Thread: Stabbing Suspect is 'Lost Boys' Refugee

Stabbing suspect is 'Lost Boys' refugee

By ELIZABETH ZAVALA
ezavala@star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH — A man shot by police Monday after they said he repeatedly stabbed a UPS driver on her delivery route was one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" refugees who came to Fort Worth this decade, a minister said Tuesday.

Police identified the suspect as James Panchol, 32. Panchol was in critical condition Tuesday and was scheduled for surgery at John Peter Smith Hospital, said Sgt. Pedro Criado, a police spokesman.

A hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday that she had no information on the man, but Gatjang Deng, a friend of Panchol’s, said he was in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his neck, left arm and chest.

Wichieng Wetnyangran, associate pastor of African Immigrant Ministries at Peace Lutheran Church in Hurst, said Panchol was part of the group of about 40 Lost Boys who came to Tarrant County in 2001. More than 4 million refugees came to the United States to escape years of civil war and famine in their country.

"It’s absolutely a shock," Wetnyangran said of reports that Panchol is a suspect in the stabbing. "That was a part of the life they ran away from. They were hoping their lives would change."

Wetnyangran, who had a similar role at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Worth when the refugees arrived, recalls that Panchol had to undergo treatment for mental illness but does not remember the specifics.

Deng, also a Sudanese refugee, said Panchol was prescribed medication a few years ago for a mental condition but was unsure whether Panchol was still taking it.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety records, Panchol pleaded guilty in Tarrant County in 2002 to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

During Monday’s incident, officers were called about 12:30 p.m. to a reported stabbing at the Bent Tree apartments on Randall Way in west Fort Worth. Witnesses told police that the man approached the UPS driver and repeatedly stabbed her in the back, according to reports.

The driver apparently broke free and ran, police and witnesses said. The man was chasing the woman when police arrived. He was ordered twice by officers to drop the knife and refused each time, police said. When one of the officers fired a Taser at the man, he charged her, police said, and the other officer shot the suspect with his weapon.

"They told me the Taser did work, but the suspect pulled the probes out of his body," Criado said. The officer who deployed the Taser was treated for minor injuries and is on paid administrative leave.

The UPS driver, whose name has not been released, is 50. She was treated for stab wounds Monday at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, was listed in good condition and was expected to be released Monday night, Criado said.

The suspect and the driver did not know each other, he said.

ELIZABETH ZAVALA, 817-390-7418

http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news ... 09735.html

Don't get me going on 3rd world citizens being brought to a civilized nation!
It's the catholic Charities that does it! I call and email them often.

Are you ready for Obama Hamas/Palestinain Refugees coming soon?
Have you seen those video's of the ones already here? They are terrorizing the Jews here ...

The Iragi ones were helping us, I trust them.
Did you see Black Hawk Down? That's where the Somali came from.
It would be better if we just guarded them in their countries. IT is NOT working out!
Now they are kidnapping kids in Mosques for Suicide Bombers!
And Janet Napalitano just got worried???

The first Muslim public school in NY WON'T show the Department of Education their Books and ciriculum!!! What's that tell ya? And we are paying with taxes for them???

Put them all next door to every Congressman and Senator!

It's nothing but trouble and the care NOTHING of our laws.

time to deport and send them all back to sudan.

That is so sad. "Lost Boys of Sudan" Horriffic stories of these boys. They don't know where their families are or if they are even a live. They roamed Africa for years and fled the wars. It's a miricle any of them are even alive. They are true refugees. Many of them became Christians, while wondering the wilderness. It's a shame this one has a mental illness but after what they lived through, I'm not supprised more have not broken down and lost it.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

That is so sad. "Lost Boys of Sudan" Horriffic stories of these boys. They don't know where their families are or if they are even a live. They roamed Africa for years and fled the wars. It's a miricle any of them are even alive. They are true refugees. Many of them became Christians, while wondering the wilderness. It's a shame this one has a mental illness but after what they lived through, I'm not supprised more have not broken down and lost it.

Dixie

I actually believe the "Lost Boys" aren't totally lost.
I think THEY can be saved and turned around with love, caring, safety, and therapy.
NOT the others though, as those parents will not assimilate, Bla,Bla, Bla the same crap the illegals don't do.

I am FOR saving those "Lost Boy." They are innocent in many ways...

Sorry I got so wound up with the thugs and whiners we are getting in Maine.

While the experiences of the Lost Boys is in fact dreadful, my concern will always be with America and her citizens first. What about the horrific experience of this poor UPS driver who was merely trying to earn a living? I'm not saying we should not help the Lost Boys, but cannot they be helped in a sufficient way in their native country of Sudan- with our aid?

I'm all for helping people, but never at the expense or endangerment of even one American citizen! While I do not advocate removing these people, one would expect there to be more oversight and case management on these individuals, given the tramatic experiences they have had to endure in their young lives.

It's the catholic Charities that does it! I call and email them often.

You aren't kidding. Here is a story from my town about Catholic Charities and illegals.

Dealing with the Deluge

With Washington gridlocked, friends and foes of illegal immigrants find their own ways of Dealing with the Deluge

By ERIC GRIFFEY

Every weekday morning at 9 a.m., the lobby of the Catholic Charities’ office, in a building attached to La Gran Plaza mall, starts to fill up with a cacophony of whispered languages and foreign accents. Flimsy plastic chairs line the wall and clutter the middle of the narrow room, so that everyone has to shift to let another person pass by — like getting up during a movie.
Antonio Montañez and his wife (she asked not to be named) are waiting to see someone who can help put him on the path to citizenship. Montanez, a clean-cut man in his mid-to-late 20s, who speaks a little English, has been in the U.S. since 1998 on a legal resident visa. He assembles steel structures, such as sheds, for a living. His children were born in the U.S., and he has a strong network of family and friends here. He, like many others in the waiting room, sends as much money back to Mexico as he can afford, sometimes $200 or $300 a month, sometimes nothing.
Sitting a few chairs away, Sandra Quiroc, a soft-spoken, well-dressed woman in her late 20s, is raising three children on her own. The native of Zacatecas, in Mexico, can’t find consistent work, though she does make some money from occasionally cleaning houses. She and her husband entered the country illegally in 2003. She is waiting for help with a “U visa,â€

Originally Posted by NoBueno

While the experiences of the Lost Boys is in fact dreadful, my concern will always be with America and her citizens first. What about the horrific experience of this poor UPS driver who was merely trying to earn a living? I'm not saying we should not help the Lost Boys, but cannot they be helped in a sufficient way in their native country of Sudan- with our aid?

I'm all for helping people, but never at the expense or endangerment of even one American citizen! While I do not advocate removing these people, one would expect there to be more oversight and case management on these individuals, given the tramatic experiences they have had to endure in their young lives.

At this point I too only care about Americans.
Survival of the fittest and protect our own.
We can be generous AFTER we get our house in order.