OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL VOWS 'METICULOUS' INQUIRY INTO SHOOTING DEATH
OF LIMA WOMAN

LIMA, Ohio -- Despite skepticism from some community members, Ohio
Attorney General Marc Dann vowed Wednesday morning to conduct a
"thorough, fair, complete and meticulous" investigation into the
shooting of a Lima woman by a city police officer.

"I want to express clearly that our commitment is to do the right
thing. Give us a chance," Mr. Dann said.

Tarika Wilson, 26, was shot to death and her 14-month-old son,
Sincere Wilson, wounded Jan. 4 when members of the Lima Police
Department's SWAT team raided Wilson's East Third Street home and
arrested her boyfriend, Anthony Terry, 31, on drug charges.

Police did not say what prompted Sgt. Joseph Chavalia, a 30-year
veteran of the department, to fire at Wilson who was holding her son
in her arms at the time. Her five other children also were in the
house during the drug raid.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the
FBI were called in after the shooting to determine whether police
committed any state or federal criminal or civil violations.

Mr. Dann, Special Prosecutor Jeff Strausbaugh, and officials with the
FBI and the BCI&I addressed the community at the Veterans Memorial
Civic and Convention Center in downtown Lima.