EDITORIAL After Police Shooting, Public Shows Sensible Restraint In an era when everyone rushes to judgment about everything, it’s reassuring to see the sensible, restrained comments on www.AllOTSEGO.com to last week’s police shooting of Tyler Johnson, 23, of 48 River St., during a domestic dispute. “I’m not saying the cop was wrong,” said one commentator. “The guy had a knife and was grabbing for the woman, then the kid. He even stabbed her in the leg. It’s a sad situation,…
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ONEONTA MAYOR REPORTS TO PUBLIC: ‘Officer Acted To Save Life Of Child By Firing 2 Shots’ Tyler Johnson, 23, Takes 2 Bullets In Chest By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A 23-year-old man, Tyler Johnson, was shot twice in the chest after he allegedly pulled a knife at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, during a domestic dispute in a duplex at 48 River St., next to the former Foti’s Bakery. According to Mayor Gary Herzig,…