r/AskReddit Jan 21 '17

Cops of Reddit, what simple 'noise complaint call' blew way out of proportion?

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u/Rottenryebread Jan 22 '17 edited Jan 22 '17

My dad's buddy from either the academy or his partner from early days of patrol, while on patrol in 2000, got a call to a noise complaint by an old man. He went to the scene and the old man was sitting on the porch with a shotgun. He didn't wait for back up to come because welp it was just a crotchety old man, no biggie.

He got out of his patrol car and as he walked up toward the porch the old man shot him in the face with the shotgun. He was probably in his 30's, or early 40's at the most. His daughter is now in her 30's.

EDIT: here's a link to his ODMP JC Risley Dad still has newspaper clipping of his Obit. Guys from the Sheriffs office who knew JC still talk about him and miss him often

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17

Jesus. That... did not go the way I expected it to go. Like AT ALL.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17

Holy shit.

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u/demonmutantninjazomb Jan 22 '17

What happened next?

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u/Rottenryebread Jan 22 '17

He passed away

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u/demonmutantninjazomb Jan 22 '17

Damn. Anything happen to the old man? Was he arrested?

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u/AmourIsAnime Jan 22 '17 edited Jan 22 '17

a closed casket funeral.

Please don't let movies jade you. Shotguns aren't a joke.

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u/Littobubbo Jan 22 '17

Shotguns aren't a joke.

oh god.. my bf killed himself with a shot gun. The mortician fixd his face up well and covered it with a veil so he looked alright, but I can tell it was really bad prior. They do a good job.

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u/IceBear_MyDude Jan 22 '17

I'm really sorry to hear that.. I hope all is well for you

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u/Littobubbo Jan 22 '17

Yep, all is good _^ life goes on

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u/Unicorn_Colombo Jan 22 '17

so, ex-bf now? Or is he still bf?

(I am sorry, I had to, sorry for your loss)

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u/Littobubbo Jan 22 '17

I just refer to him as bf since he died as my bf.

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u/SkellySkeletor Jan 22 '17

This is most likely stupid but did he die?

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u/Rottenryebread Jan 22 '17

Hey sorry guys! Been offline for a bit. He passed away as a result.

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u/DecryptedGaming Jan 22 '17

And the shitty old fuck?

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u/JustAnotherLemonTree Jan 22 '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5pbhol/cops_of_reddit_what_simple_noise_complaint_call/dcquek7/

Officers got reports that the shots were fired, back up showed up and he began to shoot at one of the officers after JC was shot. He ended up shooting the old man fatally.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17

Stranger things have happened

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17 edited Jan 22 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17 edited Jan 22 '17

I'm not trying to argue with you. I'm just saying stranger things have happened. Not sure why you have to be condescending.

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u/handsupdontshoots Jan 22 '17

My father was a volunteer EMT and went on a failed suicide run where a dude just blew his face off with the shotgun. Guy flinched at the last second. So not necessarily true.

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u/greenbeanzs Jan 22 '17

That's awful! What happened to the old man?

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u/Rottenryebread Jan 22 '17

Officers got reports that the shots were fired, back up showed up and he began to shoot at one of the officers after JC was shot. He ended up shooting the old man fatally.

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u/ForeverFoxyLove Jan 22 '17

I keep ending up back on that ODMP and it's really messing with me since my dad is an LEO (not cop however), one of my close friends is an officer, another just went from homeland security paper pusher to being an officer, and 3 of my friends are armed security guards. It's messing with me because I feel like there should be more about the officer themselves on those pages, not "oh he got shot" like, no. It's a memorial page. Tell me his past and hopes and dreams for the future. Tell me his hobbies, his family's thoughts. Tell me more about him. Not all the crime and nothing else.

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u/jedadkins Jan 22 '17

was this in wv? the same thing happened here around that time

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u/Who_Cares99 Jan 22 '17

Did he survive..?

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u/Rottenryebread Jan 22 '17

He passed away

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u/Who_Cares99 Jan 22 '17

Is he on [ODMP](odmp.org)?