Occupy Houston Suicide by Cop Shooting

This is an apparently a suicide by cop attempt by a guy that had just fallen on hard times.

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Recently-released video captured the shooting of a man wielding an assault rifle near a Houston Occupy protest in a downtown park last week.

21-year-old Joshua Anthony Twohig fired off several shots inside Tranquility Park on November 21. After several attempts to get Twohig to drop his rifle, police fired on him, hitting him several times. Twohig was taken to the hospital and treated for non life-threatening injuries.

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According to CNN, bicycle officers A. Cantos and H. Lam were on patrol when they heard gunshots and saw Twohig standing on a bridge near the park's fountains and pond holding a weapon. As they approached, he fired his weapon into the pond and then gestured as though he was intending to commit suicide, screaming "Shoot me, shoot me".

Twohig is charged with aggravated assault against a public servant.

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[vktrtech]

@AntaresInScorpius Yeah no shit, and those dumb mask wearing anonymous dicks too

[Mezmurized22]

Just so you know occupy are normal people fighting for our rights. They are heroes. With that said some of the are weird .

[Chanocksanchez]

Who are those guys in the suites? They seem to have guns as well.

[AntaresInScorpius]

@Dmorton11001 shut up ya pussy.

[Dmorton11001]

@AntaresInScorpius No, they are people that are hurting from a fucked economy. Have some sympathy will ya. Put yourself in their shoes.

[ChekuL8er]

Shit goes down in h-town!!

This guy lost his job, girl friend, and i think was gonna lose his house but i forgot,

He shoulda joind the protesters instead of doing that stupid shit

[btwohig917]

@USABonez haha yea thanks my bad!! but yea they are assholes and dont know the whole story behind it!! but oh well let them talk shit.. nothing i can do about it lol

[peppiess]

Wtf..

[AntaresInScorpius]

LMAO those occupy wall street types really are a bunch of fruitcakes

[USABonez]

@btwohig917 I believe you meant arent but im not trying to knit pick just letting you know, but you're right they arent, just assholes on the internet.