Tosh.0 – The Burning Platform

What would we do without 2nd responders who shoot and kill the good Samaritans who try and actually save people when a crime is being committed? Too bad it wasn’t the NYPD because we know they can’t shoot straight. The lesson learned is not to get involved or the trained professionals will kill you by accident. Know your enemy.

Hat tip Boston Bob

‘Tosh.0’ production assistant shot, killed by cops after he’s mistaken for stabbing suspect in Los Angeles

John Winkler was reportedly trying escape Alexander McDonald, who had allegedly been holding two of his neighbors hostage at knifepoint, when L.A. County sheriff’s deputies gunned him down Monday night.

BY Lee Moran

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Friday, April 11, 2014, 6:29 AM

John Winkler, 30, a one-time production assistant on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0, was gunned down by Los Angeles sheriff's deputies who mistook him for a hostage taker

Facebook John Winkler, a 30-year-old production assistant on the Comedy Central show ‘Tosh.0’, was reportedly gunned down by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies who mistook him for a hostage taker.

A production assistant for Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0” was shot and killed by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies after being mistaken for a stabbing suspect.

John Winkler was reportedly trying to escape alleged attacker Alexander McDonald when he was erroneously gunned down outside his West Hollywood apartment Monday night.

The 30-year-old went to a neighbor’s home after hearing screams, to help out two friends being held captive at knife-point, according to the L.A. Times.

Authorities claim McDonald began fighting with the trio before stabbing them.

Deputies were called. After arriving at 9:30 p.m., they saw one of the men bursting out of the door – covered in blood and hemorrhaging from the neck.

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Officials say Winkler's friend and neighbor Alexander McDonald, 27 (pictured here) took the aspiring producer and two other men hostage at knife-point, and then began stabbing them<br />

Facebook Alexander McDonald, 27, allegedly took the aspiring producer and two other men hostage at knife-point.

Winkler followed out close behind – and appeared to be lunging at the first man.

Thinking the aspiring TV producer was the suspect because he was wearing a similar black T-shirt, three deputies opened fire – and hit both men.

Winkler was fatally wounded with a single shot. Rushed to hospital, he was soon declared dead. His friend was injured in the leg, and remains in stable condition.

Deputies then ran inside and allegedly saw McDonald choking one of the other men on the floor. They split the pair up, before arresting McDonald.

He’s since been charged with torture, murder and attempted murder – and is being held on $4 million bail, reports KTLA.

Interim Sheriff John Scott told the Los Angeles Times that the shooting was “very tragic.”

“I have no doubt the entire Sheriff’s Department mourns the death of John Winkler, none more than the deputies involved,” he added.

Winkler’s roommate Devin Richardson said his pal, who’d moved to Cali. from Washington state six months ago, was friends with two of the men taken hostage.