After killing unarmed man, Texas deputy told colleague: 'I just smoked a dude'
It took nearly two years, and a federal lawsuit, for Wendy Tippitt to see the police video that captured the fatal shooting of her son, Timothy Michael Randall.
HENDERSON, Texas — Timothy Michael Randall was on the phone with his mother when a police car pulled up behind his Nissan Altima with its lights flashing. It was just after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022, and Randall was heading to his cousin’s house after a night out.
“He had called to let me know that he was going to be home a few minutes later,” Randall’s mother, Wendy Tippitt, recalled. “So I wouldn’t worry.”
Randall, 29, pulled over and hung up with his mom. Sgt. Shane Iversen of the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office walked up to the Altima and told Randall that he had run a stop sign, police dash camera footage shows. Randall denied doing so, and Iversen ordered him out of the car.
What began as a routine traffic stop, on a country road two hours east of Dallas, quickly spun out of control.
Moments before Sgt. Shane Iversen fatally shot Timothy Michael Randall in Rusk County, Texas, in 2022.Rusk County Sheriff’s OfficeAs Randall was stepping out of the car, he put his wallet in his back pocket and adjusted his waistband.
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