Curtis Smith, a 34-year-old man from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was shot dead inside the lobby of a Philadelphia-area courthouse on Tuesday. According to USA Today, Smith is the same individual who was arrested earlier this year when he attempted to scale a stone wall at the southeast corner of the White House. Initial reports add that Curtis was shot dead by a deputy after he attempted to slash another deputy using a knife.


The shocking incident happened at around 11 a.m. local time inside the lobby of the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The news has also been confirmed by District Attorney Thomas Hogan in a news conference, NBC Philadelphia reports. The identity of the deputy that was attacked has not been revealed. He reportedly received a cut on his left hand and arm. The extent of his injuries remain unclear, and at the time of filing this story, he was undergoing treatment at the Paoli Hospital and has been listed in stable condition.
Smith, who was shot just when he attacked the other deputy, was also transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. It has not been ascertained how many times Curtis Smith was shot by the defending deputy. There is also no information regarding the circumstances that led to the knife attack and the subsequent use of lethal force. Following the lethal shooting, the courtroom premises remained in s state of lockdown for over two hours. After that, it remained closed for the rest of the day. Inside the courtroom, however, trials and normal court proceedings were only temporarily affected.

As already mentioned earlier, this is not the first time that Smith has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Back in March he had earned the term of a White House fence jumper when he was arrested after attempting to scale a stone wall situated on the southeast part of the White House. Back then, he claimed all he wanted to do was to simply “pass a message to the President.” He was arrested soon and did not offer any form of resistance. Later in April, Martin was ordered to stay away from the White House and was asked to report to local authorities by phone on a weekly basis. The case was still ongoing and a hearing was due for October as well.

Another fine upstanding citizen...

Smith, from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, has a criminal record that includes arrests for assault and burglary.
Duh.

#BlackLivesMatter......unless jumping Obama's fence, apparently....

he has been trying to commit suicide for a while

surprised it took them this long to shoot him , honestly

I read that his brother, Derick, is in prison for killing their father.

possibly,, more of that lack of coping skills

We must work together, to put an end to the obtuse genocide, of suicidal idiots... who lack the spine to do the dirty work for themselves.

but no one hears their name that way,, people are addicted to feeling 'popular',, and going out this way gets them 15 minutes of fame

people do all sorts of things, just to get that 15 minutes,,,

and a lot more where he came from....

I see another misguided guy shot and killed yet ANOTHER La. Cop yesterday AND a women. Plus stabbed a 3rd woman. Before the cops could catch him.

Its a shame his social life will now be upset.... I weep.

So, the Deputies did what the Secret Service should have done.....

I am just waiting for Al Sharpton and the race baiters to come out now and blame this on race.

Me black on black crime that outweighs white on black crime 10 to 1.

and people say cops are big bad and evil.

yes, intraracial crimes outweigh interracial crimes, mostly due to opportunity in a society where people are still largely segregated and have more opportunities to encounter others in their race

why are people still largely segregated?

All I can say is... if you jump my fence I'm going to shoot you too

mostly socioeconomic factors

blacks were largely disenfranchised and restricted to more impoverished areas due to housing and banking policies that discriminated

immigrant populations were very culturally loyal and also were encouraged by immigration laws into certain areas

native americans,,,,reservations


etc,,,etc,,etc,,,

so, if we have more integration, more black on white crime?

in terms of percentage,, more of the crime would be intraracial, black on white and vice versa

yes

but not necessarily more crime in terms of raw numbers ,, no