Battle Creek (MI)-Man just convicted of murder, goes for Deputies gun [PIC]

[Hockey9019]

Seen this on the Detroit Free Press earlier


A reminder to always keep your awareness no matter where

BATTLE CREEK — A man punched a sheriff’s deputy and tried to grab the officer’s handgun from its holster after a judge in Battle Creek convicted him of murder in the killings of his wife and son.
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Deputy Scott Eby pushed 43-year-old Michael Fisher against a wall Monday as others rushed to help. Fisher was subdued with an electric shock from a Taser. A Battle Creek Enquirer photo shows Fisher’s hand on the gun.

Fisher’s defense lawyers declined to comment.

Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Allen Garbrecht had just found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the Dec. 28, 2006, shooting death of 38-year-old Candy Fisher and 12-year-old Michael Fisher II.

Sentencing is June 19, and he was expected to be charged in the attack.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...29/1008/NEWS06

I am glad also that this reassures what kind of a MONSTER this guy is if he is that desperate to go grab his gun.

Michael Fisher listened without visible emotion as a judge Monday afternoon found him guilty of murdering his wife and son.
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But then Fisher, 43, stood, turned and stepped toward Deputy Scott Eby, punching the officer in the left side of the face and then, using both hands, attempted to take Eby's semi-automatic handgun from its holster.

Eby pushed Fisher against a wall as four other deputies and Battle Creek Police Detective Brad Wise rushed to help.

The deputies bent Fisher over a small wall that separates the spectator section from the well of the courtoom and used a Taser electric shock weapon to subdue him and take him to the floor.

"He was going for the gun," Assistant Prosecutor Mike Jaconette said later. "And he would have used the gun the way he used it before."

Before he attacked, Fisher listened to Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Allen Garbrecht find him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and one count of carrying a concealed weapon.

He was charged with the Dec. 28, 2006, shooting death of his wife, Candy Fisher, 38, and their son, Michael Fisher II, 12. They were shot and killed in the family's Battle Creek home at 21 E. Territorial Road.

Defense attorneys Justin McCarthy and Leslie Kranenberg had waived a jury in the case and, after three days of testimony last week, Garbrecht listened to closing arguments Monday morning and deliberated about 3 1/2 hours before announcing his verdict at 1:30 p.m.

Several members of Candy Fisher's family, including her daughter, Nicole Burgdorf, listened to the verdict, but then Burgdorf, screaming, hid between the spectator pews until Fisher was restrained and taken from the courtroom, laughing.

Burgdorf, still visibly shaken several minutes later, left the courthouse saying only, "I am very happy with the verdict."

The defense attorneys declined comment but Jaconette said, "It was the right verdict and makes him accountable for what he did."

Jaconette, however, called the judge's decision bittersweet "because the verdict doesn't bring anyone back."

Last week, Garbrecht ruled Fisher's lawyers did not present enough evidence for him to consider an insanity defense but Monday he concluded Fisher suffers some mental illness and found him guilty but mentally ill.

That decision won't change the penalty of mandatory life in prison but could signal the corrections department to provide Fisher with some treatment.

But after the attack in the courtroom, Fisher will face a new charge of attempting to disarm an officer and that will be noted on his prison record.

He will be sentenced June 19.

In his ruling, Garbrecht said evidence that showed Fisher was the killer included: DNA of the two victims' blood found on Fisher after the shooting, the murder weapon that was located in his car and his own statements to his sister.

The judge discounted a defense argument that the shootings were accidental, noting Candy Fisher was shot in the forehead at close range and Michael Fisher II was shot in the back of the head and the chest, both fatal wounds.

The judge said statements Fisher made to several people that his marriage was in trouble and he feared his wife would take their son from him as well as a comment he made a couple of days before the murder to Candy Fisher's brother that "you know you could kill your wife and child and get away with it by pleading insanity" showed premeditation.

He said Fisher's statements taken alone were not enough, but together and in hindsight, it showed he planned the killings.

"I am convinced the defendant shot and killed the victims and when he killed them he intended to do what he did," Garbrecht said.

Trace Christenson can be reached at 966-0685 or tchrist@battlecr.gannett.com.

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/a...WS01/805130317

Deputies bend Fisher over a small wall that separates the spectator section from the well of the courtroom and used a Taser electric shock weapon to subdue him and take him to the floor after Fisher reached for the weapon of Deputy Scott Eby after the verdict was announced. (Trace Christenson/The Enquirer)

**NOTE** The POS is laughing when he leaves the courtroom

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[normal1]

That looks very intense. I'm happy with the outcome.

[cobravenom1]

I saw this video on the news today:eek:. Very scary and intense situation. Had me yelling at the TV to shoot the fool.

Not to MMQB, if I were a bailiff in that courtroom, his head would have had a .45cal hole in it. Screw the taser deployment. There was a few moments he actually had 2 hands on the gun trying to figure out how to release it:mad:. As I see it, that fool owes his life (in spirit) to the officers/deputies who showed huge restraint.

[Samuel]

I saw this video on the news today:eek:. Very scary and intense situation. Had me yelling at the TV to shoot the fool.

Not to MMQB, if I were a bailiff in that courtroom, his head would have had a .45cal hole in it. Screw the taser deployment. There was a few moments he actually had 2 hands on the gun trying to figure out how to release it:mad:. As I see it, that fool owes his life (in spirit) to the officers/deputies who showed huge restraint.

+1000!! That piece of sh1t should have been shot in the head while he was pinned up against the wall... :mad:

[Hockey9019]

I couldn't find the video last night, I'll check around and look for it. There was some pictures taken of him right before, he was staring at a Deputies holster, probably trying to figure a way of releasing it. :eek:


http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=37874

[Hockey9019]

Also, I'd have to say, whoever makes that holster, could use that as a "look how good our product works" kinda deal. But anyway, not saying Deputy Eby, but another Deputy should have just put one through his head. Would have saved me, and a bunch of other tax payers a lot of money, and a lot of trouble.

[Roger Dat]

Thank god it turned out ok.

[PandaGoPanda]

And people have a problem with Tasers. :rolleyes:

[Pookie44]

There should have been a bullet with his name on it.

[Group9]

I saw this video on the news today:eek:. Very scary and intense situation. Had me yelling at the TV to shoot the fool.

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Just seeing the picture had me yelling it.

[Kimble]

Just seeing the picture had me yelling it.

Yep. I read this earlier today and added the pic to my signature line. Never hurts to be reminded to stay vigilant. Looks like the deputy could use a refresher on weapon retention tactics.

[normal1]

Wow. That dude is really trying play that insanity defense hard.. too little to late.

[Hockey9019]

I guess from what they are saying, the picture was RIGHT after he was punched in the face, but not really sure. Either way, two hands on the gun? :eek:

[Taz_bb2]

Yup....no need for sentencing on June 19th. DRT.

Its obvious his intentions were lethal. He sure wasn't trying to change the grips for him. :rolleyes: Lethal actions = lethal force.

Glad to see that all the Deputies are ok.

[Hockey9019]

I just added video from the AP/YouTube to the OP



Anyone, feel free to save this thread for future training/references. As others said, just shows how quick things can go down