Smith said she was thirsty, went down aisle 7 and took a can of President's Choice brand lemon lime soda which she drank while smoking a cigarette. with her pet Siamese cat named "Blue" in her arms, also holding a kitchen carving knife with a six inch blade that tapered to a point. Smith then walked to the Fred Meyer store, arriving shortly before 1 p.m. However, when approached by a neighbor attempting to help her, she told him to get away. On Sunday, August 21, 1994, before walking to the Fred Meyer store, Smith stood outside her apartment building screaming for help. Ludahl quoted as saying "She was in here twice yesterday." Smith reportedly claimed that she was "a diabetic", and that her grandmother "was a Satan worshipper". Smith had apparently been seen at the Fred Meyer store twice the day before the shooting, with cashier Kori S. She was seen multiple times at the emergency department of Providence Medical Center in the days before the shooting and had been hospitalized some months earlier. She had also complained that changes in her medication were causing her problems, although following the incident her family declined to discuss the medications Smith had been taking for her mental illness during the past ten years. During the week prior to the shooting, she had called some friends and family members asking them for help. Smith had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in early 1984, and her family said she was being stalked by a former boyfriend and was becoming increasingly fearful and paranoid. Lerwick, spokesman for the Gresham Police Department stated he did not know the reason for the visits. Smith, had recently moved from Portland to Gresham to "find a quieter, safer life," but police were called to the Smith's apartment three times in the previous two months before her shooting. She was a member of the Yurok American Indian tribe, and attended Lincoln High School in Portland but dropped out during her sophomore year she was also employed at various retail sales jobs around Portland, including a Fred Meyer store in North Portland. Sheriff Don Brown said in a statement that his department would fully cooperate with the State Bureau of Investigation as they conduct an investigation.Janet Marilyn Smith was born on Jand moved to Portland, Oregon with her family in 1973 from Loleta, California, around 15 miles south of Eureka.
“We took action that we felt was necessary to save the hostage and bring the situation to an end.”
THE HOSTAGE TV
Aaron Turk with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office told the TV station. The hostage’s “life was in danger,” Capt. EMS workers provided treatment, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies fatally shot the hostage-taker, who was armed with a handgun. Neither the hostage nor law enforcement officials were injured in the incident Saturday morning in the Catawba County community of Mountain View, TV station WSOC reported.Ī call came in about the hostage situation around 6:30 a.m., according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.Ĭrisis negotiators and deputies responded and tried to de-escalate the situation, but the suspect continued to threaten the hostage, who was an adult male family member, the news release said. (AP) - Sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina fatally shot an armed man who had taken a relative hostage, authorities said Saturday.
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