Daily News | Philly police sought to criminally charge tenant shot during eviction
Hours after a deputy landlord-tenant officer shot Angel Davis in the head during an attempted eviction lockout, Philadelphia Police submitted a warrant to have her charged with aggravated assault, according to law enforcement officials.was based on an allegation that she was armed with a knife and was threatening the landlord-tenant officer when he fired his gun.
Brandishing signs with messages like “People over Profit,” housing advocates stood on Broad Street alongside Davis’ mother, Rosalinde Hobson, who had visited her daughter in the hospital hours before. Davis was able to speak, however — and record an audio message that protesters played through a loud speaker.
The deputy landlord-tenant officer did not give police a formal statement and the woman’s ex-husband, who was present during the attempt to evict the couple for owing $8,000 in rent, has said Davis was not attacking the officer. At-large Councilmember Kendra Brooks and 3rd District Councilmember Jamie Gauthier said a forthcoming public hearing will probe the practices of Shuter’s office, which contracts with armed, private security personnel to enforce tenant lockouts — sometimes with little notice — while collecting millions in fees from landlords.
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