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Dec. 29, 2014 — St. Augustine

Two children knocked on a neighbor's door and told him that their parents had "killed themselves," just before 9:15 p.m.

St. Johns SO

In fact, 48-year-old Timothy Edward West was still alive, but he had shot his wife dead. When Sgt. James Priester and Deputy Joshua Butler arrived at the home, West was coming out the front door holding a 12-gauge shotgun. He could be heard on the neighbor's phone call to the 911 dispatcher refusing commands to drop the weapon.

According to the sheriff's office, he raised the shotgun toward the officers. Sgt. Priester fired eight rounds from his handgun. Butler fired 10 rounds from his. West was hit in the head and neck and died at the scene. Read more

Tonya Renee West, 33, was found inside the home, shot three times by a handgun. According to a relative, a marital dispute had grown increasingly worse.

This was the 129th police shooting in Florida in 2014.

Two days earlier, three officers shot one person in Jacksonville .

Two days later, two officers shot one person in Miami .

6 ways this case compares to others

  1. West was shot after killing someone. Just five percent of shootings started with a homicide.
  2. West did not immediately comply with police instruction, a factor in nearly a quarter of shootings.
  3. Officers shot 18 bullets. The average was eight.
  4. West was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  5. West was involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.
  6. West pointed a weapon at officers. Twenty-eight percent of shootings involved people who police say pointed a weapon at them.

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