Wreck Survivor Shot By Negligent Cop Dies

By Bob Owens

Andrew Thomas, the drunk driver who had pushed himself up out of the passenger-side window of a wrecked SUV and perched himself on the roof before being shot by a Paradise, CA police officer, has died of his injuries:

Andrew Thomas, the man shot by a Paradise police officer after a chase that ended in a rollover crash, is dead.

The nursing supervisor at Enloe Medical Center confirmed Thomas died at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday, with family at his side.

Early Thanksgiving morning, Officer Patrick Feaster of the Paradise Police Department pursued Thomas after he suspected him of getting behind the wheel drunk.

The chase ended on Pearson Road, when Thomas hit the median and rolled his Toyota 4Runner ejecting and killing his ex-wife, Darien Ehorn, 23. As Thomas pulled himself from the wrecked SUV, Feaster shot him once in the neck, which left Thomas paralyzed from the neck down.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey ruled that the shooting was accidental, and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms