Officer Jason West remembered
Cleveland Heights Police Officer Jason West was gunned down by Timothy Halton, Jr, May 25, 2007. The suspect has claimed that he always wanted to kill a police officer. The disturbance started over a woman and ended in the death of this brave officer, just after he stepped out of his cruiser.
Halton, 27, of South Euclid, is in Cuyahoga County Jail awaiting his arraignment Wednesday.
He has a long history of mental illness and has been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic.
Per Cleveland.com, the prosecution is looking for the death penalty:
Ohio law virtually mandates a death-penalty charge when an aggravated-murder victim is an
officer killed on duty. West, 31, had pulled up to the driveway of an Altamont Avenue
home in response to a reported street brawl and had just stepped out of his cruiser when
he was shot, police and witnesses said. He died shortly afterward.
This is a terrible shame and you can share your condolescences with the family here. Jason West served with the Cleveland Heights Police Department for seven years and is survived by his parents and sister.
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