Man shot dead with his own gun after sexually assaulting woman in Bywater, NOPD says

3-14-2014 Louisiana:

A 26-year-old man, Samuel Raines, was shot dead with his own gun after he sexually assaulted a woman at school construction site in the Bywater, New Orleans police said Friday. The shooter, a man who was not identified, disarmed the woman's attacker and opened fire around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

The man who was killed approached the couple as they walked along the 3800 block of North Rampart Street at Alvar Street outside the old Frederick Douglass High School, according to a police spokesman. The man brandished a gun and demanded the pair walk to a building undergoing renovation, NOPD said.

The assailant, identified in police reports as Samuel Raines, began assaulting the woman, and the other man was able to get ahold of the weapon, NOPD said.

Police did not say what evidence led them to believe a sex crime occurred. They said a gun was recovered, but provided no information about where it was found or if fingerprints or other evidence linked it to Raines.

Detectives said they interviewed the shooter and the woman and released them without arrest.

Officers involved in deaths of suspects return to duty

3-1-2014 Florida:

Law enforcement officers involved in three separate violent confrontations in January have been placed back on duty while state investigations of the incidents continue.

Eustis police said detective Gary Winheim, who shot to death an armed man on Jan. 7, returned to work on Jan. 16 after the department’s command staff and a representative from the State Attorney’s Office met with Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators.

“The evidence clearly indicated the use of force was warranted under the circumstances presented,” Police Chief Fred Cobb said on Thursday.

FDLE will turn over the results of its investigations to the State Attorney’s Office, which will determine if any charges will be filed in the cases. A FDLE spokeswoman said Thursday that none of the three investigations has been completed, so they can’t comment on any of them.

The shooting occurred at Laurel Oaks Apartments in Leesburg. Three detectives from the Leesburg and Eustis Police departments, including Winheim, went to the complex and met with 47-year-old Vernum Blunk to talk about allegations of sexual misconduct with a child and possession of child pornography. Police said at some point during the investigation, Blunk armed himself with a handgun that had been concealed in the room and threatened the Eustis detective.

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