Incident NNPD-02

Date	Dec 12, 2012
Time	07:00 PM
Report #	NNPD-02
Department	Newport News Police
Officers	Ryan A. Norris
Address	Interstate 664 between 35th Street and Madison Avenue Newport News, VA

Incident Description

Newport News police officers swarmed Corey Moody's car, tried to pull him out through the window, and shot him a number of times, paralyzing him permanently.

Links

"Moody v. City of Newport News: Civil No. 4:14cv99"
"Officers Hollandsworth and Tinsley approached the vehicle... Officer Tinsley, 'had already drawn his gun and pointed the gun at [Plaintiff].' Officer Tinsley then 'began pulling [Plaintiff's] arm and attempting to pull [Plaintiff] through the open window out of the vehicle ...using profanity and yelling statements such as, "I will blow your head off."' ...'[O]ne or more of the officers fired at least an additional six rounds into the vehicle...' '[T]wo of the bullets struck [Plaintiff] in the leg and in his back, [which] “severed his spinal cord causing him permanent paralysis.'" - Virginia Eastern District Court, Newport News Division (CaseText)
"Paralyzed in a police shooting"
The Daily Press