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Retired Oklahoma Firefighter Killed; Shot After Intruding into Police Officer's Home
ROBERT MEDLEY AND MICHAEL KIMBAL
The Oklahoman
YUKON - The retired firefighter who was shot and killed Tuesday as he barged into a Piedmont police officer's home may have been hallucinating and confused, his son said.
Devin Nemecek, 47, was killed about 8 a.m. as he pushed into the Yukon home of Jack Neumann, 37, and attacked him, Yukon police spokeswoman Klare Ly said. Neumann lives at 317 Sunrise Drive, and Nemecek lived a few houses down at 409 Sunrise Drive.
Neumann returned home from work as a Piedmont police officer to find Nemecek banging on his back door and trying to get inside, Ly said. Neumann told him to leave several times as the man barged into the house, and Neumann shot him.
Nemecek was holding a piece of metal and struck Neumann several times, Ly said.
Nemecek used an oxygen tank because of lung and heart damage from injuries suffered while fighting a fire two years ago, his son said.
Garrett Nemecek, 23, of Oklahoma City, said his father sometimes had hallucinations when his oxygen levels were low, and likely thought he was trying to enter his own home when the incident occurred.
"Last night he was having some trouble with his breathing treatments," Garrett Nemecek said. "Once his oxygen gets down to a certain level, he just doesn't know where he's at. He doesn't know his name. ... He would not be himself at all."
Nemecek said his father would never harm anyone under normal circumstances and was an upstanding member of the community who will be missed by his family and friends.
The family is working to set up a memorial of some kind to remember Devin Nemecek.
Garrett Nemecek said he didn't know why his father was outside Tuesday morning, but he had been doing yard work Monday evening and could have been doing more yard work Tuesday.
Neumann told investigators his wife and children, ages 3 and 4, were inside the home at the time of the shooting, Ly said. She said Neumann did not know Nemecek.
"As you can imagine, someone banging on the door trying to get in who is incoherent, you can understand they would be scared," Ly said.
Police release frantic 911 call
A frantic woman's voice can be heard on a 911 call released Tuesday by police. The woman was crying as she told a 911 operator a man with a crowbar was trying to break into her house.
"Shoot him," the woman yelled during the call, apparently to Neumann. A man's voice can be heard shortly thereafter yelling, "Get back!" before a gunshot rang out.
Piedmont Police Chief Jerry Koester said Neumann will be on paid administrative leave until the district attorney rules on the shooting. He described him as an "exemplary" officer who feared for the safety of his wife and two small children.
None of the officer's family members were injured.
"They are obviously shaken up and scared," Ly said.
Copyright 2011 The Oklahoman, All Rights Reserved
April 20, 2011
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Are you SERIOUSLY asking me to be a mind-reader for a cop that lives 3,000 miles away from me and whom I've never met? Get real.
As for the possibilities for why the Eugene cop didn't shoot...
1) The incident was over so quickly he didn't have time to draw his weapon?
2) The backstop was a school bus full of children and he didn't want to risk missing the perp and shooting a kid?
3) He had a weapons malfunction and could not return fire because either he couldn't get the weapon out of his holster or it was jammed and wouldn't fire?
4) He was too busy diving for cover to return fire?
5) He didn't have a clear sight picture so he chose to not fire?
6) He was calmly listening to the perp's round zipping 20 feet over his head, realized that the perp was not an immediate threat, and decided to let his buddies catch her later after she was tired from running away?
7) He didn't want to do all of the paperwork that is required after officer-involved shootings and wanted to let his buddies wear their fingers out typing the report.
8) He realized that the perp was a better marksman than he was and intelligently stayed behind cover?
9) He had a poker game right after work and didn't want to be late due to the paperwork?
10) The backstop was a Dunkin Donuts, and he didn't want to pick broken glass and lead out of his coffee and eclair on break a few minutes later?
11) He's allergic to gunsmoke, and the perp's shots gave him a bad rash?
Take your pick. It could be any of those possibilities, or...it could be something else that neither of us really knows about. That would be my guess.
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Just so you don't miss it, here it is again.
Are you SERIOUSLY asking me to be a mind-reader for a cop that lives 3,000 miles away from me and whom I've never met? Get real.
As for the possibilities for why the Eugene cop didn't shoot...
1) The incident was over so quickly he didn't have time to draw his weapon?
2) The backstop was a school bus full of children and he didn't want to risk missing the perp and shooting a kid?
3) He had a weapons malfunction and could not return fire because either he couldn't get the weapon out of his holster or it was jammed and wouldn't fire?
4) He was too busy diving for cover to return fire?
5) He didn't have a clear sight picture so he chose to not fire?
6) He was calmly listening to the perp's round zipping 20 feet over his head, realized that the perp was not an immediate threat, and decided to let his buddies catch her later after she was tired from running away?
7) He didn't want to do all of the paperwork that is required after officer-involved shootings and wanted to let his buddies wear their fingers out typing the report.
8) He realized that the perp was a better marksman than he was and intelligently stayed behind cover?
9) He had a poker game right after work and didn't want to be late due to the paperwork?
10) The backstop was a Dunkin Donuts, and he didn't want to pick broken glass and lead out of his coffee and eclair on break a few minutes later?
11) He's allergic to gunsmoke and the perp's shots gave him a bad rash?
Take your pick. It could be any of those possibilities, or...it could be something else that neither of us really knows about. That would be my guess.
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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on
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You are adressing Mister Waller , I am Mister Walker I am amazed at how long such a mindless rant can go on before we stop wasting space on such a poorly presented argument . Right or wrong the courts will decide and all the evidence will be presented then sir you may argue your case based on known facts.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Oomkes on
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Rambo, you're wasting monitor ink, give it up.
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His user profile has been deleted from FFN. There's no way to tell if it was self-induced or if it was done by the mods, but either way, the ad hominem silliness has disappeared.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Wheeler on
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i hate to hear this, but we dont know how the man was... he may have been fine, or he could have been low on O2... either way, the cop did what he was trained to do and did what was right... @andy, in the South, we own our guns, they aint department issue except with real big departments... and why not carry it home??? they are made to USE... they are a tool... they are used to protect ones family as this officer did... good job for him on thinkin bout his family before anything else!!!
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