Current Events > Landlord cop shoots woman in the head while enforcing eviction

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https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/landlord-tenant-officer-shot-philadelphia-sharswood-girard-court-apartments-20230329.html

A Philadelphia deputy landlord tenant officer shot a woman in the head while trying to enforce an eviction on Wednesday morning, police said.

The incident took place inside the Girard Court Apartments in the citys Sharswood section shortly after 9 a.m. Lt. Jason Hendershot, of the police departments officer-involved-shooting unit, said the woman was at home with her husband in their first-floor apartment when the landlord-tenant deputy arrived in plain clothes to serve a court-ordered eviction.

A physical struggle ensued in the hallway, allegedly involving a knife, he said. The deputy discharged a weapon and struck the 35-year-old woman, who was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.

Court records indicate the couple had sought to postpone their eviction over at least $8,000 in unpaid rent, but a judge denied their appeals last month.

Officials have not released the name of the deputy landlord tenant officer and details on the timeline leading up to the shooting remained hazy.

Despite their name, deputy landlord tenant officers are not sworn law enforcement personnel.

Unlike other jurisdictions, Philadelphia courts rely on a private attorney, appointed by municipal courts president judge and known as a landlord tenant officer, to execute evictions. This attorney deputizes private security contractors to perform onsite lockouts in exchange for the right to collect millions in related eviction fees.

The shooting marks the first in recent memory involving one of these deputies, but the incident raises questions about oversight and training of a for-profit agent acting on behalf of the citys court system to serve writs and lockout orders brought against tenants.

Antifar posted...

the landlord-tenant deputy arrived in plain clothes

I'm sorry, the fucking what

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Antifar posted...

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tenant got evicted in more ways than one :(.

from the apartment and from this earth.

You got a landlord cop? What's next, a pibble cop?

A physical struggle ensued in the hallway, allegedly involving a knife, he said. The deputy discharged a weapon and struck the 35-year-old woman, who was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.

If the tenant was going after the landlord with a knife, then they were within their right to defend themselves. This quote is too vague to know what went down.

kingdrake2 posted...

tenant got evicted in more ways than one :(.

from the house and from this earth.

It doesn't say she died.

BloodMoon7 posted...

You got a landlord cop? What's next, a pibble cop?

The landlord cop is a K9 unit and the dog is a pibble

Intro2Logic posted...

It doesn't say she died.

we're aware. she's dead to me :(.

They better get charged for this

Despite their name, deputy landlord tenant officers are not sworn law enforcement personnel.

Yeah, fuck that noise.

Of course landlord cop is not actual fucking law enforcement, which is why they'll absolutely be charged with attempted murder.

"Landlord cop"

What a triggering title

That's a stupid way to describe what is basically a deputized civilian that the court hires to serve papers. I doubt he'll be protected the way actual police officers would be. We'll have to wait and see how the investigation goes.

Fucking pigs

BloodMoon7 posted...

You got a landlord cop? What's next, a pibble cop?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/7/4/AAXm8_AAEVMO.jpg

Jagr_68 posted...

Of course landlord cop is not actual fucking law enforcement, which is why they'll absolutely be charged with attempted murder.

Rightfully so

divot1338 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/7/4/AAXm8_AAEVMO.jpg

They are adding a Pitbull to the force to handle the children law breakers.

So the tenant went after them with a knife?

So she was being served an eviction, got physical with a deadly weapon, and got shot? The struggle bit in the article seems vague.

Fuck cops and fuck landlords, but are we supposed to sympathize for someone who is behind $8k in rent and came at someone with a knife?