THIRD STREET SHOOTING REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION

LIMA -- No timetable will be placed on the investigation into the
fatal shooting of a 26-year-old mother by a Lima Police Department
SWAT team officer, a spokeswoman for a state investigatory agency said
Tuesday.

"It's going to be a detailed and thorough one," said Jennifer
Brindisi, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification
and Investigation.

Brindisi said her agency was concerned about performing a complete
investigation and she has no way of predicting how long that may take.

The state agency has been called in to investigate the fatal shooting
Friday night of Tarika Wilson inside a home at 218 E. Third St. Wilson
was shot to death by a SWAT team officer during a drug raid. Her
1-year-old son, Sincere, was shot in the hand and shoulder but survived.

Allen County Coroner Gary Beasley said Wilson was shot twice in the
torso, which caused her death.

Chief Greg Garlock spoke before City Council Tuesday night and said
the name of the officer who fired the fatal shots may be released as
early as today. The name hasn't been released at the request of BCII
in order not to compromise the investigation, he said.

Garlock said he has contacted the FBI in case there are any federal
issues that need to be investigated. The chief also plans to find an
outside agency to conduct an internal police investigation and handle
officers' discipline, he said.

BCII was called in by police officials to conduct an independent
investigation because the shooting involved a police officer.

Brindisi said she would not release details on the investigation
because it is pending.

"As far as specifics we can't release anything until it's completed,"
she said.

BCII agents remained at the scene Tuesday and could for several more
days. They have maintained control of the crime scene in case they
need to re-examine anything, she said.

"Our role is to chronicle what happened through evidence," she
said.

Brindisi said the potential exists for criminal charges against the
officer involved. A final decision on that will be up to the
prosecutor after all the evidence is gathered, she said.

"Often we make recommendations based on the physical evidence we
found. Past that point, it's solely up to the prosecutor handling the
case," she said.

Defiance County Prosecutor Jeffrey Strausbaugh has been appointed as
special prosecutor.

There remains two investigations attached to the house, she said: the
death investigation by BCII agents, and the drug investigation by the
Lima Police Department. Police investigators, however, will not be
allowed into the house until BCII agents have released the scene, she
said.

"Right now we have access and that's it," she said.

Brindisi said state agents are well aware of the public outcry in the
community.

"We want to be thorough and we want to be sensitive to the community,"
she said.

She said BCII agents are highly skilled and no strangers to handling
homicide and death investigations. BCII agents handled 161 death and
homicide investigations last year, she said.

In other developments outside law enforcement, a healing worship
service for Tarika Wilson has been moved to 6 p.m. Sunday at
Philippian Missionary Baptist Church at 190 E. Eighth St. The service
is to provide healing for Wilson's family, friends and the community,
as well as provide hope for the future of Lima.

Council President John Nixon thanked Saul Allen, the city's streets
director and a Lima school board member, for suggesting the high
school as an alternative location for Monday's meeting. In the space
of 20 minutes, Allen made the suggestion and Superintendent Karel
Oxley had the building ready. Nixon asked for patience and cool heads
from the community.