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http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:NE42A/1:NE42A121699.html
Updated: Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999 at 00:45 CST
North Richland Hills police fatally shoot
suspect
By Domingo Ramirez Jr.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS -- A police tactical team
member fatally shot the son of a true-crime writer
yesterday after he pointed a gun at officers who
burst into his home, police said.
Troy James Davis, 25, was shot twice in the chest
at
his house in the 8200 block of Ulster Drive.
Police
had gone there to serve a search-and- arrest
warrant in connection with an informant's tip that
there were drugs in the house.
Troy Davis was pronounced dead at North Hills
Hospital minutes after the shooting, police said.
It was the first fatal shooting by a Northeast
Tarrant
County police officer in more than 10 years.
After the shooting, Davis' mother, Barbara Davis,
49,
was arrested in connection with the drug
possession
investigation, police said. She was in the North
Richland Hills Jail late yesterday. She is the
author of
Precious Angels, a book about Darlie Lynn Routier
of
Rowlett, who was convicted of murdering her
5-year-old son.
An hour before the shooting, state District Judge
Sharen Wilson signed the warrants in connection
with
an allegation of possession of a controlled
substance/marijuana.
About 17 police officers, including a tactical
team,
converged on the house about 10:45 a.m., North
Richland Hills police Sgt. Andy Kancel said. Two
officers were inside the house when the shooting
occurred, he said.
The large number of officers sent to the house was
based on the number of people who could have been
inside the residence and because Davis had a prior
weapons offense, not because of the seriousness of
any potential charge, Kancel said.
"They wanted to be able to secure the house as
soon
as possible," Kancel said. "It was a tactical
forced
entry because we had information that the suspect
was known to be armed. We had handled him
before."
Troy Davis had been charged with unlawful carrying
of a weapon in North Richland Hills in May 1998,
according to Tarrant County criminal court
records.
The charge was dismissed in June 1998.
Troy Davis confronted two officers in the foyer
after
they forced their way in, police said.
"The suspect pointed a handgun at the officers and
he
never lowered it," Kancel said. The 9mm handgun
was loaded with one bullet, which was in the
chamber and ready to fire, police said.
Officer Alan Hill twice fired his .45-caliber
semiautomatic pistol, striking Davis in the chest,
police said.
"Once he saw the suspect down, the officer began
CPR," Kancel said.
As Davis was being treated, other officers found
and
arrested Barbara Davis in a rear bedroom, police
said.
Police said they had not searched the house for
drugs
or weapons last night, because the search for
evidence related to the shooting took priority.
Kancel
said a narcotics unit will conduct a search after
the
shooting search is complete.
A neighbor described Troy Davis as a "nice kid."
"I found him to be timid, mild-mannered," neighbor
Steve Jourdan said. "I don't believe he had a job.
Still, they were good neighbors. This year, they
had
spent money improving their yard."
The shooting took place in a quiet neighborhood
where Christmas lights line most of the brick
houses.
Troy's father, James H. Davis Jr., who was an
investigator for the state of Texas, died in 1995.
Jourdan said the father died of a heart attack.
The
elder Davis also had been a reserve officer with
the
Tarrant County Sheriff's Department for 15 years.
Troy Davis had an older sister, Jourdan said.
"It's just shocking," Jourdan said. "This is a
very
quiet neighborhood. We don't get much crime around
here."
Hill was placed on administrative leave pending
completion of an internal investigation, which is
a
typical departmental procedure after a police
shooting, Kancel said. The case will be turned
over to
a Tarrant County grand jury for consideration.
Hill, 37, has been on the force two years. He has
been in law enforcement for nine years. Kancel
said
he does not know of Hill being involved in any
other
shootings during the two years he has been at
North
Richland Hills.
Barbara Davis worked in the Tarrant County
district
attorney's office as a victims advocate for 10
years.
She was helping La Vonne Skalias, a rape and
stalking victim, maneuver her way through the
legal
system when Skalias asked Davis to write her
story.
Stalked: A True Story was published in 1994.
Davis' book Precious Angels, which portrayed
Routier
as a vicious, coldblooded killer, was released in
December 1998. Routier was sentenced to death for
the murder of her son, Damon.
Barbara Davis since has joined those who say
Routier
is innocent. She has donated part of her savings
and
is giving a portion of the book's royalties to
Routier's
defense fund.
Domingo Ramirez Jr., (817) 685-3822
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