ThisWeek Community Newspapers Upper Arlington
May 19, 2011
William L. Lane
Shooting victim’s family isn’t blaming police officer By GARY BUDZAK ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The family of an Upper Arlington man who was shot after refusing to drop a knife he was wielding said they bear no ill will toward the Hilliard police officer who shot him to death. William L. Lane, 25, of 4242 Lyon Drive, Upper Arlington, was pronounced dead in the area of 3800 Smiley Road in Norwich Township at about 6:40 p.m. on May 11. According to the Hilliard Division of Police, Lane drove an SUV off the left side of the road, striking a concrete pillar. Bystanders attempted to help Lane, but he pulled a large butcher knife from his vehicle, threatened the bystanders, and slashed his own throat with the knife. He started to walk away from the crash scene, and was confronted by the officer, who ordered him many times to drop the knife and place himself on the ground. “He was not compliant, and he turned and began approaching the officer,” Hilliard Police Chief Doug Francis said. “The officer continually told him to drop the knife and get on the ground.” Francis said the officer shot Lane once. He fell to the ground, then stood up and advanced on the officer who was still telling him to get on the ground and drop the knife, and was shot again.
“He stood back up a second time, continued to approach the officer, and then the officer was forced to fire a third time,” Francis said. The officer has been placed on administrative leave as required by division policy. The Hilliard Division of Police and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation are investigating the incident. “On the surface, it appears to be what we term suicide by cop,” Francis said. “It’s one of those unfortunate situations we find ourselves in. The last thing we want to do is take a human life, except as an officer, we have to protect our own life first. The officer was left with no other opportunity but to take Mr. Lane’s life.” Lane’s family issued a statement. “Our beloved son and brother Billy Lane would have turned 26 today (May 12),” the statement said. “We hold no ill feelings and extend our sympathy to the unfortunate officer forced to fire on Billy. We are convinced Billy achieved his desired outcome.” The family went on to say that William Lane was hospitalized and diagnosed with bipolar disorder last year. “Billy graduated from UA High School and studied aerospace engineering at Ohio State,” the statement said. “He was two classes short of graduating.”
Event Spring planting event planned The Northwest Franklin County Historical Society will hold its first spring planting event from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the Historical Village in Weaver Park next to the Franklin County Fairgrounds. The event will feature demonstrations of how people farmed in the old days, with old equipment on display. Those attending will receive packets of seeds and fertilizer to start their own garden. There will be a sunflower display with information on how residents can participate in the Old Hilliardfest’s sunflower contest on Sept. 10. The village will also be open to tour. The event is free and open to the public.
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CENSUS Continued from page A1 tent,” said Dan Donovan, director of communications for the Upper Arlington City School District. “It’ll go up a few students in the next couple years, and by that I mean 20-30 at the most.” Dramatic growth in the student population would require another school to be built, and Donovan said, “there is no space
in the community for us to build a school. It’s not like there’s vacant property that we could purchase at such-and-such corner. I mean, it just doesn’t exist in UA. “In many ways, it’s probably a two-edged sword,” Donovan said. “We’d love to be able to work with more kids because we feel we have a wonderful school system, but on the other hand, I don’t know where we’d fit them.”
Continued from page A1 “It’s done in the open municipal market,” she said. “A description of the sale with the (city’s) credit rating is advertised and, typically, institutional buyers will bid on them such as banks, pension funds, insurance companies.” Council is scheduled for a May 23 emergency vote on the legislation to issue the notes and move forward with the purchase of the Kingsdale office parcel.
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