A Marion County grand jury ruled Thursday evening that a Silverton police officer was legally justified when he shot and killed Andrew “A.J.” Hanlon. The 20-year-old Irish citizen died June 30 when he was shot by Officer Tony Gonzalez [pictured] during a confrontation on a residential street corner. “They […]
Opinion by David Romphrey, published in the Salem Statesman Journal, July 19, 2008 David Romprey of Salem is the coordinator of Oregon Peer Bridgers Project at Oregon State Hospital. He can be reached at romprey@gmail.com. Marion County District Attorney Walt Beglau has his hands full this week. Two young men with mental illnesses have affected […]
The family’s only comments after the two-hour meeting about the Silverton shooting come from a law firm From the Oregonian, July 12, 2008 The mother and other relatives of Andrew James “A.J.” Hanlon [pictured right], the Irishman fatally shot by a Silverton police officer June 30, met with the Marion County district attorney’s staff for […]
From The Guardian, July 6, 2008 A young unarmed Irishman – shot dead by American [Silverton, Oregon] police last week – was running barefoot and had stumbled before four to seven rounds were fired into his body, according to an eyewitness. The family of Andrew Hanlon, 20, who had mental health problems, have been sent […]
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