INJUSTICE.
*STOP READIN*)
*PHI*) THAT BREAKING NEWS:
WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE
SUSPECT ACCUSED IN THE
PREMEDITATED MURDER OF A TERRE
HAUTE POLICE OFFICER.
*PHI*) WISH-TV BROKE THAT
NEWS THIS AFTERNOON... AND THE
DETAILS OF HOW INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THE AMBUSH KILLING
HAPPENED. *ALEXI*) WE HAVE
FULL TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
FROM TERRE HAUTE.. STARTING
WITH I- TEAM 8'S RICHARD
ESSEX. RICHARD, YOU HAVE THOSE
NEW DETAILS FROM FBI
INVESTIGATORS.
**) SHANE MEEHAN HAS BEEN
NAMED AS THE SUSPECT IN THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF DETECTIVE
FERENCY.. MEEHAN IS A RETIRED
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
AND RAN FOR MAYOR TWO YEARS
AGO..
*REPORTIN*) ACCORDING TO
COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY I-
TEAM 8 -- THE SUSPECT SHANE
MEEHAN DROVE PAST THE FBI
OFFICE IN TERRE HAUTE SEVERAL
TIME BEFORE STOPPING HIS
TRUCK, GETTING OUT AND
THROWING A MOLOTOC COCKTAIL
OVER THE FENCE..THAT IS WHEN
DETECTIVE FERENCY WALKED OUT
OF THE BUILDING, AND THE
SUSPECT OPENED FIRE. DETECTIVE
FERENCY DID RETURN FIRE BUT
LATER DIED FROM A GUNSHOT
WOUND. THIS MORNING, PAUL
KEENAN FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE OF THE INDIANAPOLIS
OFFICE SAID FEDERAL AGENTS
SEARCH THE SUSPECTS HOME AND
VEHICLE. (( / PAUL KEENAN FBI
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE.... :
AN AGENT INSIDE OUR OFFICE
HEARD THE GUNSHOTS CAME OUTSIDE
AND ENGAGED THE SUSPECT AND
FIRED AT HIM, THE SUSPECT
SUBSQUENTLY LEFT THE SCENE AND
DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL
)) THE SUSPECT WAS TREATED AND
REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL IN THE
CUSTODY OF THE FBI. LATE THIS
MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT
WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPEN,
FEDERAL CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATORS, SOME FLOWN INTO
TERRE HAUTE SPECIFICALLY FOR
THIS INVESTIGATION, WERE BUSY
COMBING THROUGH EVERY INCH OF
THE PARKING LOT. (( / 08 59 39
13 BECAUSE AN FBI AGENT WAS
INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING A
TEAM FROM FBI HEADQUARTERS
INSPECTION DIVISON HAS FLOWN
OUT TODAY TO REVIEW THE
SHOOTING. THEY WILL CAREFULLY
EXAMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE SHOOTING AND REVIEW ALL
THE RELAVANT EVIDENCE FROM THE
SCENE AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS :
)) THIS IS THE HOUSE LISTED ON
COUNTY ELECTION RECORDS OF
WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS SHANE
MEEHAN. A MAN WHO SAID HE WAS
A FRIEND OF FAMILY WAS PUTTING
THE FRONT DOOR BACK UP, SAID
THE FAMILY ISN'T INTERESTED IN
TALKING AN THAT THEY WERE
TRYING TO MAKE SENCE OUT OF
WHAT HAPPEN,HE DECLINED TO SAY
MUCH MORE. DETECTIVE GREG
FERENCY HAD BEEN WITH THE
TERRE HAUTE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR THIRTY YEARS. DURING THE
PAST 11 YEARS HE WAS ALSO A
MEMBER AN FBI TASK FORCE. WE
ARE TOLD HE SPLIT HIS TIME
BETWEEN BOTH DEPARTMENT
DEPENDING ON WHERE HE WAS
NEED MOST. NEITHER THE FBI
OR THE TERRE HAUTE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WOULD SAY IF THE
SUSPECT WAS UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY DETECTIVE
FERENCY
**) ONE ISSUE THAT HAS NOT
BEEN DISCLOSED...MOTIV E...WHY
DID SAHNE MEEHAN ATTACH THE
FBI OFFICE..MEEHAN HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH PREMEDIATED
MURDER OF A FEDERAL OFFICER
AND IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING IN
A TERRE HAUTE HOSPITAL.. IN
TERRE HAUTE RICHARD ESSEX WISH
TV WISH TV DOT COM AND FOLLOW
US ON FACEBOOK
*PHI*) AS SHOCK ROLLS
THROUGH TERRE HAUTE OVER THE
KILLING, WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT DETECTIVE GREG FERENCY.
NEWS 8'S DAVID WILLIAMS HAS
THAT PART OF OUR TEAM COVERAGE
*REPORTIN*) (( / : ))
SOT- DAVID WILLIAMS- "I'VE
SPENT THE DAY IN TERRE HAUTE.
DRIVING AROUND TOWN, I'VE SEEN
QUITE A FEW BUSINESSES THAT
HAVE DONE THIS. LOWER THEIR
FLAGS TO HALF-STAFF. THIS
COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO
HONOR DETECTIVE FERENCY."
ALOBG US 41 NEWS 8 FOUND THIS
ELECTRONIC BILLIARD HONORING
LAW ENFORCEMENT. DETECTIVE
GREG FERENCY WAS PART OF TERRE
HAUTE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
30-YEARS. SINCE 2010, HE WAS
PART OF AN FBI TASK FORCE. FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM, ONE
THING ALWAYS STOOD OUT... HIS
SMILE JAY DORMAN KNEW HIM FOR
A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT WAS
ALWAYS A SPECIAL MOMENT WHEN
HE USED TO COME INSIDE HIS
DEALERSHIP. (( / : )) SOT- JAY
DORNAN/ ASST. MANAGER, DORSETT
AUTO PARK "HE'D TALK TO
ANYBODY, WE'D SIT AROUND AND
JOKE, TALK A LITTLE BIT OF
SHOP, HOW HIS LIFE WAS GOING.
OR WE'D TALK ABOUT HIS KIDS."
(( / : )) NOW COMING UP ALL
NEW AT 6, HEAR MORE FROM
PEOPLE IN TOWN WHO KNEW
DETECTIVE FERENCY, PLUS THE
HEARTFELT MESSAGE DORMAN HAS
FOR THE COMMUNITY. IN TERRE
HAUTE, I'M DAVID WILLIAMS,
WISH-TV, WISH-TV DOT COM AND
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK."
*PHI*) HEAD TO WISHTV.COM
RIGHT NOW FOR ALL OF OUR
COVERAGE. YOU CAN READ THROUGH
THE DETAILS OF THE NEWLY
RELEASED COURT DOCUMENTS..
PLUS GET REACTION FROM TERRE
HAUTE AND AROUND THE STATE.
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