Magnum was dead in 20 seconds after Officer Helms laid eyes on him.
On November 25th 2015 23 year old Magnum Phillips had an argument with his fiance Amanda who were to be
married on December 31st 2016, so she temporarily locked him out of their house. Mr. Phillips just wanted into his
house so he called 911. While on the phone with 911 him and Amanda worked it out and she let him back in. 911
personnel said they would disregard the call. But a Officer still showed up. Officer Helms narrative is Magnum took
Helms’ gun while it’s still in Helms’ hand and slid his finger in the trigger guard and killed himself. No fingerprints
were found on the gun.
Helms said when he saw Magnum in the small cluttered bedroom in the corner he had a pocket knife up to his own
throat. Magnum told Officer Helms to get away but Officer Helms whose duty weapon was already out and pointed
at Magnum’ chest preceded to move in on Magnum. Helms’ said he grabbed Magnum’ right wrist and they “fell” onto
the bed where the struggle happened that lead to Magnum being killed.
Southwest Missouri Cop Watchers took interest in this officer involved killing and Sunshine requested (state FOIA)
the complete investigation. We found concerns in the investigation and have come to a different conclusion than
what the Greene County prosecutor came to which of course was “justified.”
We want to point out first that 5 Springfield Police Officers responded to the scene. Only 1 Officer followed SPD
policy to have both dash camera and lapel mic on. 1 left music blaring in his car so you can hear nothing from his
lapel mic. 1 Officer turned his dash camera off when he arrived to the scene. 2 Officer did not have their lapel mics
turned on at all. 1 of those Officers was the first Officer to respond to the scene after Magnum was killed.
Below we point out discrepancies in the investigation
Why did Officer Helms’ story change? Corporal Marcum was the first Officer to respond to the scene after Magnum
was killed. He is also the Officer to brief the investigating Detectives of what happened that night. This would have
been the story Helms told him, there is no other way for this officer to know what happened unless Officer Helms
told him it. So the first story that is told is once Officer Helms was in the home he heard a male in the back of the
home which is why he went to the back of the home.
But that is not the story Officer Helms tells next. He said that while he was in the home he noticed blood drops throughout the kitchen and living room and that the trail went to the back of the home. He said since he saw the blood drops on the floor he needed to search the home to ensure his and others safety. May not seem like a big issue but when it involves a person being killed every discrepancy matters.
Officers responded to Officer Helms’ location soon after he shot Magnum. Amanda and her Mother were quickly separated and brought to Springfield Police Department to be interviewed in separate rooms. Which is a good standard procedure to make sure witnesses do not talk to each other to get a story straight. Both Amanda and her mother said Officer Helms just opened the door and walked into the house without permission. Both contradict Officers Helms narrative on how he made it into the home legally to see the blood droplets on the floor.
Amanda knew Magnum was still in the home and that he did not go out the back like she told Officer Helms he did. She had every right to say that in my opinion. If Amanda knew Magnum was still in the back of the home why would she invite the officer in? She wouldn’t. 2 witnesses in the home contradict Officers Helms’ narrative of getting permission to enter the home. Officer Helms did not have his dash camera recording or lapel mic on to record anything that happened that night so he has no evidence to support his claim of legally gaining entry into the home. Below is what Amanda said. Her mother who was also in the home said Officer Helms just walked into the home.
There was no reason for Helms to be there anyways. We heard the 911 tape and are baffled at why the 911 call taker/ dispatcher sent Officers to that location. Magnum was very calm during the call and respectful he freely gave his address and phone number without hesitation and asked the 911 call taker if he would like to talk to anyone else there which he responded “no that’s ok”, the 911 call taker did hear Amanda curse in the background but it was in a normal tone not one of a raised voice. The 911 call taker thought it might have been because they had gotten locked out and he put that in his notes about the call. The 911 call taker also said he would disregard the call so we have no idea why it was sent off to SPD for a possible disturbance.
Maybe there is a quota on possible disturbances we have no idea but we are baffled at why any officers were sent.
Officer Helms also exaggerated the dispatch call to him.
In Officer Helms’ report he say they were told the 911 call taker heard a loud disturbance involving a male and female yelling. This is a big exaggeration. There is no yelling heard by the 911 call taker and he does not put in his notes anything about yelling. The dispatcher that sent Helms and Marcum to Amanda and Magnum’ home did not say there was yelling. All she said was “respond to a possible disturbance originally the caller had locked himself out but was able to get back into the home but it sounded like there was a possible verbal disturbance in the background with a female”.
Dispatch call below.
Officers exaggerating in their reports especially reports on encounters where they have taken a life matters very much. They are painting the encounter to look justifiable.
Magnum had a cut on the right side of his right hand and a cut between the 4th and 5th finger on his right hand. This happened prior to Officer Helms arriving. That hand is very bloody. There is also blood on Magnums left hand and fingers but not as much as what is on his right hand.
Officer Helms’ hands have no blood on the outside of them which is very odd because Magnum’ hands have fresh blood on them. We feel that with as much blood that was present on Magnum’ hands that there should be more blood on Officer Helms if his narrative is correct. Helms’ left palm has some blood on it, not a lot. He said he grabbed Magnum’s pocket knife. He doesn’t say which hand he used to grab the pocket knife, his right hand had a hold of Magnum’s right wrist which supposedly had the knife in the right hand but he might have reached across his body with his left hand to grab the knife and then toss it to his right side in the corner of the room. That might explain the blood on Helms’ left palm but where is the blood on his finger tips from grabbing the knife? Helms said Magnum used his left hand to try to free his right hand from Helms’ grip so where is the blood transfer from Magnum’s bloody left hand to the top of Helms’ right hand? Helms said Magnum took his left hand and placed it on his right side and pushed him off at one point to his left. If Magnums bloody left hand full hand touched his uniform why doesn’t his uniform have blood on it? How could blood from his left hand get on the gun but not on his uniform when he touched his uniform first? Also Helms’ said he gave Magnum chest compression. He said he ripped Magnum’s shirt open to get better contact with his chest. So he had to move Magnum’s right arm from across his chest and down to his side. Where is the blood transfer from Helms’ palm to Magnum’s chest? He is left hand dominate so we would suspect his left hand would have contact with Magnum’s chest. Even if his left hand is on top of his right hand where is the blood transfer from his left palm to the top side of his right hand? We also believe the fresh blood on the gun would have transferred to his hand when he holstered his gun.
Magnum was 123 pounds and stood 5’7. Helms weighs 190 pounds plus the weight of the duty belt and vest he was wearing that night and stands 5’11. Helms was on top of Magnum. He said he had a hold of Magnum’ right wrist and brought Magnum’ right hand across his chest to press it onto the bed above his left shoulder.Helms said that while he was on Magnum he was straddling Magnum’s midsection though Cheri Amanda’s Mom and who witnessed Helms on top of Magnum said Helms’ knees were on Magnums chest. Helms said Magnum tried to pull away from him before he was on top of him. While on the bed Magnum took his left hand to try and push Helms off of him. Helms said at one point he lost balance and used his gun hand to balance himself. Helms said Magnum was trying to use his hips and legs to get him off of him. Helms said the entire time he was on Magnum that Magnum was trying to get him off of him. Magnum is heard telling Officer Helms to “get back”, “ leave me alone”. Officer Helms said that while he was on top of Magnum that Magnum took his left non dominate hand across his chest and the right arm already across his chest to grab Officer Helms gun which was in his left hand. Officer Helms said that he was grabbing the gun to pull it down to his own face. He said this little 123 pound man over powered his 190 pound strength and on top leverage. That Magnum’ non dominate left hand overpowered his dominate left hand to pull the gun down to his own cheek, to then hold it there long enough while Officer Helms is pulling it away to put his finger or thumb past the Officer’ finger already in the trigger guard to fire the gun.
The bullet wound was loose contact with a ring of soot that was 1 and 1/4th inch in diameter around the wound as well as a partial muzzle print around it. The trajectory of the bullet was front to back, right to left and upward through the right cheek.
Officer Helms is the only one to state that Magnum yelled at him to “kill him”, “to shoot him”. Neither Amanda and her mother report hearing Magnum yell this at Officer Helms. Magnum was wrestling to keep Officer Helms away from him, then wrestling to get Officer Helms off of him and verbally telling Officer Helms to get away from him. Does is sound like Magnum wanted the Officer to kill him?
Our Opinion of this 15 second encounter
We see no way for Magnum to overpower Helms to hold the gun and keep it close enough to his cheek while Helms is actively pulling the gun away to then to fire the gun to give it a upward trajectory. We believe Magnum was trying to get Officer Helms off of him by throwing around his lower body and legs as well as using his free hand to try to push Officer Helms off of him to his right as well as grabbed the gun to keep it from being pointed at him.
We can see this being a accident. Helms had lost balance once already from how much Magnum was struggling to get him off of him and Helms’ used his gun hand to balance himself. Helms said the entire time he is on top of Magnum that he is actively bucking his legs up to get Helms off of him. Helms admits his finger is in the trigger guard the entire time he is on top of Magnum. It seems very plausible the gun went off because Helms lost balance again because Magnum was trying to get him off of him. Below are screenshots of what Officer Helms wrote in his report and screenshots from the Detective’ report who interviewed Helms.
The bottom line is that Officer Helms’ actions only escalated the situation. He radioed into dispatch he would wait outside for back up. He waited 30 seconds then walked into the house. He walked into a home without the owners permission and escalated a encounter with a citizen that ended with the citizen dying. If Magnum was suicidal Helms should have backed out, took Amanda and her mother and son outside and waited till a crises intervention team got there. Helms was a new graduate of the academy and knew what he should have done if it was a mental health issue he was facing.
We also want to point out Springfield Police Department redacted the last few sentences of
Officer Helms report, They redacted a few items of evidence and they redacted a
Lab report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Magnum was dead in 20 seconds after Officer Helms laid eyes on him. is a post from Cop Block – Badges Don’t Grant Extra Rights
Source: http://www.copblock.org/168092/magnum-was-dead-in-20-seconds-after-officer-helms-laid-eyes-on-him/
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and another badged murderer walks around free..