HowboutthemCowboys Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Wed Jul 4, 7:57 AM WICHITA, Kan. - As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of her with a cell phone, stepped over the woman, police said. The June 23 situation, captured on the store's surveillance video, got scant news coverage until a columnist for The Wichita Eagle disclosed the existence of the video and its contents Tuesday. Police have refused to release the video, saying it is part of their investigation. "It was tragic to watch," police spokesman Gordon Bassham said Tuesday. "The fact that people were more interested in taking a picture with a cell phone and shopping for snacks rather than helping this innocent young woman is, frankly, revolting." The woman was stabbed during an altercation that was not part of a robbery, Bassham said. It took about two minutes for someone to call 911, he said. Calloway, 27, died later at a hospital. Two suspects have been arrested. A 19-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder. Another suspect who turned himself in had not been charged as of Tuesday, the Sedgwick County prosecutor's office said. The district attorney's office will have to decide whether any of the shoppers could be charged, Bassham said. It was uncertain what law, if any, would be applicable. A state statute for failure to render aid refers only to victims of a car accident. Eagle columnist Mark McCormick told The Associated Press he learned about the video when he called Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams to inquire about a phone call he had received from a reader complaining about a Police Department policy that requires emergency medical personnel to wait until police secure a crime scene before rendering aid. McCormick said Williams then unloaded on him about the shoppers in the stabbing case. "This is just appalling," Williams told the newspaper. "I could continue shopping and not render aid and then take time out to take a picture? That's crazy. What happened to our respect for life?" Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George went to jail for an offense like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 WICHITA, Kan. - As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of her with a cell phone, stepped over the woman, police said. Wichita. . .I love it when people say that New York City is where all the insensitive people live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wichita. . .I love it when people say that New York City is where all the insensitive people live. I chuckled when I saw that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wichita. . .I love it when people say that New York City is where all the insensitive people live. maybe they were new yorkers vacationing in wichita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Good Christians, those Kansans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 There are black people in Kansas? :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Sad state of affairs regardless where it took place imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Stepping over her is bad enough - but stopping to take a picture of a dying woman? Holy crap, I feel sorry for our kids. The way our country is headed I can't imagine what it will be like in 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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