Police Officer Resigns After Shooting At Car With Child In It

Ricky · Jan 12, 2011

Dangerous Chase - Officer Resigns After Shooting At Car With Child In It

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JENNINGS, MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com) â€” Jennings Police, today, revealed the dash cam video that led to the downfall of one of its officers. The three year veteran's accused of shooting at a suspect's car that had a child in the back seat.

Officer David Hauck resigned Friday. FOX 2 Investigator Chris Hayes broke the story last week and now reveals how it all went down.

The Jennings officer in question is not in the picture until the end of the 30 minute plus pursuit.

The suspect driver, Latyra Roberts, leads Velda City's Police Chief on the pursuit. They reach speeds over 100 mph on I-70. The pursuit continues onto the streets of St. Louis at high speeds and past red lights.

Suspect Roberts nearly misses a head on with a school bus. She drove over sidewalks and on a lawn to get around concrete planters. She nearly t-boned a vehicle and headed into areas where kids crossed the street in front of her. She also sped the wrong way on a street divided by a median.

At the end of the pursuit, an undercover St. Louis Police Officer throws out a stop stick. Then Jennings Officer David Hauck takes three shots at the tires. Officer Hauck appears to yell something as he runs around the back of his unit. You can hear him call the shooting into dispatch, as heard on our Fox 2 report.

You could hear Hauck say, "City attempted stop sticks and I fired several shots, striking the front tire. Have them advise."

The stop stick is what ended the chase. Velda City's Police Chief caught up with the vehicle about 8 blocks later, then arrested the suspect after a fight. She was pregnant and she had a one year old child in a safety seat. However, a police photo documents that the seat was laying loose, and unbuckled, in the back seat. Police have charged the female suspect with endangering that child, among other things.

Fox 2 has learned that Officer Hauck may not have known the driver was a woman -- or that she had a child in the car.

The Fox Files pulled police radio traffic from his district and we heard no mention of those facts -- only that the suspect assaulted an officer by hitting a police car.

His precinct radio traffic said, "Assault first, law enforcement officer pursuit."

The other precinct channel, used by Bel Ridge, did mention the driver was a woman with a child in the back. Bel Ridge backed off the pursuit. You could hear Bel Ridge's, precinct #2 radio, "You said an infant was in the back seat? [Officer response] Affirmative."

Jennings interim Police Chief Troy Doyle said officer Haulk violated the Departments new 'use of force' policy, because the suspect was not driving directly at the officer. He said, "These incidents cannot be tolerated and will not be tolerated. Our citizens expect more out of our law enforcement agencies and again, we are at fault, and we are dealing with it."
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hey guys · Jan 12, 2011

Wait so wasn't the officer shooting at the tires?
The woman from what i'm hearing is a raging psychopath.
I dont see why the officer should be disgrace while trying to save lives. I mean he didn't shoot at the car, only at the tires.

MohtasaUnique · Jan 12, 2011

hey guys said: ↑

Wait so wasn't the officer shooting at the tires?
The woman from what i'm hearing is a raging psychopath.
I dont see why the officer should be disgrace while trying to save lives. I mean he didn't shoot at the car, only at the tires.
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The car was in motion, anything could have happened. He was shooting AT the tires, but you don't always hit the target you're shooting at. It was highly risky for him to shoot anywhere near the car if there's a child inside. Like the article said, the stop stick did the trick, there was no need to risk harming a child

hey guys · Jan 12, 2011

MohtasaUnique said: ↑

The car was in motion, anything could have happened. He was shooting AT the tires, but you don't always hit the target you're shooting at. It was highly risky for him to shoot anywhere near the car if there's a child inside. Like the article said, the stop stick did the trick, there was no need to risk harming a child
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But from what im seeing, the woman is driving like a madwoman and could hurt even more children. As far as im concerned letting the woman keep driving will risk more.

If the public and people really think its okay to risk 10 peoples lives to keep him from *remotely* having a very slim chance of accidentally hitting the child, i have no words to say but "idiots".

Look at this

Suspect Roberts nearly misses a head on with a school bus. She drove over sidewalks and on a lawn to get around concrete planters. She nearly t-boned a vehicle and headed into areas where kids crossed the street in front of her. She also sped the wrong way on a street divided by a median.
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Tell me whats worst. What if the stop stick didnt work? You have to add it up.

Idcboutu · Jan 12, 2011

hey guys said: ↑

But from what im seeing, the woman is driving like a madwoman and could hurt even more children. As far as im concerned letting the woman keep driving will risk more.

If the public and people really think its okay to risk 10 peoples lives to keep him from *remotely* having a very slim chance of accidentally hitting the child, i have no words to say but "idiots".

Look at this

Tell me whats worst. What if the stop stick didnt work? You have to add it up.
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Yeah but the thing is that... the stop sticks stopped the car. If the car is stopped, what was the reason to shoot and endanger the child? It would've been reasonable if she had a gun or weapon threatening someone but that wasn't what was happening.

hey guys · Jan 12, 2011

Idcboutu said: ↑

Yeah but the thing is that... the stop sticks stopped the car. If the car is stopped, what was the reason to shoot and endanger the child? It would've been reasonable if she had a gun or weapon threatening someone but that wasn't what was happening.
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Did he shoot before or after the stop stick stop'd the car? If its before then i think its warranted. If He shot AFTER then it might be a problem.

Considering the car is still in motion the stop stick DID NOT stop the car yet. So i think its warranted.

MohtasaUnique · Jan 12, 2011

The thing is, they wouldn't use the StopStick if it didn't consistently work.. just like a sky diver wouldn't use a parachute if it didn't consistently work. Point being, it was still a high risk to open fire when they have other reliable means to stop a car safely

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