Robert Beech v. D. J. Melancon and P. J. Gallo

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants in a civil rights action instituted by the plaintiff claiming damages resulting from having been shot by the defendant police officers while attempting to escape from the scene of a burglary. The plaintiff and one Cren-shaw were attempting to rob a safe in a gas station when the defendant police officers stopped their patrol car in front of the gas station. Plaintiff and Cren-shaw attempted to make an escape from the scene of the felonious activity.

The District Judge found that they were warned to halt and were informed that the defendants…