By Victor Omondi
The man gunned down by a Houston police officer on Friday has been identified as Adrian Medearis. He’s a famous gospel singer and a former director for the Prairie View A&M Baptist Student Movement gospel choir and founder of God’s Anointed People, according to friends.
The 48-year-old black singer was shot during an alleged tussle with a police officer who stopped him suspecting that he was drunk driving on Friday morning. In a statement, the Houston Police Department said Medearis was pulled over for speeding.
An officer by the name J. Ramos conducted a field sobriety test and tried to arrest Medearis on suspicion of drunk driving, according to a police statement. However, Medearis allegedly resisted and began to wrestle with the police. It was at this point that the officer fired four times, striking and killing the black gospel singer in two rounds.
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According to police, no other officer was involved and there were not any witnesses to the incident.
During the alleged tussle, the officer’s camera was knocked off, but the incident was captured by footage from other cameras.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said that before the tussle, the 48-year-old complained to the officer about the shooting and killing of Ahmaud Arbery who was gunned down by a father and son while jogging Brunswick, Georgia.
According to Acevedo, the struggle between Medearis and the police officer lasted for less than 3 minutes. At some point, the officer pinned Medearis to the ground and lifted one hand to call for help. However, Medearis flipped him over and the fight continued.
“What’s sad about this is that by all accounts what occurred is conduct that is not consistent with who Mr. Medearis is,” Acevedo said.
Source: Black Man Shot And Killed By Officer During A Traffic Stop Identified As Houston Gospel Artist
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