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Shooting victim’s wife: I want justice for my husband

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Krystle Washington and Darrell Logan Jr.
Krystle Washington and Darrell Logan Jr.

PALMDALE – Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Darrell Logan Jr., 32, in his garage Thursday morning. According to the sheriff’s report, deputies were responding to a call around 11:48 a.m. from an informant who stated that gunfire was heard from the residence.

“When deputies entered the garage they were confronted by the armed suspect and a deputy-involved shooting occurred,” the report states.

Friday afternoon, Logan’s wife of six years, Krystle Washington, 30, gave her side of the story, which contradicts several published reports.

“I never said don’t shoot me, I never said that,” Washington said. “He [Logan] never threatened to shoot me… he never threatened to physically harm me or anything.”

“It was unfair that they killed my husband,” Washington continued, choking back tears. “I want justice for my husband and for my family.”

According to Washington, the incident began on Thursday when she and her husband were arguing in the garage of their home at 3117 Heather Avenue in east Palmdale.

“Every time we get into it, he gets mad, he can’t handle it and he says ‘I’ll kill myself’ and stuff like that,” she said. “I was like whatever.”

Darrell Logan Jr. was shot and killed by Palmdale Sheriff's deputies Thursday.
Darrell Logan Jr. was shot and killed by Palmdale Sheriff's deputies Thursday.

Washington said she went back into the house and then she heard a single gunshot. Her husband had fired his gun into the air, she said.

“I went back outside and I’m like ‘What are you doing? You’re not even thinking!’ and he was like ‘you’re right, you right…’” she said. “Then he went into the garage and I came back in the house.”

Washington said, at this point, her husband was in the garage with her brother Calvin Peoples, 33.

Washington said, a short time later, as she was making bottles for her two-month old baby, she was surprised to hear deputies’ commands over a loudspeaker.

“I hear, ‘all the residents at 3117, come out with your hands up,’ so I immediately went to the door and put my hands up,” she said.

Washington said she was instructed to leave her baby in the house and go to a waiting squad car. She said she sat in the back of the squad car as deputies searched her house. On their way out, deputies brought her baby girl to her, Washington said. They then asked her for the keys to her garage, but when she said she didn’t have the keys, deputies busted the door down, instead.

“I saw them standing in the entrance of the garage door,” she said. “It was between seven to nine officers.”

Krystle Washington holds the hat her husband was wearing when he was shot. The hat had two bullet holes, one in the front and one on the left side.
Krystle Washington holds the hat her husband was wearing when he was shot. The hat had two bullet holes, one in the front and one on the left side.

That’s when the gunshots started.

“I hear about seven or eight shots, and then I hear like 30 to 40 shots after that,” said Washington.

“They came out and had my brother in handcuffs,” Washington continued. “I’m asking ‘Where’s Darrell? Where’s my husband?’ They just ignored me.”

She said about 15 minutes later, the ambulance came and she saw her husband being brought out on a stretcher.

“They were pumping his chest but he wasn’t moving,” she said. “I think he might have been dead already.

Washington said she was transported to the sheriff’s station at about 1 p.m., and told she would be questioned by homicide detectives.

“I’m like ‘homicide, that’s means he’s dead right?’ but they still wouldn’t tell me,” she said.

Washington said she remained at the station until about 10 p.m. Thursday for questioning. During that time, she was told that deputies had shot her husband in self defense.

“They said we went in the garage and Darrell shot at us and we shot and killed him,” she recalled.

But Washington does not believe this to be the case.

“I just couldn’t believe that, because if they’re standing in the doorway, seven to nine people, and somebody opens fire, somebody’s gonna get hit, somebody’s gonna get shot,” Washington said. “None of the officers were shot; [there were] no bullet holes no where near the entrance of the garage door where the police came in from. All the bullet holes are where they shot Darrell down at.”

Washington said she has been unable to communicate with her brother Calvin, who witnessed the shooting, because he is still in custody. She said at first, deputies told her they were holding him for driving without a license, and then later said Calvin was in protective custody.

Washington has also been unable to communicate with her four children, including her two-month-old baby girl. She said while she was at the Sheriff’s station, deputies picked up her children from school and tried to place them “in the system.”

She said the kids who are 12, 10, 7 and 2 months, were rescued from the system by her cousin. But Washington is still barred from visiting her children and must go to court for them on Tuesday.

“I don’t know why I can’t see my children at a time like this… I wasn’t charged with anything,” Washington said. “They’re saying, ‘with all that you’ve been through, we think it would be best for the safety of the children.’”

Krystle Washington holds a picture of her husband.

Washington said, after her nine-hour ordeal at the Sheriff’s station, she was no closer to getting any answers behind her husband’s killing than when she arrived.

“They wouldn’t tell me who shot him,” she said. “The police didn’t give me anything when I left… not a paper, not a report, not a detective number – nothing.”

Washington speculates which officer may have shot her husband.

“I think it was a bald-headed officer that shot him because when they came out after the shooting and they were waiting for the ambulance, they were all patting him on the back and stuff,” she said. “Then one of them came to me and was like ‘because of you, that’s why this happened, because of you…’”

Washington said the officer was referencing the fact that Washington had not told deputies that her husband was in the garage.

“So he’s saying because of me is why my husband is dead.”

Friday, a spokesman at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Headquarters said the department could not comment on the story due to the pending investigation.

Saturday at 6 p.m., the family of Darrell Logan Jr. will hold a Candlelight Vigil and press conference at 3117 Heather Avenue in Palmdale. For further information please contact: Cristina at 661-236-1490, Stan Muhammad at 310-925-2071, or Darren W. Parker at 661-406-0862.

82 comments for "Shooting victim’s wife: I want justice for my husband"

  1. ALL U SORRY ASS PPL TALKING SHIT LIKE YALL WAS THERE AND SEEN WHAT HAPPEN THATS BS….SHE LOSTED HER BEST FRIEND, HUSBAND, HER KIDS LOST A FATHER TO SOMETHING THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE. FIRST READ BEFORE YALL JUST TALKING SHIT TO SOMEONE CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT HIS PAST WAS HIS DID NOT DO SHIT TO GET HIT THE WAY HE DID ONE SHOT TO THE LEG IF HE HAD A GUN BUT HE DID NOT HAVE ONE CAUSE HIS HANDS WAS UP HE GOT ALL HIS HITS FROM THE BACK SO THE POLICE R ALL PUNKS THEY HAVE TO SHOT A MAN IN HIS BACK THAT DOING WHAT HE WAS TOLD ITS HIS HOUSE THEY CAME IN HIS SHIT AND GUN HIM DOWN THATS COLD……

  2. First mistake, the guy was a parolee with a gun!! Second mistake, if the po-lice call you outside…get your butt outside!! Third mistake, wifey lying to the cops saying he wasn’t in the house and he didn’t have a gun!! I agree with the sheriff’s. Of course they have 9 cops around. In case one gets hit then they can kill the bad guy. Good for them.

  3. Wow. Some of these comments are very disrespectful to his widow and entire family. It doesn’t matter the path this young man went down, he wasn’t in jail anymore. People make mistakes but he is a father and husband in his own home who was gunned down by the cops. It sure sounds shady for 7-9 cops to be shooing at one man alone. I don’t know the whole story, I wasn’t there and neither of yall besides his wife and bro-in-law. I’m just praying for justice, comfort and peace in this hard time. Hopefully some people will turn their lives around and not lead a life that involves guns or prior jail time or whatever. Stop judging though. Make sure you’re right with God yourself. This is a wake up call.

    • Thank you, “prayerful associate” for your words of support & the reminders for people to be mindful of their judgments… I live in Chicago but this “IS” my family who live in California… Darrell is actually my cousin & my aunt, & his dad are really having a pretty rough time of this, not 2 mention that I can only imagine how his beautiful wife must be feeling… please people, let’s remember that just because”YOUR” family doesn’t happen to be “affected” THIS time, doesn’t mean it will never be… you will undoubtably appreciate the sincere prayers and earnest thoughts for your strength and peace at that time… in WHATEVER MANNER death should choose to visit you.

  4. Dang it’s really sad to see how negative some people could be.we all make mistakes, every day. in this case this mistake caused him his life. yeah he could have been wrong for shooting a gun, but all the negativity it’s bringing his family is not called for.let him rest in peace.anybody who thinks he was in the wrong, he has payed the price, there is no need to continue the negative talk. how about just pray that God comforts his family and friends thru this difficult time. stop pointing fingers and talking about people and there situations, when we don’t know all the details.only God can judge. come on now…

    • Dang. It’s really sad to think that I’m living in a town where people are shooting off their guns in the house and other people think that’s acceptable and that a ‘nosy’ neighbor shouldn’t have called the police and criticize the police for doing their job and protecting the rest of us from criminals.

      All you folks that are critizing the cops, I bet you wouldn’t be commenting here in the same way if the guy the cops shot was a skin-head for doing the exact same thing. Your biases are obvious.

      • William…….. no one ever said that this was OK but do any man no matter who it is. have to be shot more then once to stop them. not only was he shot but he was shot multiple times and that is not criticizing the cops but that in it self was murder on there part.

      • never did i say that was acceptable, neither did i comment on the police. and yeah the situation is sad, but who are we to judge. From the bottom of my heart may God rest his soul, we all done wrong, his wrong just had a bigger price to pay. My prayers go out to EVERYBODY involved in the situation

  5. FIRST OFF SOME OFF YALL ON HERE NEED TOO HAVE RESPECT FOR MY FAMILY. I WOULD NEVER DISRESPECT YOUR FAMILY IN THIS WAY. MY BROTHER WAS NOTHING DOING ANYTHING TO GET SHOT MULTIPLE TIME BY THE POLICE. YES MY BROTHER HAD A HISTORY AND SO WHAT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT HE DESERVED TO GET MURDERED? NO HE DIDNT HIS CHILDREN AND FAMILY NEEDED HIM. MY BROTHER WAS NOT ARMED WHEN THE POLICE OPENED FIRE AND SHOT HIM. JUST BECAUSE HE DIDNT DO AS THEY SAID COME ON NOW….THEY HAD ALL INTENTIONS ON GOING TO HIS HOUSE AND KILLING HIM. THEY COULD HAVE DID ANYTHING OTHER THE KILLING HIM. MY BROTHER IS A NICE KIND SWEET AND CARING PERSON. HE NEVER HARM ANYONE IN HIS LIFE. SO IF YALL CAN KEEP YALL NASTY COMMENT AND THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF AND LET US MOURN IN PEACE AND JUST PRAY FOR US IT WOULD BE SO KIND. MY MOM SHOULDNT HAVE HAD TO BURY HER SON. DARRELL WAS HER FIRST BORN…YALL COMMENTS ARE HURTING HER MORE THEN YOU RELIZE. IM NOT PLAYING THE RACE CARD HERE. ALL IM SAYING IS THAT THE POLICE ARE NOT FAIR. AND THE DONT WANT US UP HERE THAT WAY THE FEEL THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THE WANT AND GET AWAY WITH IT. DID U KNOW THE VERY NEXT DAY THE ALSO KILLED A YOUNG BOY IN LANCASTER. THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH WAY TO MUCH.

    TRY AND REST IN PEACE BIG BROTHER IMY AND ILY FOREVER :(

    • JUSTICE4DLL, your comments are heartfelt and I am VERY VERY sorry for your loss. I cannot imagine the pain and grief you must feel right now and it hurts my heart to know that you have to read these hateful comments in your time of mourning. Please let your Mom know that not all of ‘us’ feel this way towards you and your family. My heart goes out to you and your Mom. There are several others who feel as I do, but don’t have the courage to comment here. Just know that others are praying for you and your family. STAY STRONG!!!!

    • I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOST SISTA AND AS FAR AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, NO THEY DID NOT HAVE TO SHOOT HIM SO MANY TIMES TO STOP HIM. THIS WORLD IS FULL OF SO MUCH NONSENSE. BUT TODAY I WANT TO TELL DARRYL’S FAMILY TO HOLD ONTO GOD, HE WILL GET YOU THRU THIS. WHAT WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IS HOW WE PUT THINGS OUT THERE, HE WILL GET HIS JUSTICE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT HE WAS AS GREAT PERSON AS HIS FAMILY/FRIENDS ARE SHARING. BUT LET THIS BE A LESSON… WATCH WHAT YOU SAY AND THE PICTURE THAT YOU PAINT FOR THE PRESS… NO IT SHOULD NOT MATTER, BUT WHERE ARE WE? WHAT EVEN DIRECTED THE VERY SAME LAW ENFORMENTS THERE? WE MUST THINK PEOPLE!!! STOP, PRAY THEN DEAL WITH STUFF ALL THIS OVER A DOMESTIC ARGUEMENT??? THESE CHILDREN AWAY FROM THEIR MOM???? RIP MY BROTHER
      A SISTA

  6. First off none of you know the whole story and for as many time as my Nephew was shot that was not called for by any means None of it should have happen and he should not have been acting a fool, but lets think about something when you have a white person doing this type of [removed] they give them days to come out the f—— house with there hands up, and they be done killed the whole damn family and the people next door.They did not have to shot that man as many times as they did I don’t give a damn what any of you say.We did not have to lose our Family this way.So all of you with your bad [removed] comments keep them to yourself were dealing with enough

    • I guess nobody on here has ever heard of the Randy Weaver story? His wife, his kid, the family dog, all of them shot down and killed by the FBI, ATF & DEA and guess what? HE WAS WHITE!!!!!!!! Can we quit turning this sh-t into a black vs. white thing or a black vs. Latino thing for pete’s sake. ITS NOT!!!!!

      • i agree with you it doesnt matter the color racism comes in all shapes sizes and colors and im a black woman its not about that its about justice

      • If we all had that same mind set! The fact is, racism STILL exist and so does ignorance! It is a 2 way street though and “I” see it more amongst blacks & whites, which make sense of you look back on the slavery days. however, what happens to one person of one race, HAS happened to others of different races. Regardless of how often, the facts remain that all race experiecned or will experience some the same thing.

  7. First and foremost, I regret the fact that another human life was taken REGARDLESS of the situation and you and your family remain in my prayers. I was fortunate to have met the victim prior to this and he IS a “stand-up” guy! As of everyone else, mainly those speaking negativity of the situation, “to each is own,” you are enititled to your own opinion whether it be IGNORANCE, sympathy, or honesty. However, who are we (yes, that includes you too) to judge? Race does NOT matter because in the end, Blacks, white, hispanics, asians, etc, we all share similarities! Whether you want to believe it or not! I can ASSURE you, there are other races that have done the same thing, although they may have not been shot & killed in the process, the fact remains. Let’s not forget to mention regardless of what acts we commit, we ALL commit them, some more extreme, some less. Nonethless, there comes a time when we need to learn how to IGNORE the ignorance and BS of others, especially on a blog like this! This is for those who “feel” they have to prove something to those who speak ill-will. You CANNOT stop a person from being ignorant! There are ALWAYS going to be people(s) that have something to say, but there is no need to feed into it and further prove the stereotypical belief that one has. Laugh at it, and ignore but it take it for what it is worth. And that was the main reason of this comment because I am not one to blog or participate in forums such as this.

    • your right you cant stop an ignorant person from being ignorant and like you said everyone is titled to theior own opinion but its also something called respect and they should gain some im a strong believer in fighting for whats right even if its fighting for something as simple as respect

      • Respect has to be earned. If a guy walks around looking like a gang banger or is shooting a gun in house, he doesn’t get my respect. It’s funny hearing from a community that DOESN’T respect law enforcement to demand respect for themselves no matter how bad they act.

        If you want respect, then you better deserve it. People aren’t obligated to respect anyone no matter what.

        I’m respectful of the police, although I rarely have contact with them and, guess what, they’ve been repectful back to me. It’s a 2-way street and the black community needs to get that.

        • Really, “if a guy walks around looking like a gang banger he doesnt get my respect.” Every person wearing suit is not a “Business Person,” every male wearing steel toe boots, carpenter jeans, and a t-shirt is NOT a construcion worker or anything of the sort! Every female walking around with little shorts on and a halter-top or tank-top is not a ho, slut, skank, etc..every person wearing jewelry, hat twisted, pants sagging, etc is NOT a gang banger! Those are called “sterotypes” and you are “stereotyping!” My point is this, when people steroptype, its because of what they have seen or experienced. Maybe every time you seen or was around black people, that was all you seen (gang banger mentality) so it is easy for one to judge. I have been harrassed by cops throughout my whole life, butt guess what? They never once had a legitimate reason for their actions and now ive gotten to the point where I physically call the station and either get a hold of their Sergeant of the Guard or their Commander RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT! Justice served! I say that to say this, i used to judge the cops based on my personal experiences with them, until I matured and realized that not ONE cop represents the whole force alone. So I cant hate or be mad at all cops, just the ignorant ones which i seem to attract. Butt, I take it with a grain of salt and I laugh at them now!!

          • Boy, you went off on a rant. If you dress like a ‘gang banger’ you stereotype youself. Aren’t you dressing like the other gang bangers to be part of the gang. If you talk like all the other gang bangers aren’t you stereotyping yourself? Don’t put it on everyone else. They don’t have the time nor the desire to sit down an learn your whole history.

      • There is absolutely nothing wrong with fighting for respect, at the same time, people must pick & choose their battles wisely. I say this from a personal stand-point, if I dont know a person, and know for a fact that will never deal with you on a regular basis, im not going to waste my time fighting for their respect, especially after being show from the beginning that they are already judgmental or disrespectful (it shows where their mind is). Even more so, a blog or forum ( or whatever you want to call this) is the last place id fight for respect, its almost like im talking to a computer because 9 times out of 10, i will NOT see the person(s) who comments on this! Now, by all means I am not knocking you for demanding your respect and it wont kill you to do so. I encourage anyone who fights for what they believe in. Just know “everybody” will not always agree (generally speaking that is)

  8. Augh some of these comments are straight bull [removed]! All you ignorant close minded people with your stupid [removed] negative comments can keep your comments to yourself and spend more of your time getting your head out of your [removed! No I do not know the family or know all the facts of what happened but I’m not going to sit here and make up what happened in my head. Only one person seems to know what really happened and until they get the story from him no one here has the right to say anything about the cops having the right to kill him and all that other bull [removed] people are saying. Yes he should’ve been punished for firing the gun, but not being shot down. They claim it was “self defense” but we wont have an answer until the person who does know what happens tells his side of the story. Until then quit making assumptions! Now to all you people who feel that you have the right to make judgements on this man who was killed, his wife, his family when you don’t even know them or know their situations, need to keep your comments to yourself. You know nothing, therefore you have no right to say anything. My sympathy and condolences go to the family. May God be with you during these hard times.

  9. they murder darrell logan theat his brother in law that they will deal with him like they deal with darrell 8 shot to the head please convict those murders cops

  10. Okay, I can be snarky with the best of them, but let’s try to remember that a father of a newborn lost his life. Deputies have to deal with a black mark on the record that is ill-deserved. Sad for family, deputies, community and all involved.

    • “…father of a newborn lost his life”. Well, maybe that’s better for the newborn than having a father shooting a gun on the property, dontcha think? Too bad he wasn’t your next door neighbor so you could have resisted the impulse to call the sheriff’s deputies when you heard a gunshot because you are smarter than everyone else.

      I feel for those who are innocently killed by stray bullets while they sleep in their beds but not for a guy shooting a gun in his garage and not complying with the deputies when they arrived. They have families too and I don’t blame them for not wanting to be shot first because his wife thinks otherwise.

      • this has got to be the dumbest comment i have ever heard you don’t even know the circumstances behind the shooting. clue #1…since when do the police respond to a shooting jump on a bullhorn and order everyone in a residence to come out with their hands up without knowing what the situation is first. you blind bat!! clue #2…why was the wife taken downtown and held there from 1 to 10 p.m.? and told she would be questioned by a homicide detective. homicide??…hmmm clue #3…her brother was arrested for driving without a license? how do you do that inside a garage? clue #4…they claim that her brother is in protective custody…protective custody from who? you blind bat!!! clue #5…why are the deputies picking her kids up from school, for what reason? shouldn’t a task like that be reserved for the family? clue #6…they asked for a key to the garage door and when they couldn’t get one they kicked the door in. umm who does that? they didn’t know what the situation was in the garage, they didn’t know who else was in the garage or the seriousness of the situation. i can go on but i wont because you sound like an ignoramus to me and plus you can put the best prescribed glasses on a bat and guess what you’ll get. you will still get a BLIND BAT!!!

        • So, what were the deputies supposed to do? From other circumstances, I recall that the police do use a bullhorn to tell the people inside to come out with their hands up or whatever the protocol is so WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? You are all fired up and don’t know what you are talking about.

          • They do not know what they are talking about William. They can barely put a sentence together.

        • o.k. ignoramus senior…if the punk didn’t have a gun…explain the gunshot heard by the neighbor in which the incident started…FOOL…oh and if he was so wonderful…why wasn’t he @ work providing for his family…it was morning on a thursday…last time I heard…thursdays were part of the work week…

  11. all u stupid SOB’s leaven these negative comments, must have never been harassed or wrongly accused by the dumb a** police. do u dummies think its legal to hold the witness in jail or not allow him no visit from nobody not even an attorney. u stupid a** people leaven these dumb comments shut the [removed] up and go back to your boring miserable lives. for people to comment negative to [removed] they no nothing about is just as ignorant as the stupid a** police.

    • My grandfather was mugged and sent to the hospital with a broken jaw in Oakland. Do I get to think all black men are a**holes like the black community gets to think all cops are a**holes because someone they know has been mistreated by a cop. It goes both ways or doesn’t it because you’re black.

  12. do the dumb a** police think there GOD? y is it cool for police to use excessive force. they took a father and a husband and a son and what the police get took from them? NOTHING…… FTP

    • No. I don’t think there is a GOD. Otherwise, people wouldn’t be shooting a gun off in their house and having the police come and shoot him. Life’s not fair. There is no God.

      Now, don’t be shooting a gun off in town and you’ll be fine. The cops won’t come and shoot you. God doesn’t have to be for you to be good, or does he?

      • The last time I checked firing a weapon in your home is not punishable by death. A person believes or disbelieve in GOD has no bearing on that fact.

      • Not necessarily. This man was shot in Lancaster this time last year. 14 times. He shot no gun. His pregnant girlfriend was shot 3 times in the back. They were guilty of living in a shed in a back yard while the sheriffs were looking for a parole.

        The home owner got her family pet shot for good measure. Not the same as someone shooting a gun in their home, but kinda proves one doesn’t need to be doing much of anything to get shot in town.

        http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/06/sheriff_shooting_abuse.php

    • You have nerves to be on here saying that they were on section 8 when I can bet you don’t even know these people and I know this for sure YOU don’t know them. My nephew is gone and you trying to be racist on this story. You need to grow up and learn to have some compassion for the human race and stop trying to down play. If something happend to your family and the first thing someone said in response to your story is “Who wants to bet they were not even legal” you would not like that I’m sure. This was a man, a husband, a son, a grandson, a nephew, a brother, a cousin, and most of all a father. You should really find it in your heart to apologize sincerely for what you said and ask God for forgiveness.

      • Iam a father and since i love m daughter. I DON NOT SHOOT WEAPONS AND ROUND HER OR IN MY HOME. PERIOD . Imagine if his stray bullet hit your kid. Now would you have compassion. You would probably not. I bet you would get that rope ready to hang him if you could. This is matter of responsible individuals not race or economics. Look at what happened in Seal Beach. I bet them whites boys in the rich hood got caught of guard. This dude messed up with his immature actions. What would you do if that dude pointed a gun at you knowing that he was willing to shoot it. I bet if he points and you have one too. Your gonna shoot.

        • he didnt pull out a gun on no officer get your facts right!! oooh thats right you cant you werent there

      • I don’t owe you or anyone an “apology”! This is the USA and I am a veteran who has more than earned my right to speak my mind….. you think everyone “owes” you something and that’s your biggest problem! I don’t believe in the god you do. Your god let’s you go to church on Sunday and scream and hollar and throw yourself all over the aisles yelling out the name of Jesus but then Monday through Saturday your out gang banging, robbing people, selling crack and smoking it, cheating the system, murdering people, causing mayhem everywhere you go. That is not the god I serve or believe in and you can keep your “god” to yourself lady!

        • So because you are veteran that gives you the right to be disrespectful? Haha. Funny, it is “veterans” such as yourself, that give “honorable” veterans a bad image! Just to enlighten you on your “Your God lets you….” statement. A smart person, or ‘veteran’, whichever you prefer, would know religious belief is on the invidual themselves, so, let me break it down in Laments term: “a person can go to church 3-4 times a week, and decide to party, smoke, drink etc right after that. That is the INDIVIDUALS CHOICE, NOT God LETTING them! haha Shall I go on? Yes? Why your so kind! You were basically sterotyping that lady you were speaking to by saying she goes out ” gang banging, robbing people, selling crack and smoking it, cheating the system, murdering people, causing mayhem everywhere you go.” Awww, the ignorant mind-set & ways of people, NOT calling you ignorant because I do not know you, but you have proven your ignorant mind-set & ways all by yourself. Anyways, so what if all that was tru about her, now what? Its evident you DO serve a God, meaning you have some knowledge and therefore should know “let He w/o sin cast the first stone” meanining, Let Him who is free of sin, JUDGE!” I could be judgmental, a hypocrite, or even stereotypical by saying you are mad because US or OUR People, as in americans, are not being restricted by border patrol and are “free to roam around the United States!” Or by saying, you are bothered because we are not considered “illegal aliens”! But, im bigger than racism and seterotyping. Thats really all i have to say, and I feel I said too much! Enjoy

        • Are you sure you are not talking about East L.A.? Maybe, you are talking about the cartels? I am a veterans too and you don’t represent the veterans I know!

        • Probably believe in that God who forgives murder, robbery, drug dealing and anything else you can do as long as you confess and say a few hail Mary’s?

    • an wth r u on ? people like u just need to shut the hell up !nobody saying “u dont belong here” who even asked u to comment on these people thing no got damn body !so get out of here with ur negative comments im pretty sure this family does need this right now

      • im not “on” anything! I get up every weekday at 6:00 a.m. To go to work so that lazy parasites like you can sleep until noon then roll out of bed and stroll over to Wally World in your PJs

    • you are pathetic i bet you look at yourself in the mirror everyday knowing that you are simply worthless

    • so your a veteran with a heart like that?? that just cant be possible but ill tell you what you really are more like pathetic and i bet you look at youself in the mirror everyday knowing how worthless you are

    • your no veteran with a heart like that you just cant be its not possible you more like pathetic and worthless

    • Why should Section 8 matter in this case? Are you saying that all people on Section 8 are up to no good. Sounds a lttle stereotypical to me. You’re adding negativity to a situation that didn’t have a good outcome. Instead of being negative, you should pray for family and children. And what about the parents? I know his father through his younger son whom I coached. Imagine how he would feel if he reads your comment. So in closing, you sund like “YOU ARE ON SECTION 8!!!!!”

    • The face of Section 8 and poverty in this country is more likely to be Hispanic! These people are not racist, but they use the term “the Black community” like all of us dress like thugs. Miguel, you said we can’t put sentences together while there are so many people who can’t even speak or write the language! Whatever happened, it is definitely bringing out the devil in so many of you! My regrets to the family no matter what happened, if they speak english,or what color the victim or suspect is. Miguel, aligning yourself with the worse of people won’t make you any more acceptable to them! Hating Black people is not going to make them love you more or hate you any less! Evil never wins!

  14. FIRST OF ALL, ALL OF THE ABOVE SHOULD SPEAK ON WHAT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW, ALTHOUGH THE NEWS AND MEDIA HAS SPOKEN, THE REALIZATION IS, NO ONE KNOWS THE REAL TRUTH, BUT THEM CROOKED ASS COPS AND THE LORD UP ABOVE. NEITHER HIS MOM OR HIS DAD, HAS YET TO IDENTIFY THE BODY, HE WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE, AND HAD THE FAMILY GOIN BACK N FORTH FROM LANCASTER TO PALMDALE, AND PALMDALE TO LANCASTER FOR HOURS AND HOURS, THE FAMILY FOUND OUT ON LATE LAST NIGHT THAT THE CORONER HAD DARRELL LOGAN’S BODY IN LOS ANGELES, BY 1PM, AND THE FAMILY WAS STILL AT THE HOSPITAL UP TO ABOUT 6 OR 7PM.

    • Yeah it’s always the cops who are ‘crooked’ and never anyone else, like the guy who had the gun, right…..?

      • if he had a gun an fired at the police dont u think it would of been bullet holes where he supposly shot ? no !! theey went in there just to kill him an shouldnt nobody get away with anything like that!!!

        • I guess you must be the lead detective on this case. Case solved everybody. She knows everything.

          • or did it ever occur to you that she just might be related in some type of way thats why she knows so much but of course how could we expect you to have a brain when you have no heart

      • i bet you have no one to love and no one to love you, you must be lonely on top of pathetic and worthless

  15. It’s absolutely sickening how you people think! It’s okay for a woman to lose her husband and for children to lose their father because of an argument and an overzealous police dept.? Yes, he shouldn’t have fire his gun in the garage, but he does not deserve to die for it! Just yesterday on the news in LA three off duty female deputies were taken into custody for firing their weapons several times in a park for no reason. Police responded to the call but somehow managed not to riddle these “armed suspects” with bullets. Precaution should have be taken, yes, but spraying a man with bullets in his home that you busted into is not what should have been done. And it WOULDN’T have been done, if we were in say, Beverly Hills or even Quartz Hills. I await to hear the brothers side of the story. Why is he in protective custody. Who does he need protection from? Perhaps deputies who would rather the truth not come out?

    • Unless you have a permit to carry a firearm you don’t have the right to have one, let alone be firing it off. Do you think they’re above the law or something?

      • he didnt even have a gun they need to let the guy who was with him speak so the truth could come out r maybe they r scared for the truth to be heard!

    • We live in a country with an armed citizenry and cops get killed in the line of duty all the time. A person wielding a gun should know that he will get shot by a deputy who would rather shoot in self-defense than be killed himself. If a deputy shot an unarmed man, I would agree that’s it’s wrong but not in this case with what we know so far.

      • maybe if they let the man that was with him speak he would be ABLE to tell the truth an darrell logan did not have a gun in his hand an if he shot at the police it would of been bullet holes goin toward them so where r the holes? no where to be found ! they didnt put that in the paper did the hell no cause they r trynna cover they ass!.

      • the dumb a** police are supposedly trained to shoot fire arms. if the victim had 6 guns around him, they still did not have to shoot him in the head. thats not thinking of self defense thats thinking of making sure he is going to die.

        • I’ve never owned a gun and don’t want to and it’s amazing that police have never shown up at my house guns drawn. You live by the sword, you die by the sword. It’s interesting how familiar this story is by reading comments like yours. The guy who gets shot is always an ‘innocent choir boy’ and the cops ‘bad guys’. Do you get upset when a cop gets shot in the face by a guy in a car he pulled over for a broken talilight? Why don’t you become a sheriff’s deputy and show us how to do it correctly and without error. I bet you don’t go through a whole day without making a mistake at YOUR job.

          • no ones innocent but it sure as hell doesnt make them guilty and it sure as hell doesnt make it right

        • So, why don’t you respect the police. They are supposed to respect you and the guy who died but y’all don’t have to returne it. Is that correct?

  16. She didn’t call the cops. It was a nosy neighbor and I don’t believe for a second that deputies were “defending” themselves. These deputies are trigger happy when you are wrong color. At least someone else was there to witness what happened. I wonder what his version of the story is…

    • So, a ‘nosy’ neighbor called the police after hearing a gunshot. And you think what, thay the neighbor should not have done that? Please. I’m guessing that the witness’s version of the story is more reliable than what YOU think happened. Whether YOU believe that the deputies were or were not acting in self defense is irrelevent since you weren’t there. But, go ahead and live in your reality, Greta.

    • Right, everything is about “color” and not about the fact that he was discharging a firearm in a house full of kids! I have been watching your posts on here “Greta” and you are a racist troll! –tried and true! Everything with you boils down to race. Let me ask you, “Greta” what ” color” or ethnicity was the cop who shot this man? Or are you so quit to resort to race that you don’t really know but are just making off the wall remarks!

      • Me? Racist troll? What a riot. I’m been called many things (n-lover, wigger, b-girl) but never a racist. I call things like I see them and am not afraid of those that disagree. This man was shot down in his home by those sworn to protect and this is WRONG! It doesn’t matter what color or ethnicity the cop was who shot him. It was a cop conditioned to think a certain way based on this man’s color.
        I hear racist comments daily (been hearing them since a little girl) and it makes my blood boil. Everything with me does not boil down to race, I’m just sick and tired of people treating others differently based on their skin color. You won’t know Patty because you are safe in your perfect world. You should get out some times and try looking at things from another perspective…

        • nice of you to ASSume I live in a perfect world! Are you crazy? Nobody does. You don’t have the slightest clue who I am or what I lived with.

          • I believe this is not even a subject about race or weather someone lives in reality or fantasy. If you dont want to get shot. dont own a gun or shoot at cops. Plain and simple. Bullets dont discriminate. It would be a trip if the deputies were also black or a minority.

    • You are an extremely ignorant individual. I bet if you were a victim a nosy neighbor would come in handy. Don’t you think discharging a weapon inside a home where a 2 month old is living dangerous? Or is that common practice in your world. People bring issues upon them selves and never take responsibility. I see so many Latins and blacks (African Americans) trapping themselves in these abusive relationships and thinking its cute. This is what cute turns too in many cases. Its not cute when a mother cries for her dead son and here will be another child in society without a father. I don not think any of this cute. If you cant handle the relationship your in learn to let go. Loving is letting someone go. I believe the officers did what was right by showing up to the house. The young man should have came out as instructed. He allowed officers to enter his home and put his life in danger when he refused to comply with there commands. Put yourself in the officers shoes for a minute. Lets stop telling ourselves that we are victims all the time. Dion not do things that will bring unwanted attention to you and this wont happen to you. Don’t give the police the tools to mess with you. If your tatted down and look like a thug best believe society wont receive you with open arms. Also don’t act like your the baddest dude on the block because there’s a badder one born avery minute.

  17. “justice” for your husband would have been not calling the Sherrif in the first place. Oops! I don’t get these women who stay with these violent, psychotic guys and call the Sherrif when something goes wrong then act all shocked when the Sherrif show up and do their job or have to defend themselves.

    • I’d rather a guy with a gun who might shoot a deputy be shot first than have a deputy die because the suspect’s wife thinks it’s OK for her husband to fire a gun in a garage for fun and for people to think a ‘nosy’ neighbor calling the cops to report a gunshot did something inappropriate.

      These are adults yet they think like children.

      • I believe the wife should just keep her mouth shut and stop blaming others for dysfunctional relationship. Shes lucky that shes not on a t-shirt or the who burial arrangements are been planned for. I know these types of women. She’s the one that gets beat and cry’s for hep. When help comes shes like “I love him and he didn’t do nothing”. Grow up and act like women. Shes as responsible as he is for a senseless death. Its tragic that a man was acting a fool and now his kid grows up without her biological father. But moms is gonna tell her child “The police are bad because they killed your father’. Lady you should let her know that her father and mother were immature. Due to your dad shooting a gun the cops came. He didn’t listen to them and asked to get shot because he wouldn’t put his gun down. Tell that baby the truth not bs. If not that one more minority member thinking cops are the worst. Maybe they should review all the black on black killings that have occurred. But i guess its more except able when the same race kills each other?

        • you must be the devils daughter with a mouth like that you know nothing about nothing just a miserable individual and misery needs company you were not there hunnie so you have no facts so i really think you should shut up trying to bring you dillusional imagination to life your just as pathetic as the lines you write on and spell check its “disfunctional” you might want to use a dictionary before you reply :)

          • Wrong again! It is actually spelled as DYSFUNCTIONAL. You’ve been a wrong quite a bit lately, haven’t you?

    • Wonder who taught you such evil! I have to get off of here, just can’t believe someone would say such a thing to a grieving widow who believes her husband was shot down unjustly. No matter what happened, your empathy and sympathy as a human being are so commendable. Bet Dad would be so proud of you!