Probe Into Fatal Shooting Outside High Velocity Sports Bar Still Ongoing
Toxicological test results on Mark Tanouye won't be available for next several weeks, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office says
Toxicological tests on a 52-year-old Beachwood man shot and killed by Beachwood Sgt. Bruce Harris on July 19 won't be back until at least after Labor Day, Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michel A. Paulus said.
And there is no timetable for the completion of the investigation into the shooting, he said.
Harris was in uniform in a marked police cruiser when he responded to a 10:50 p.m. call about a man "creating a disturbance" in the parking lot of the sports bar on Route 166, Paulhus has said.
Harris got out of his patrol car and confronted Tanouye in the sports bar parking lot. Tanouye was carrying a .25 caliber handgun, Paulhus has said.
"He ignored repeated commands to drop his weapon," Paulhus said. "The officer discharged his weapon and the male suffered fatal injuries."
Tanouye was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy determined he died of a single gunshot would to the chest.
Harris is on administrative leave while the investigation continues, which is standard procedure, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford has said.
Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to
contact Detective Thomas Tiernan of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at
(732) 929-2027.
Tanouye had a lengthy criminal record. He was last admitted to state prison in March 2008 and was released March 2012 from South Woods State Prison, on one count of terroristic threats to kill, and one count of weapons possession for an unlawful purpose. The charges stemmed from an incident in May 14, 2006, according to the state Departments of Corrections website.
On May 5 of that year, Tanouye impersonated a public servant, a charge which he also served prison time for. He used aliases such as Gregory Bartholomew, Bartholemew Dangalow, Mark Dangelo and Mark Tonouge, according to the DOC website.
The prison term was a mandatory 48-month sentence that carried a maximum of seven years.
William J Moss
6:03 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Has any one ever served a maximum sentence in this State .
butch cassidy
7:10 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
seriously what about marshall on death row? wonder if death row really meant death and they followed thru with it, how much money the counry would save..possible that crime would be cut down? i dont know just asking...please also give my best to sgt bruce harris and god bless him and his family
ed crowley
4:54 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Mr. Marshall still in prison. He will be up for parole in 2015. Death penalty cost more then life. Mistakes have been made in death penalty cases.
ray
12:18 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Sgt. Harris did what he had to do. A man is armed and dangerous, not only to you, but to all others in the vicinity. Sgt. Harris cannot afford to rish his life and the life of by standers in the hope the perp won't start killing. He was given a chance to end the incident peacefully. He chose his own death.
Face
6:32 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
I dont think the perp had a chance. If he wasnt pointing the gun at anyone i dont think he should of been shot. May b the guy was going thru something, Im sure someone else could have got him to put the gun down, a negotiator may b. Could'nt they have cleared the parkin lot and just kept the guy in his sight till someone else got there to talk the gun out of this guys hand. I just dont think u should b shot and killed if u are not an iminent threat to others. I understand that it comes down to split seconds and i hope in this case the cop really felt threatend before he killed this fella.
Matt
6:32 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Can anyone tell me why it takes so long to get back these test results? Seems like these tests always take alot longer then they need to be.
2much2say
4:54 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Matt,
My personal knowledge is that there is one lab location (i could be wrong). There are so many the tests & different types of tests, I was told basically that a case comes in and the one that is currently being worked on is awaiting results from the first test, 2nd & so on. I know it's long anxiously awaiting time for them to get back to the ME's office. I know time seems so long compared in today's world and how fast we can any info that we want in second or two.
brick28
4:54 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
@ Face If u have a gun in public u are a "iminent" threat to others. This guy had bad intentions by having the gun in his hand in public. The problem with the judicial system is people like u this guy didn't deserve a chance.
styles1172
1:48 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
I thought he had a knife?? Any way ether or he could of been pepper sprayed or shot with bean bags or some other non lethal method .