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Fatal
party
shooting
an
accident
as hug
becomes
deadly
By Karen
Hudson
Samuels/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
The
weekend
accidental
shooting
death of
Adaisha
Miller
by an
off duty
Detroit
Police
officer
was
“very
tragic,
unfortunate
and not
at all
intentional”
said
Police
Chief
Ralph
Godbee
in
issuing
preliminary
findings
at a
Monday
afternoon
press
conference.
The
Chief
said a
preliminary
investigation
made it
clear
that
Officer
Issac
Parrish
did not
place
his hand
on the
police
issued
weapon
that
discharged,
striking
a fatal
blow to
Miller’s
chest as
she
danced
behind
him,
touching
his
waist.
"There
was some
manipulation
along
the
officer's
waistline
(that)
he did
not
control,"
The
weapon
had a
trigger
safety
built
and does
not go
off
without
the
trigger
being
engaged,
at least
in 99%
of time
said
Godbee.
Speculation
that
Miller
may have
inadvertently
jostled
the
weapon
is being
investigated.
The 25
year old
Miller
was
attending
a fish
fry at
the
officer’s
home
when the
incident
occurred;
today
she was
to have
celebrated
her
birthday.
Carrying
a weapon
off duty
is at
the
discretion
of the
police
officer
and must
be
qualify
as a
primary
weapon
according
to
Godbee.
Initial
reports
said the
weapon
was in a
shoulder
holster;
Godbee
corrected
that
saying
it was a
holster
at the
officer’s
waist.
Once the
final
investigation
is
completed
the
findings
will be
turned
over to
the
Wayne
County
prosecutor’s
officer.
In the
meantime,
Officer
Parrish
is on
administrative
restricted
duty
pending
final
investigation;
he is
“very
remorseful
of the
incident”
said the
Godbee.
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