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Foley Officer Is Cleared By His Department In Nightclub Shooting
January 13, 2009
The Foley Police Department has cleared one of their officers that shot a man outside a Pensacola nightclub.
Johnny Cloud, 27, was shot by off-duty Foley officer Marcus Wiley at Boomerzzz Lounge on New Warrington Road on December 27. Cloud allegedly yelled racial slurs at Wiley and then threatened him with a knife. Wiley then identified himself as being a police officer before shooting Cloud when he would not drop the knife.
Officials originally identified Cloud as being from Century; however, family members said he is from Pensacola. Cloud remains in a medically-induced coma in a Pensacola hospital.
Foley Police Chief David Wilson issued a statement that said Wiley was acting in self defense when e fired the shot that struck cloud in the abdomen. The incident is still under investigation by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department.
Wilson issued the following statement to the media:
Officer Maurice Wiley has been cleared by this department in the off-duty shooting of Mr Johnny Cloud in Pensacola, Florida on December 27, 2008. This investigation revealed the following: Maurice Wiley had just arrived to meet a friend at the Boomerzzz bar in Pensacola at approximately 2:30 a.m. Within about 15 minutes of his arrival, some white males started using racial slurs. Officer Wiley asked them to stop using those words and he was then threatened by Mr Cloud. Mr Cloud continued to use racial slurs toward Officer Wiley. Mr Cloud called him the “n” word and threatened to go get a gun from his vehicle. At that point Officer Wiley tried to leave the establishment.
Johnny Cloud then confronted him in the parking lot and attacked Officer Wiley with a knife. Several witnesses gave statements that Officer Wiley continued backing away from Mr Cloud while telling him to drop the knife. Mr Cloud continued to come at him thrashing with the knife then Officer Wiley drew a 22 pocket pistol and identified himself as a police officer and ordered him to drop the knife while continuing to back up. This did not stop Mr Cloud who continued to come at Officer Wiley with the Knife. Officer Wiley used self defense when he then shot Mr Cloud in the upper body to stop the knife attack. Officer Wiley received Critical Incident Stress counseling and has been returned to full duty once the investigation was complete. We do not know the status of Mr Cloud.
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One Response to “Foley Officer Is Cleared By His Department In Nightclub Shooting”
RE-READ THE THIRD PARAGRAPH IN YOUR ARTICLE.
(said he is from Pensacola. Cloud remains in a medically-induced coma in a Pensacola hospital)
AT LAST !!! NOW WE ALL CAN BE HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY THAT ONE PERSON MADE A DECESION FOR 12.
DON’T GET ME WRONG, I DON’T APPRECIATE THE UNJUST SHOOTING THE OTHER DAY OF THE 15 YEAR OLD BY A (MY GUY COP) IN OAKLAND CAL. EITHER. THIS YOUNG MAN HAS ALREADY BEEN BURIED.
TO THE northescambia.com EDITOR:
I’VE YET TO HEAR ANYONE SAY IF IT WAS A BLACK/WHITE THING IN OAKLAND EITHER.
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