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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2009

15 Officers Shot Suicidal Dallas-Area Robbery Suspect

Fifteen police officers shot at a robbery suspect who was killed Sunday night in Pleasant Grove after he refused to drop a gun and told his mother by phone he wanted to die, police said.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleNovember 1, 1998

Getting You to Pull the Trigger

Despite the officer's repeated pleas for him to drop the weapon, Pergament continues to advance.  Faced with the prospect his own impending death, the officer fires three times, killing Pergament.  Only later does the officer learn the brutal truth: the weapon wielded by the suspect is nothing more than a toy gun.

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