Cop nabbed for shooting pregnant vendor dead
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An officer who alledgedly shot a pregnant stall holder to death after she rejected his drink request has been arrested, said police in Guigang City in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The cop was identified as Hu Ping, a deputy leader of a police squad in Pingnan County, Beijing Youth Daily reported yesterday.
Six others, including the county’s police chief, deputy chief and police squad leader, were suspended from their posts and would be investigated, the report said.
The incident happened on Monday night, when Hu was seen entering Wu Ying’s rice noodle store, demanding milk tea, said Wu’s husband Cai Shiyong.
Hu was drunk and topless at that time, with a pistol at his waist, Cai said, according to the newspaper.
Wu told Hu that the store didn’t serve milk tea, which irritated the cop, who threw the pistol on a table and asked again, the newspaper said.
Cai said they approached Hu as they thought it was a fake gun, and told Hu there was a milk tea store nearby.
Hu opened fire, shooting Cai in his shoulder. He then fired another two shots at Wu, the newspaper reported.
Wu was pronounced dead in a local hospital. Her 5-month-old baby also didn’t make it.
According to a police statement released on Wednesday, Hu opened fire because he quarreled with Wu, but the statement has been widely questioned.
“He was holding a pistol. Dare we argue with him?” asked Cai.
Guigang police said Hu violated regulations banning alcohol consumption when armed, the newspaper said.
A local restaurant confirmed that Hu and others had drunk a large amount of liquor.
Cai is waiting for surgery and in stable condition.
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