The Virginian-Pilot
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CHESAPEAKE
Supporters of Ryan Frederick, the man accused of fatally shooting a Chesapeake detective, are planning a march and rally Feb. 23 at the city jail where the 28-year-old is being held without bail.
The rally is expected to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chesapeake Correctional Center, at 400 Albemarle Drive. Frederick is expected to appear in Chesapeake General District Court two days before the planned rally for a bond hearing.
Maj. Jim O'Sullivan of the Chesapeake Sheriff's Office said he was aware of plans for the rally. O'Sullivan said the marchers have a right to rally as long as they don't interfere with operations at the jail. The Sheriff's Office is not planning to take any extra measures for the march, O'Sullivan
said.
Frederick has been held at the jail since his arrest after the Jan. 17 shooting of Detective Jarrod Shivers, 34, a father of three. He is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm and first-offense possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor.
Shivers, an eight-year police veteran, was shot while executing a drug search warrant at Frederick's home in the 900 block of Redstart Ave., in the Portlock section of Chesapeake. Police said Shivers was attempting to enter the suspect's home when "shots were fired from inside the residence," striking the detective.
Frederick, in a jail interview with The Virginian-Pilot, said that he did not know it was police kicking in his front door and that he fired his .380-caliber handgun at what he thought was an intruder.
A special prosecutor from Northern Virginia has been appointed to handle the case. Paul Ebert, the commonwealth's attorney from Prince William County, was appointed when Chesapeake prosecutors removed themselves from the case to avoid any perceived appearance of conflict or bias.
According to court records, Frederick is scheduled to appear in court April 23 for a preliminary hearing. The hearing is to determine if there is sufficient evidence to send the case to a grand jury for possible indictments.
John Hopkins, (757) 222-5221, john.hopkins@pilotonline.com
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FIRE!!!
I suspect that someone trying to get my attention would be hollering "FIRE" loudly and continually. When awakened I also suspect I'd smell the smoke to alert me to the situation. Beating on my door is NOT breaking down the door. There is a huge difference.
Here's one for you
Say your house is on fire and you are asleep. A passerby is kicking your door in to get you out. You're going to kill them for trying to save your life. Go ahead and feel good about that tough guys.
Truth is, none of us really know what we will do if faced with the same situation as this guy in Chesapeake until it happens. Hopefully VERY few of us will ever know and hopefully, we won't kill someone that shouldn't be killed.
Yes - I meant everyone when stating I was tired of people not accepting responsibility for their actions - this includes the CPD if they are in fact liable. Saying that, I don't think it would be fair for the city to pay millions if it was their mistake - if any compensation would need to be made, just make him whole.
Flashlight?
To heck with a flashlight! It is MY home! The doors are locked and I'm watching tv, reading, or gone to bed...no matter! I've committed NO crime to warrant the police BUSTING in. The first thing I'm going to do is protect myself and my family. If the lights are out then it will be my intimate knowledge of my home and the laser sight on my gun leading me to the intruder. If that intruder manages to breach the boundary of my door or window with such violence as the CPD executed then I'm intending to aeriate him. You can justify the police action all you want to. If they were not continually screaming 'POLICE' while bursting through the door then they were making a dreadful mistake. At that point there was no point in trying to remain clandestine. They were dead wrong (no pun intended) in this case (and probably many others where no one died). I feel the deepest sympathy for the officer's family. I feel the deepest remorse for Ryan. Even if he manages to escape the lynching his life is forever changed. He will have to pack up and leave his home state in hopes of not being a constant target of a vengeful police interactions.
"All the informant BS and
"All the informant BS and misdemeanor marijuana and all that is irrelevant."
No sir, it asks the question of why machine guns and violence are being brought to the door of a man with no criminal record.
nobody knows
How would all of you "identify and shoot" peope react if someone had kicked in your door while you were asleep or if your dogs were barking their fool heads off? He was threatened before with someone breaking into his house so he was hypervigilant. It's sad and tragic.. I know if someone broke into my apartment, I wouldn't lurk to the living room with a flashlight and a gun in hand, shine the light in the person's face, identify my target, then shoot. He was protecting his home. And if he had this lucrative pot growing business, I can bet the media would have pictures and video to brag about their find. Since there hasn't been, one can assume nothing was found. There was a bust in Suffolk not much later and they were all about showing the pot plants and growing equpiment.
Any takers?
I have $100 that says the Commonwealth moves this trial to a rural county. At that point, just the mention of marijuana will make him guilty. You all are about to see the real meaning of a 'fair trial.' You cannot complain about crime when the population understands there is no justice. It is no longer an issue of being good and fair, but a game that is to be played in a technical sense. Lady justice may be blind because her eyes have been gouged out.
Taking responsibility
tj: I'm tired of people not taking responsibility for their actions and the public allowing it.
Are you referring to the management of the Chesapeake Police Department? I agree with you.
TJ, et al,
Ryan's exact words in his interview were, "I didn't know who was coming through the door. I saw someone breaking in and I shot." He couldn't see someone breaking in if the door was still completely intact. If the police are saying he shot through the door, he must have seen through the portion that was already broken. He took responsibility for his actions. The gut wrenching interview he gave the day after the incident revealed a remorseful young man who understood that he had ended a police officer and family man's life. He apologized. All that said, it changes nothing at all about the facts. He was asleep, he was a man with NO criminal record and, thus, no expectation that police would be serving a warrant by kicking in the door. All those that know Ryan are confident that had the "knock and announce" simply been "knock 'til the guy comes to the door," he would have opened the door, seen they were police, the warrant would have been executed, Shivers would still be alive and Ryan would have a citation in hand with a court date for misdemeanor first possession of pot. They should drop the charges.
Some responses
Carry a flashlight - When it's dark, you are supposed to hold the flashlight, gun, and hands close together against your body when searching in the dark. For those that will inevitably say "who has time to search for a flashlight, keep it with your firearm. Goes with the immense responsibility.
The facts - last I heard evidence in active cases are kept for the court case. So, when that comes about, we'll hear the evidence. Until then, it's just fun speculating.
It's true that when in fear of your life, you may shoot. But there are circumstances that may dictate you were not within your rights.
I'm not a liberal - I lean conservative. I'm tired of people not taking responsibility for their actions and the public allowing it.
I understand the natural
I understand the natural tendancy to fill in blanks when information is limited. That does not however justify stating ridiculous guess work as fact. People are saying the police were shooting at him and even that the police accidentally shot Det. Shivers. It's ridiculous. Also if someone shoots blindly through a door at unknown targets, yes that is spraying and praying. I don't care how many shots it is. When someone aims a gun and pulls a trigger they are responsible for where that bullet goes. Thats the first thing you learn in any firearms safety class. "Know your target" is rule #1. If he would have waited until he could see what was going on he would have seen that his life was not in danger and this may not have happened. At the end of the day this is Ryan Fredrick's fault and no one else. All the informant BS and misdemeanor marijuana and all that is irrelevant. They had a valid search warrant and they were there legally! Ryan Fredrick did not legally use deadly force.