Katherine Marchand Biography

Katherine Marchand is an American reporter at @ABC13Houston, reporting for KTRK-TV (Houston, TX) since August 2018. She was previously a reporter at  ABC affiliate WTVC in Chattanooga, Tennessee where she was covered the aftermath of two devastating events that shook the Chattanooga community: a 2015 terrorist attack that left five service members dead and a 2016 bus crash that killed six elementary school children.

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abc13 reporter Marchand has not disclosed any information about his birthplace, age, and date of birth. Apparently, she grew up in Atlanta, GA.

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Marchand stand at a height of about 5 feet 6 inches tall.

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Katherine Marchand Education

She attended Lassiter high school and later graduated with a 4.0 GPA from Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Engineering.

Katherine Marchand Career

Katherine Marchand started reporting for ABC13 in August 2018. She also worked at ABC affiliate WTVC as a reporter. During her three years at WTVC, she covered the aftermath of two devastating events that shook the Chattanooga community: a 2015 terrorist attack that left five service members dead and a 2016 bus crash that killed six elementary school children.

She told stories of how the city came together to honor the Fallen Five and the six children who lost their lives. She also reported on efforts to increase safety at military installations and on school buses. In 2017, the Tennessee Associated Press awarded Katherine first place in Investigative Reporting for her investigation about convicted sex offenders who were still licensed to teach in the state of Tennessee.

Katherine learned the “ins and outs” of local news during two stints as an intern at WSB-TV in Atlanta. She also interned at CNN’s Washington Bureau for the show “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”

Katherine enjoys covering politics and government. While in college, she interned at the White House in the Communications Department where she monitored the news and assisted with interviews of the President and other administration officials. She was at the White House during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and the government shutdown, and describes it as a very interesting time to be in Washington!

In her spare time, Katherine loves teaching group fitness classes, spending time with family and friends, competing in team trivia events, and finding great hiking trails.

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Woman fatally shot by Baytown officer during the struggle over Taser was not pregnant

Published: May 15, 2019, 4:41 PM

Source: abc13.com

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) — A woman who was shot to death by a Baytown police officer during a struggle over his Taser was not pregnant.  The woman was heard screaming “I’m pregnant” in a Snapchat video that captured the fatal incident Monday night. However, police told ABC News her family informed them that she was not with child.

The deadly shooting happened around 10:40 p.m. at The Brixton apartment complex in the 1600 block of Garth Road.
According to police, the officer, an 11-year veteran with the Baytown Police Department, was on patrol when he came across 44-year-old Pamela Turner, whom he’d dealt with before and knew had outstanding warrants.

The officer contacted Turner and tried to arrest her, but she struggled with him, forcing him to use his Taser on her, Baytown PD Lt. Steve Dorris said.  As he tried to handcuff her, she allegedly grabbed his Taser and used it on him.  Lt. Dorris says that’s when the officer was forced to pull out his gun and fire multiple times at Turner, hitting her at least once.

“She was already on the ground. Why did you have to shoot her? Why did you have to kill her?” neighbor Johnathan Little asked.  The officer tried to render aid immediately after the shooting. She died at the scene.  “It was a sad situation. Tragic. The lady… she did live here. We would often see her, see her walk her dog around,” said resident Raquelle Cuellar.

Someone posted the video on Snapchat of the moment the Taser was used on Turner and when she was shot. Police are now hoping to talk to that person and any other witnesses. “You’re actually harassing me,” Turner can be heard saying in the video as the Taser is used. Neighbors say they believe she struggled with mental illness.

Residents said they would always see Turner walking her dog.
“She wasn’t mentally competent. We always tried to look after her. She would walk outside at all hours of the night. I would tell the office management she should not be left alone,” one woman said.

“If you know she has a mental illness, why not ask for backup first before you try and detain her?” said neighbor James Edison. “He got up and she was barely getting up off the ground and he shot her like a dog. That’s wrong. And he needs to pay for it.” The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is part of the shooting investigation, which is standard procedure in incidents like this.  The officer will be placed on paid administrative leave, which is also standard protocol. His identity was not immediately released.

The officer was also injured by the Taser, but the extent of his injuries are unknown.  “It’s a tragic event for everyone involved. Our hearts go out to the family of the deceased. We want to get all the questions answered that we can,” Lt. Dorris told ABC13. “We never want things to get to this.”  The officer was wearing a body camera, which may shed more light on what happened.