Deputy Shoots, Kills Armed White House Fence Jumper in Chester County Court Lobby

[Contrary1]

Source: NBC10.com

A sheriff deputy shot and killed an armed man who had previously scaled the wall of the White House at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Tuesday in an incident that left a sheriff's deputy injured.

Gunshots rang out inside the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market St. in West Chester, Pennsylvania shortly before noon Tuesday.


Curtis Smith of Coatesville entered the courthouse with a knife and charged at a sheriff's deputy, said District Attorney Tom Hogan. Another deputy then opened fire, striking and killing Smith, who was 34.

A uniformed person with a bandaged hand could be seen on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance. That person appeared to be the deputy who was attacked.






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[jberryhill]

1. Is English no longer a proficiency requirement for writing news copy?

The man is said to have:

"previously scaled the wall of the White House at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse"

I appear to have been horribly misinformed as to the size and/or the location of the White House.

[corkhead]

3. you beat me to it. I was going to say

I didn't know there was a White House at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse

[jberryhill]

4. He might be very old

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia

This mansion at 6th & Market Streets served as the presidential mansion of George Washington and John Adams, 1790–1800. Philadelphia served as the temporary capital of the United States, 1790–1800, while the Federal City was under construction in the District of Columbia.

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Wouldn't have been in the suburbs out in Chester County, though.

[wordpix]

15. me, too! I was wondering about a WH in Philly as in "really?"

[Jim Lane]

22. I guess it's a satellite office. Perhaps we've found Cheney's undisclosed location. (n/t)

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

23. Duh! It's on Pennsylvania Avenue!!!!!

[PatSeg]

5. That was my reaction as well

That sentence was a disaster! I'm still shaking my head.

[jberryhill]

10. And using a whole stretcher for a severed hand

[al bupp]

6. I think the editor missed inserting a comma or two

Though one could be excused for expecting the writer to have already done as much.

[jberryhill]

11. The deputy should have shot the reporter instead

[Baitball Blogger]

14. +1

[cstanleytech]

17. I would veto that, after all they deserve to have a long and interesting life.

Not to mention it would be a waste of a perfectly good bullet.

[jberryhill]

18. Well, let the pandas have at them

As you know, a panda eats, shoots, and leaves.

[magical thyme]

16. 2 commas for a parenthetical statement

I get so tired of people leaving off the 2nd comma, or just inserting a comma or two somewhere inappropriate, apparently not understanding the concept of a parenthetical statement.

[Contrary1]

7. Pathetic, isn't it?

I have contacted various news agencies, offering my services as a proofreader after reading poorly written articles.

I've yet to hear back from any of them.

[Eleanors38]

8. Many if not most news stories are out-sourced to.... Everywhere.

[jberryhill]

9. Punctuation Saves Lives

[awoke_in_2003]

24. Capitalization is the difference

between helping your uncle Jack off his horse and, well, you get the picture

[Nay]

19. You beat me to it. And no, proficiency in English is no longer required, even among

editors.

[question everything]

20. Perfect. I had to read it twice to figure out what is being reported (nt)

[jberryhill]

2. That must have been one hell of a jump!

"Deputy Shoots, Kills Armed White House Fence Jumper in Chester County Court Lobby"

That guy can jump, like, 200 miles!

[progressoid]

21. My high school English teacher would have given that an F.

It could be worse I suppose. I imagine we will see emoji headlines soon.

[Geronimoe]

12. One giant leap for man, one step backward for mankind

I was at Courthouse four days ago. I saw more policemen than judges and lawyer combined. Not a good place to pull a knife.

[jtuck004]

13. That's a lot of rage, to come at an armed policeman with a knife. Doesn't necessarly mean

he wasn't thinking clearly, or was mentally disturbed, though that might be likely.

Tough opponent. Hard to be ready for all the time.