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La Porte Police Officers Shoot and Kill a Man

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According to a custodial death report filed with the Texas State Attorney General’s Office by the La Porte Police Department,  La Porte police officers shot and killed Patrick Ford, 55 years of age, on or about September 19, 2017.  Officers allegedly responded to a report of a man walking up and down a public street carrying a rifle and possibly firing it.  When officers arrived, the man was allegedly inside his residence.  He was allegedly yelling and threatening officers from inside the residence.  Allegedly, after a standoff, he came out of the residence and pointed a rifle at officers.  Three officers then shot and killed Mr. Ford. We are only providing information in this post and do not allege that anyone did anything improper.

Written By: author image Dean Malone
author image Dean Malone
Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.
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