Was the cane loaded?
I can't believe that cop travoned the old man. I will be curious if the cop is charged with anything.
Follow up story:
CLOVER, S.C. —
The York County sheriff has reviewed the dash cam video of an officer-involved shooting, and placed the deputy responsible on paid leave during the investigation.
Deputy Terrance Knox, 24, stopped Bobby Canipe, 70, of Lincolnton, Tuesday night in Clover, for an expired tag. Deputies said Canipe got out of his truck and grabbed a walking cane out of the bed of his pickup. The deputy thought the cane was a weapon.
Knox fired his gun at Canipe several times, striking him once in the stomach area. Close friends said Canipe had surgery Wednesday at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, and is expected to survive.
Eyewitnesses told Channel 9 they saw the sheriff's car moments before the shooting, parked in parking lot on 321.
It looked like the deputy was running radar, said Joe Ashwell.
"I saw the truck go by and the cop pulled out after him, turned his blue light on," Ashwell said. "I guess he got him stopped over the top of the hill there."
It was a few minutes later when Ashwell heard shots fired. Canipe was unarmed, and there was also a female passenger in the truck with him, officials said.
Sheriff's spokesman Trent Faris said Knox reacted to what he thought was a threat.
"It does appear at this time that Deputy Knox's actions were an appropriate response to what he reasonably believed to be an imminent threat to his life," Faris said.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/york-co-sheriff-deputy-involved-shooting/ndcPD/