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was later downgraded to Cat-egory 1 when winds slowed to95 mph.
On the resort island, many roofs were torn off, trees toppled, signs blown down, and windows smashed, The Associated Press reported. Roads were strewn with branches, tree trunks, pow-er poles, and street lights.
Shortly before its center came ashore, the storm meandered 35 miles north of the border, veer-ing away from the fl ood walls.
“We’re not experiencing any issues with the levees right now,”said Sally Spener, spokesman for
the International Boundary and Water Commission. “The water is just not high enough. We are not experiencing fl ood condi-tions [on the Rio Grande.]”
Although the system weak-ened, offi cials cautioned that the danger had not passed.
About 5,000 people went to public shelters in three Texas counties hit hardest by the storm. More were expected as night fell and at least 53,000 cus-tomers were left without power.
“Hopefully, people won’t get stupid and go out and think the storm has passed,” said Kevin Pagan, the manager of an emergency center for the three counties.
As Dolly weakened last night, authorities turned to watch for
fl ooding caused by the inches of rain being dumped across Texas and Mexico.
Between 5 and 12 inches of rain had fallen in Brownsville’s Cameron County by last night and another 3 to 7 inches was expected overnight, according to the National Weather Service. Small communities just north of Brownsville were hit by high winds and fl ooded with murky waters from the storm, including low-lying colonias, small villages of immigrants who live without sewer and water service.
A family of eight had to be rescued from fl oodwaters by sheriff’s deputies.
No deaths were immediately reported in Mexico, but Tamau-
lipas state Gov. Eugenio Hernan-dez said 50 neighborhoods were still in danger from fl ooding. About 13,000 people had taken refuge in 21 shelters, he said.
“Strong winds are no longer the problem. Now we have to worry about intense rain in the next 24 hours,” Mr. Hernandez said.
Earlier in the day, Mexican soldiers made a last-minute at-tempt to rescue people at the mouth of the Rio Grande, us-ing an infl atable raft to retrieve at least one family trapped in their home. Many people farther inland refused to go to govern-ment shelters.
Late last night, Dolly was downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds had weakened to about 75 mph. Forecasters expected to downgrade it to a tropical storm overnight.
Dolly spawned thunder-storms as far away as Houston, 400 miles up the coast. Tornado watches were in effect for many coastal counties between Cor-pus Christi and Houston.
Many Texans heading north
were stopped at inland BorderPatrol checkpoints, where agents opened extra lanes to ease traffi c fl ow while still checking docu-mentation and arresting illegal immigrants, sector spokesman Dan Doty said. At one check-point on U.S. 77, smugglers were caught with nearly 10,000 pounds of marijuana.
The U.S. Census Bureau said that based on Dolly’s projected path, about 1.5 million Texans could feel the storm’s effects.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared 14 south Texas counties disaster areas and sought federal disaster declarations.
As Dolly approached, oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico evacuated workers from 62 production platforms and eight rigs, according to the U.S. Minerals Management Service, which monitors offshore activ-
ity.Shell Oil, which didn’t expect
production to be affected by the evacuations, also secured wells and shut down operations in the Rio Grande Valley, where it pri-marily deals in natural gas.
The last hurricane to hit the United States was the fast-form-ing Humberto, which came ashore in South Texas last Sep-tember.
Dolly is the 26th hurricane to make landfall in the United States in July since record-keep-ing started in 1851.
The busiest part of the Atlan-tic hurricane season is usually in August and September. So far this year, there have been four named storms, two of which became hurricanes. Federal forecasters predict a total of 12 to 16 named storms and six to nine hurricanes this season.
Chief Mike Navarre said last night he didn’t know which of-fi cer fi red the fatal shot.
The incident was recorded on a police vehicle dashboard video camera, but the chief declined to release the videotape, citing the ongoing internal investigation.
He said the video shows Mr. Cole had one gun in his right hand and was gesturing with his left hand. Mr. Cole then took a second gun from his waist-band and raised both weapons — identifi ed as a revolver and a semiautomatic gun.
“The offi cers fi red immediate-ly when that second gun came out,” Chief Navarre said.
He said information about the incident provided to police by witnesses and offi cers is sup-ported by the video.
Chief Navarre said although it appeared to be a case of a person committing suicide by provok-ing police, it was “too soon to
draw that conclusion.”During an afternoon news
conference with several of his top commanders, the chief said a preliminary investigation re-vealed the shoot-ing was justifi edand the offi cers fi red in self-de-fense.
Mr. Perry and Jamel Jomaa , 18, who work at a nearby auto salvage yard, watched from several hundred yards away as offi cers repeatedly ordered Mr. Cole to put down his gun.
“They told him a million times
to lay down,” Mr. Perry said.Paula Hoard, 41, was on the
porch of her home on Craw-ford when she heard gunshots. Curious, she looked down the street and saw a man fall to the ground.
In March, Mr. Cole was charged by Toledo police with criminal trespassing after he walked into Grogan’s Towne Chrysler in the 6100 block of Telegraph with a gun.
Although Mr. Cole had a con-cealed-carry permit, the gun was on his hip and visible to people. Car dealership employees called police because Mr. Cole refused to leave, Chief Navarre said.
Mr. Cole was convicted in June, given a suspended 30-day
jail sentence, and placed on probation for one year, Toledo Municipal Court records show.
Adam Pullen, 18, who was at Mr. Cole’s house last night, said Mr. Cole, who was his uncle, has a son that is his age and a 16-year-old daughter. He said Mrs. Cole and her children were at a funeral home last night making arrangements.
The offi cers involved in the shooting are department vet-
erans. Sergeant Miller, 50, was appointed in 1982 and works in fi eld operations.
He and Offi cer Bruce Help-pie, who also was on the scene yesterday, were hurt seriously almost 25 years ago when they responded to a domestic dispute in the 700 block of Ewing Street in March, 1984.
Sergeant Miller, who at the time had been with the de-partment for two years, was
shot three times in the neck and chest. Offi cer Helppie was wounded in the head, left arm, and left leg.
Appointed in 1997, Offi cer Surgo, 37, works in the com-munity services bureau. Offi cer Gust, 54, was appointed in 1977 and works in the traffi c section.
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RECENT TOLEDOPOLICE SHOOTINGSA 10-year history of shoot-ing incidents involving Toledo police in which someone was wounded or killed:tFeb. 13, 1998 — Joseph Chappell was fatally shot by multiple offi cers at Secor Road and Monroe Street after going on a deadly rampage in West Toledo, killing two women and wounding four other people.tJuly 21, 1998 — Sgt. Don Clark and Offi cer Reid Wernershot a Michigan man after he pointed a rifl e during a traffi c stop.tJuly 26, 1998 — Offi cer Clarence Young shot a Vance Street man who pulled a hand-gun from his waistband and
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Richard Carl fatally shot an apparently suicidal Monclova Township man who grabbed his partner’s department-issued handgun, which discharged. The shooting occurred on I-475 in West Toledo when the of-fi cers were taking the man to Flower Hospital.tNov. 10, 1999 — Offi cer Andre Bills shot and killed a 32-year-old Toledo man who turned a handgun on police as he ran from offi cers, who found him pistol-whipping a man he had shot. Police learned laterthe gun was not loaded.tFeb. 9, 2000 — Sgt. Rich-ard Moreno shot and killed a drunken man who attacked him with a knife after he spotted the man urinating near a utility pole.
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