Woman Says She Called 911 for an Ambulance for Her Fiancée, Cops Came and Shot Him Instead

shot by copsDiane RobersonJack Lamar Roberson was shot and killed by police
in his home on Friday afternoon in Waycross, Georgia. According to
local TV station
First Coast News
, his fiancée Alcia Herron called 911 for an
ambulance after becoming worried about diabetes medication Roberson
had taken. Cops claim Roberson was brandishing two weapons (not
identified by police, though the mayor
said he was told
it was a knife) and came toward them “aggressively
armed
”. Police also say they were informed Roberson had
attempted to commit suicide and was being combative while on their
way to his residence. His mother and his fiancée both witnessed the
shooting, and their 8-year-old daughter was
apparently
in the home too.

Roberson’s mother said the family didn’t own “two decent knives”
while his fiancée
described
the incident to First Coast News:

“He didn’t have nothing in his hands at any time or
period at all before they came, any time while they were here,
anything. They just came in and shot him. He didn’t say nothing,
the police didn’t say nothing, anything, it was like a silent
movie. You couldn’t hear anything, all you could hear were the gun
shots go off and I seen them going into his body and he just fell
down,” cried Alcia Herron, Roberson’s
fiance.  

Herron
told
the Florida Times-Union she became afraid for
Roberson, believing he may have taken too much diabetes medication,
though did not appear to provide more details anywhere. The Georgia
Bureau of Investigation is
reviewing
the shooting and the officers involved are on paid
leave.