Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Woman shot on Saturday by off-duty cop hires San Diego Lawyer who handled Foley DUI
San Diego DUI lawyer news
A woman who police said was shot Saturday by an off-duty San Diego police officer during a road rage incident has hired the same attorney who represented a former San Diego Chargers player, who was shot by a different off-duty officer in 2006.
Police say the woman, who they have not identified, retained the same San Diego lawyer represented linebacker Steve Foley after Foley, suspected of drunken driving, was shot three times by an off-duty Coronado Police officer Aaron Mansker in 2006.
In Saturday's shooting, which left the woman and her 8-year-old son wounded, off-duty officer Franklin "Frank" White fired an undisclosed number of shots into the woman's car at about 9:30 p.m. in a shopping center parking lot off Old Grove Road, according to officials. The number of shots fired is one of several details police have declined to release.
The incident began when the driver of one car cut off the driver of the other car, Oceanside police contend. One driver followed the other to the Lowe's Home Improvement store parking lot on Old Grove Road, where the shooting took place.
The woman and her 8-year-old son were inside their car at the time of the shooting, officials said. Both remain hospitalized but are expected to survive.
White, who has allegedly made a statement to investigators, was placed on paid administrative leave following the shooting.
Oceanside investigators are purportedly still waiting for the woman to consent to be interviewed about the incident.
No one involved has been taken into custody or charged.
In Foley case, an off-duty Coronado Police officer testified that he started following the football player's car because he suspected drunken driving. The car eventually stopped on a dark road outside Foley's home.
Foley got out of the car and confronted the officer, who ultimately shot Foley three times.
The officer, who was not injured in the incident, testified that Foley presented a threat to his safety.
In December 2007, the district attorney's office announced that neither man would be criminally charged in the confrontation.
The district attorney concluded both men had acted in self-defense.
Investigators of the Oceanside incident have not said whether the off-duty San Diego officer said his life was threatened by the woman he shot.
A woman who police said was shot Saturday by an off-duty San Diego police officer during a road rage incident has hired the same attorney who represented a former San Diego Chargers player, who was shot by a different off-duty officer in 2006.
Police say the woman, who they have not identified, retained the same San Diego lawyer represented linebacker Steve Foley after Foley, suspected of drunken driving, was shot three times by an off-duty Coronado Police officer Aaron Mansker in 2006.
In Saturday's shooting, which left the woman and her 8-year-old son wounded, off-duty officer Franklin "Frank" White fired an undisclosed number of shots into the woman's car at about 9:30 p.m. in a shopping center parking lot off Old Grove Road, according to officials. The number of shots fired is one of several details police have declined to release.
The incident began when the driver of one car cut off the driver of the other car, Oceanside police contend. One driver followed the other to the Lowe's Home Improvement store parking lot on Old Grove Road, where the shooting took place.
The woman and her 8-year-old son were inside their car at the time of the shooting, officials said. Both remain hospitalized but are expected to survive.
White, who has allegedly made a statement to investigators, was placed on paid administrative leave following the shooting.
Oceanside investigators are purportedly still waiting for the woman to consent to be interviewed about the incident.
No one involved has been taken into custody or charged.
In Foley case, an off-duty Coronado Police officer testified that he started following the football player's car because he suspected drunken driving. The car eventually stopped on a dark road outside Foley's home.
Foley got out of the car and confronted the officer, who ultimately shot Foley three times.
The officer, who was not injured in the incident, testified that Foley presented a threat to his safety.
In December 2007, the district attorney's office announced that neither man would be criminally charged in the confrontation.
The district attorney concluded both men had acted in self-defense.
Investigators of the Oceanside incident have not said whether the off-duty San Diego officer said his life was threatened by the woman he shot.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 9:34 PM 
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