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Family: shooting involving security guard unjustified

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6:28 a.m. PST February 24, 2015

 

A Sacramento man remained in the hospital after being shot by a security guard. The man’s family was calling the shooting unjustified and demanding a full police investigation.

Sulman Hafeez has been in and out of surgery at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center with damage to his kidney, pancreas and stomach.

The 33-year-old was recovering from a gunshot wound he sustained Sunday night outside a 7-Eleven on Mack Road and Center Parkway.

The man who pulled the trigger is a security guard with Cal Force Security.

“A security guard shot my nephew without probable cause, with excessive force,” said Khalid Mahmood, Hafeez’s uncle.

Hafeez’s relatives said the shooting was not justified, given that he was unarmed.

The events that led up to the shooting are not 100 percent clear. Hafeez told his family that he was intoxicated when he went to the 7-Eleven.

“From what we heard, he was just in there a long time and they told him to leave and he left,” said Kamron Anwar, Hafeez’s cousin.

Once outside, the family said Hafeez began urinating along the storefront. That’s when the unidentified security guard stepped in to restrain him.

But Hafeez resisted being handcuffed and the guard began to use force.

“He tased him twice, pepper sprayed him and shot him over urinating,” said Anwar. “He could have just called the real cops if it was that serious.”

The security guard told police he fired his gun because he feared for his life.

That’s a valid requirement for use of deadly force, according to the firearms training manual for the bureau of Security and Investigative Services under the Dept. of Consumer Affairs.

Under their guidelines, a “firearm may be used only when there is a clear and present danger to life and when other defensive methods are inappropriate or have failed.”

But Hafeez’s family didn’t think the security guard’s life was ever in any danger.

The shooting remains under investigation.

News 10 reached out to Cal Force Security but they refused to comment.

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Security Guard Shot Dead At Illegal San Bernardino Marijuana Dis – Los Angeles News | FOX 11 LA KTTV

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San Bernardino, CA –

And suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, a mother’s wail pierces the silence.

All eyes turn from the coroner’s investigators wheeling their gurney to a woman running through the parking lot.

She is a mother and on that gurney is the body of her 25 year old son.

The wail…that wail, a mournful expression of love lost. It is a sound and a scene like no other.

On the gurney, the body of Anthony Victor Pineda whom police say was working as a security guard inside an unmarked medical marijuana dispensary in San Bernardino when on Monday night two armed men trying to rob the business, shot him.

With a fire station right around the corner, firefighter-paramedics arrived on the scene quickly to help the guard, who had been shot inside the shop.

But they weren’t able to get to him right away because police say the employees had locked the doors and wouldn’t let the paramedics in.

They wouldn’t unlock the doors for the police either.

Let me repeat that.

Police say they found the doors locked, the front door and the back door, even though the security guard who had been shot was still inside.

No one there, and the employees were still there, would unlock the doors for paramedics to get to the guard, according to police.

It wasn’t until an officer broke the glass on the front door that medics were able to get to Pineda, but by that time, he was dead.

He was dead.

“It’s cold hearted and callous”, said Lt. Richard Lawhead of the San Bernardino Police Department. “To think that someone may be suffering, needs help and you lock the help out and refuse to open the door?”

Police believe Pineda, his car still parked outside the shop with his credentials to cover the Academy Awards on Sunday proudly displayed on his front windshield, was able to shoot at least one of the gunmen.

And because of a long and bloody trail left behind by the gunmen, they believe that man may be seriously injured.

Police also believe there is video footage from a high-tech surveillance system found inside the shop that may show who the killers are but those employees, the same ones police say locked the doors? Well, they wouldn’t help the police view the video either.

“It’s frustrating. To us and it’s frustrating to the victim’s family”, said Lawhead. “If someone is out there killing people, then we want to catch them. We want to put them in jail but we can’t do it alone. People know what happened here and they’re being uncooperative.”

Watching a mother sob uncontrollably as her son’s body is driven away in the back of a coroner’s truck isn’t easy.

It’s not comfortable nor is it pretty, as they say.

Death isn’t pretty. And murder is downright ugly.

But it’s part of the story because once you’ve heard a mother’s wail, you know the killer didn’t just take that young man’s life.

He killed a piece of that mother too.

And who knows how many more that loved Anthony Pineda.

The killer is out there. Somewhere. And someone knows exactly who he is.

And while it appears that a lot of people didn’t do the right thing last night, hopefully someone will do the right thing now.

You know what that is.

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Armed Security Hired to Protect California Gurdwara Members Amid Dispute privateofficer.com | PRIVATE OFFICER MEDIA

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Armed Security Hired to Protect California Gurdwara Members Amid Dispute privateofficer.comPosted on September 29, 2014 by poi4925 Hughson, California Sept 30 2014 Armed private security officers have been hired to protect worshippers and keep the peace at the Sikh Temple in Hughson because of rising tensions between two factions that disagree over management of the facility.An 11-member executive committee charged with managing the financial affairs and operations of the temple was overthrown earlier this month and replaced by 11 other temple members who appointed themselves the interim committee.During a temple meeting Sept. 7, a dispute ensued between members of the committee and people who soon after formed the takeover committee. The dispute centered around the bylaws of committee elections and the manner in which the elected committee was spending the temple’s money, according to Dupinder Bajaw, a member of the takeover committee.Bajaw said the confrontation even became physical, punches were thrown, and the meeting was terminated. Since then, verbal disputes have erupted at Sunday worship and some members have been seen carrying baseball bats and hockey sticks, according to both sides.The morning after the meeting, takeover committee members changed locks at the temple, took possession of the collection box and appointed itself the interim committee, according to Jagtar Singh of the elected committee.But Bajaw said his committee has no control over the temple’s bank accounts, which he claims the elected committee continues to maintain and has used for personal gain. He said he spent his own money paying an electric bill and a priest’s salary since the takeover.Michael Ijams of law firm Berliner Cohen’s Modesto office is representing the temple in a lawsuit against it by one of its members. The lawsuit and a countersuit by the temple centers around the bylaws in question.“The bylaws that they presently operate under were drafted by non-lawyers 25 to 30 years ago,” Ijams said. “The bylaws are contradictory as to who votes and how the committee is elected .… The bylaws are, A, ambiguous and, B, outdated.”Ijams sent a letter to the takeover committee on behalf of the elected committee demanding that it cease operations and return the cash box, but he hasn’t received a response.Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said deputies responded to the Sept. 7 dispute. “We mitigated a verbal disagreement between two parties but we are not going to get involved in a civil problem,” he said.Since the takeover, friction between the two groups has mounted.Christianson said he was asked by members of the temple to assign deputies to provide security during Sunday services to prevent violence between the two groups. Christianson said no.Bajaw hired Ontel Security, which Sunday will provide armed security officers whose primary responsibilities will include “protecting property and life, as well as ensuring the peace,” according to Chief of Security David McCann.Typically, more than 500 members of the congregation – which draws from the Modesto-Hughson-Ceres area – attend Sunday services.Christianson said he encouraged the groups to get together and settle their differences.There is no indication from either side that will happen in the near future.SIKH24.com

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Security guard’s gun discharges, strikes man suspected of shopli – WKRN News 2

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Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on gmailShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services12Security guard’s gun discharges, strikes man suspected of shoplifting beerPosted: Sep 26, 2014 3:02 AMUpdated: Sep 26, 2014 2:34 PM   NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A man suspected of shoplifting was shot by a security guard after his gun discharged at a Walmart in east Nashville Thursday.It happened around 11:30 p.m. at the Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 1220 Gallatin Avenue.The security guard was patrolling the parking lot when he confronted the suspect, identified as 21-year-old DeMarko Peoples, as he was getting into a car.Police said Peoples allegedly took a case of beer and dog food.As the security guard asked Peoples to exit the vehicle, he put the car into drive forcing the security guard to jump out of the way to avoid being struck. As Peoples’ car was exiting the parking space, the security guard’s gun discharged. The suspect was shot once in the back. A female passenger in the car drove Peoples to Skyline Medical Center where he was last listed in critical but stable condition.The passenger was not injured in the incident.

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Woman Dies After Handcuffed by Security – dan@californiaspecialservices.com – CSS Insurance Services, LLC Mail

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Woman Dies After Haandcuffed by Security         SEPTEMBER 25 2014   SANTA ANA CA A woman acting irrational and disorderly at a California store is dead after a security officer placed her in handcuffs.Police are investigating the mysterious death at a market in Santa Ana. Officers said that a woman was acting violently Wednesday at El Toro Carniceria-Meat Shop at 1340 West 1st Street when a security officer detained her and placed her in handcuffs. A witness said she was behaving erratically and began removing her clothes when the security officer approached her and tried to stop her. “She was jumping like crazy. And then she made a mess inside the liquor store. And that’s why the security guard had to do what he had to do, and grab her and handcuff her,” Joseph Castellan said. Moments later, she died. Detectives have not released the identity of the woman. A coroner will try to determine if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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Funeral Processions and the Right-of-Way

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Funeral Processions and the Right-of-WayBy Gary L. Wickert and Nicole M. Ways | July 3, 2014Email ThisPrintNewslettersinShare1ArticleCommentsOn June 16, 2014, a Virginia man was pulled over by the police for running a red light while driving in a funeral procession. As a result, R.G. Spinner missed his great-grandmother’s burial. The Alexandria police officer pulled behind Spinner with his red and blue emergency lights flashing after witnessing him driving through a red light, along with the rest of the funeral procession. Spinner removed the large yellow funeral procession tag from his rear-view mirror and furiously waved it out his window, hoping the officer would let him proceed. He didn’t.Confusion and inconsistency abounds regarding when and whether a motorist in a funeral procession can run a red light. There is much more at stake than missing a funeral. As you can imagine, the likelihood of a serious accident involving personal injury or property damage increases exponentially if you have a long string of cars streaming through a red light in heavy traffic. Millions of claims and subrogation dollars hang in the balance. An understanding of how funeral processions affect the legal rights and remedies of motorists and their insurers is clearly a prerequisite to the effective handling and/or subrogation of the thousands of insurance claims that flow from accidents involving funeral processions.GenerallyA word from our sponsor:Donan Engineering.When HVAC claims strike, get conclusive answers LIGHTNING fast!Donan Lightning Investigation.A funeral procession is a convoy of friends, relatives, and family members following the hearse from the funeral home to the burial site. Through the ages it has varied from people walking and carrying the deceased, to the modern entourage of limousines and automobiles. Most states have enacted statutes governing the procedures and traffic laws governing a procession as well as the legal requirements for yielding to one. Quite often, all vehicles in the funeral will be marked with a purple funeral flag issued by the funeral home. All drivers will be told to turn their headlights on. The hearse will be the first vehicle in the procession followed by the spouse, children, immediate family members, and friends. In most states the lead vehicle must observe all traffic lights, but when the lead car has proceeded through an intersection, the rest of the funeral train may proceed without stopping. The procession is often accompanied by law enforcement vehicles to ensure the safety of the procession when running a red light. Cars traveling in the opposite direction of a procession may yield out of respect, if they want, but in most states, they don’t have to yield, slow or stop at all. Clearly, this is a recipe for disaster.Obviously, identification of a funeral procession is vitally important. This usually requires the lighting of headlights, but can include flags or even flashing lights. Consistency is lacking and if you travel to another state for a relative or friend’s funeral, there is no telling what the law might be. Not only do the laws governing funeral processions vary wildly from state to state, there is also mass confusion regarding the application of such laws within certain states. Nevada specifically allows the lead vehicle to actually go through a red light. Five states Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, and North Dakota grant a funeral procession the right-of-way at any intersection without regard to any traffic control signal. There, the lead driver can make any necessary turns or movements regardless of the color of the light, implying that it can run a red light. Iowa law immunizes vehicles in a funeral procession from violation of traffic laws unless the vehicle is operating recklessly. Six other states statutorily provide for the continuity of funeral processions at intersections but do not specifically provide the procession with the right-of-way. Some states have no laws at all.With the help of research by the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research and Nicole Ways, a Marquette law student and MWL law clerk, let’s take a closer look at the specific laws of all 50 states.Laws of All StatesALABAMA: There are no state laws governing funeral processions. However, the city of Birmingham has an ordinance that prohibits motorists from driving through a funeral procession if it is reasonably apparent to the public that an automobile is in a funeral procession. Therefore, the procession has the right-of-way to proceed as a single unit through intersections and traffic signals. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Allred, 247 Ala. 499, 500, 25 So.2d 179, 180 1945.ALASKA: There are no state laws governing funeral processions.ARIZONA: The law allows a funeral escort vehicle driver holding a class D driver’s license and exhibiting a red or red and blue light to 1 direct the vehicles in the procession and other vehicles approaching the procession to stop, proceed, or make any necessary movements without regard to any traffic control device, and 2 exceed the speed limit by up to 15 miles per hour to overtake the procession so it can direct traffic at the next intersection. All other vehicles and pedestrians, except emergency vehicles, must yield the right-of-way to funeral processions. Vehicles in the procession must exercise due care. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-776.ARKANSAS: There are no state laws governing funeral processions.CALIFORNIA: The only law California has regarding funeral processions prohibits anyone from disregarding any traffic signal or direction given by a peace officer in uniform authorized to escort a procession. Cal. Veh. Code § 2817.

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Wig-wearing bandit robs San Bernardino Walgreens

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Wig-wearing bandit robs San Bernardino WalgreensPOSTED: 06/28/14, 2:41 PM PDT | 6 COMMENTSA man disguised with a woman’s wig and armed with a handgun held up the Walgreens store at Highland and Del Rosa avenues early Saturday morning.Around 4:20 a.m. the robber walked into the store with a gun, police said.He threatened to shoot and kill the armed security guard if he went for his gun, police added.The security guard surrendered his sidearm and the wig-wearing bandit proceeded to rob the store.“The security guard did the right thing,” police Lt. Dan Gomez said. “At the end of the day he went home to his family unharmed.”Police say the bandit stole more than $500.Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call police at 909-384-5742.— Doug Saunders, staff

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Alleged shoplifter shot dead by LAPD after confronting mall security guard

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Alleged shoplifter shot dead by LAPD after confronting mall security guardBY VERONICA ROCHA SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES CREATED: JUNE 27, 2014Man reportedly brandished a handgun while talking to guard and fired an unknown number of roundsLinkedIn0CommentsPrint2June 26–The man fatally wounded by Los Angeles police officers Wednesday had been shoplifting at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza and fired a gun at a security guard who tried to stop him, authorities said.The man, whose identity hasn’t been released, was confronted by a security guard, who spotted him about 7:10 p.m. shoplifting inside the mall in the 3600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, LAPD Officer Chris No said.The security guard began talking to the man, who then brandished a handgun and fired an unknown number of rounds, No said. The guard was not injured.The man then fled the mall and Los Angeles police quickly moved into the area, searching surrounding neighborhoods. He was eventually spotted in the 3700 block of Santa Rosalia Drive, but fled and hid inside a home.Television footage showed officers in helmets firing their guns into a home garage a short time later.Police say he was shot as officers attempted to take him into custody. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died of injuries.Internal investigators are reviewing the officer-involved shooting.

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Security Guard Killed and Kills

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L.A. Security Officer Under Fire Kills Robber     Los Angeles CA June 25 2014 A medical marijuana dispensary was being robbed Wednesday when a security officer fatally shot one of the suspects, police reported.The shooting occurred around 12:20 p.m. at Nature’s Cure Inc., located in the 5400 block of Century Boulevard.Two men walked into the clinic and started shooting at the security guard. He returned fire and hit one of the robbers in the abdomen, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.The victim managed to walk to a nearby Westin Hotel and collapsed. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. He was only identified as a man in his 30s.A woman inside the dispensary was also injured after falling and hitting her head. Her connection to the dispensary was unknown. The other suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored, 7 series BMW. He was described as an African-American man in his 30s. He was wearing a brown baseball hat, a beige shirt and green pants, police said. No information was made available about how much money or pot may have been taken. The shooting took place in a hotel-dotted area just east of the airport, and the suspects’ vehicle was likely caught on surveillance video. 

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Security guard sued

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OAKLAND CBS SF — A security guard seen in a video allegedly beating a wheelchair-bound studentmade an appearance in an Oakland court Monday to face that video evidence.Marchelle Mitchell’s defense lawyer says the video, which shows the guard unleashing an attack on the disabled student, doesn’t tell the whole story, and suggested the school and the student are partly to blame for the incident.Nabiel Ahmed, Mitchell’s attorney says the scuffle may have been caused by aggression from the student.“It is conceivable that my client was acting self-defense based upon an aggressive student, and a known aggressive student, that his actions may not be morally accepted, but however they may have been justified,” he said.More: Security Guard Brawl With Wheelchair Bound Student Caught On CameraAhmed also suggested that the student doesn’t always need the wheelchair.“We have information that the student wasn’t 100 percent wheelchair bound,” he said.Mitchell was forced to forfeit his security guard’s license at least until the case is decided.

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