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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 30 august 2017

Pastor:

New Mexico shooting suspect showed no warning signs

her cellphone, looking for about it, Stevens said.
any messages between The boy about two weeks
the teens that might help ago helped Stevens’ con-
in the investigation, said gregation sell popcorn at
the mother, Paula Ste- the Curry County Fair in
vens. The pastor said police Clovis to raise money for a
found nothing. Police had youth camp. The pastor’s
not identified the teen as daughter and the teen
of Tuesday because he is spent the evening talking
under age 18 and had not and playing video games
been charged, authorities after Sunday’s evening
said. But Clovis Police Chief church services and Ste-
Douglas Ford confirmed vens said they also talked
that the teen was the only twice on Monday, the day
suspect taken into custody. of the shooting, and that
An injured woman is carried to an ambulance in Clovis, N.M. David Stevens said the boy there was no indication
A shooting inside a public library that killed two people and was on a two-day high anything was wrong.
wounded four has deeply shaken an eastern New Mexico school suspension because “It’s just more than we can
community. of a fight when the shoot- comprehend. I don’t know
(Tony Bullocks/The Eastern New Mexico News via AP) ing happened. The shoot- what happened,” Ste-
ing suspect had said he vens said. “His mind had
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The that anything was wrong. fought back after another to snap. I don’t know any
suspected teen gunman He said the teen, who was
who opened fire inside an dating his daughter, had boy hit him but there was other way to explain it. He
nothing to indicate the was a good kid. He had
eastern New Mexico public been searching for “in-
library, killing two people ner peace” and making suspect was overly upset straightened his life out.”q
and wounding four, ap- strides in his life. Stevens
peared to be turning his found out that the teen
life around, volunteering was the suspect when his
at church and never miss- daughter rushed to the
ing a service, the youth’s Clovis-Culver Public Library
pastor said Tuesday as the after receiving a text from
small farming city of Clovis a friend with a video of
struggled to understand person who looked like her
the violence. boyfriend being led away
Living Word Church of in handcuffs by police.Af-
God Pastor David Stevens ter the girl arrived with her
said the teen had been mother, they were led to
troubled but started at- authorities and interviewed
tending his church more by a detective who iden-
than three months ago tified the boy as the sus-
and gave no indication pected shooter and took

Officer seen punching man had

past complaints, little discipline

By DAKE KANG front of his commanding
Associated Press officer and being involved
EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — A in two crashes in police ve-
white officer seen on vid- hicles.
eo punching a black man Some Euclid residents
over a dozen times in traffic stepped forward last week
stop in a Cleveland suburb to express concern about
has received multiple com- Amiott’s previous conduct.
plaints about his behavior Euclid police hired Amiott
during his three years in the in 2014 after he resigned
police department. from his previous position in
According to documents Mentor, east of Cleveland.
obtained by The Associ- Euclid police spokesman
ated Press through open Lt. Mitch Houser and Eu-
records, Officer Michael clid police union president
Amiott received four letters Dave Trend did not return
of reprimand and one for- calls and messages seek-
mal citizen complaint as a ing comment.
Euclid officer but was never The Euclid mayor’s office
disciplined beyond written declined to comment cit-
citations. ing a pending investiga-
He was cited for pistol- tion.
whipping a driver with a No one answered at two
handgun, mishandling evi- phone numbers listed for
dence, losing his temper in Amiott.q