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Norfolk police speak about standoff that killed teen

Norfolk police speak about standoff that killed teen

Filed by Katie Collett

WAVY-TV

updated 3:35 a.m. ET, Thurs., Aug. 14, 2008

NORFOLK (Va.)– Norfolk Police spoke to WAVY.com about a standoff that left a 17-year-old dead.  It happened on Maltby Avenue in Norfolk, Sunday.  After several hours of negotiations and being barricaded inside her home, police shot and killed Tameika Jordan.

Tameika Jordan turned 17 in January.  Her mother Catrina says her daughter just got her GED and planned to attend TCC in the fall.  However, late Saturday night something went wrong.

“The daughter, threatening to kill her mother, that’s the call that was made to 911,” says Norfolk Public Information Officer Chris Amos.

Amos says police were told Jordan had a gun.  The teen barricaded herself in her Maltby Avenue apartment and moments later Norfolk’s Special Operations Team surrounded the Barraud Park neighborhood home.

“They’re highly trained, extremely professional, show tremendous restraint. They have handled dozens and dozens and dozens of calls like this that all have ended peacefully,” says Amos.

Amos says for about seven hours, negotiators tried to talk Jordan into surrendering.  Catrina contends her daughter was ready to walk out when officers burst through and shot Jordan. Police say that’s not the case.

“Shots were definitely fired from inside the apartment.”

Amos says past tragedies have taught police when a gun is fired, action needs to be taken.

“Columbine showed us that the idea of setting up a perimeter and simply waiting while shots are being fired inside a building, unacceptable.”

Police say Jordan aimed a gun at officers when they entered and they were forced to fire.  It was a devastating tragedy, Amos says they wanted to avoid.

“We were going back maybe to the early 80s, maybe late 70s, the last time a team entered a situation like this and they were forced to take a life.”

The shooting is still under investigation.  In the meantime, Jordan’s family is planning her funeral.

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One thing that really lights a fire under me is when…

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How do you deal with negative people?

I am a person that HATES negativity. I actually loathe it.

Negativity and negative people are like cancer. It just spreads and bleeds all over the place unless some type of prayer, radiation or treatment smothers it.

Gas prices, the job, your boss, the kids, money, people, church, housing, church, church and more church — you name it, they complain about it.

One thing that really lights a fire under me is when people complain just for the sake of complaining. ( I honestly think they love to hear themselves – cause Lord knows nobody else wants to hear it )

And then you have the “fire logs” – those are the people that keep that fire going.

They here someone complain and then they agree and “add to” the problem. Then you look up and it’s a mutiny. ( What in The World !! )

The one thing that burns me up are the people that complain but never offer a solution.

Being a manager and overseeing people I love it when people bring a problem to my attention but have already thought of several solutions. I appreciate that. Management appreciates that.

Next time someone starts to complain in your presence ,ask them if they have thought about a solution. Better yet ask them are they part of the problem or the solution?

Don’t be a fire “starter” or a “log”

Next time you have the urge to complain try this response when asked the infamous “How are you doing? “

Q: How are you doing?

A: Well, I can’t complain and if I wanted to complain don’t nobody want to here it anyway.

Stay Blessed

Nicole

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