Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 1, 1994                   TAG: 9410030057
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MARY BISHOP
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

PROSECUTOR GETS REPORT ON POLICE SHOOTING

Results of tests on substances in West's bloodstream the day of his death are not expected back from a state lab for more than a week. Caldwell, who got the report Thursday, does not expect to issue his findings on the shooting until he has seen the lab results.

West, 35, died of multiple gunshot wounds after a two-hour armed standoff with police on Williamson Road. Crowds watched in the predawn hours as West sat in a car, then stood in the middle of the street, holding a 20-gauge shotgun.

Police say officers fired on West after he pointed his gun at a police lieutenant. A medical examiner said West was shot nine times.

Police Chief M. David Hooper identified four officers as having fired weapons from positions that could have struck West. Officers A.P. Forbes, J.L. Goad, C.C. Perkins and P.H. White were placed on administrative leave with pay for three days, then were returned to their regular assignments.