14 Feb 2001
CALIFORNIA:
Motorcycle Crash Claims LASD Deputy's Life
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is mourning the loss of a deputy who was killed on Wednesday (14 Feb 2001) after a head-on collision on the Brea Canyon Cutoff in Rowland Heights. Deputy Brandon Hinkle was headed southbound, near Pathfinder Boulevard, when he collided with a car coming from the opposite direction.
A Los Angeles Sheriff's Department spokesman said: "From the reports that we received, he was catapulted from his motorcycle." The collision happened shortly after 1500 PST, and the 33-year- old Hinkle died less than an hour later. Hinkle was not en route to an emergency when the crash happened.
The occupants of the car, a woman and her young child, suffered only minor injuries in the accident, and were treated and released from Brea Community Hospital. How the crash happened remains under investigation. Hinkle had been a deputy sheriff for almost 11 years and had only recently made the switch to motorcycle patrol.
13 Feb 2001
CENTREVILLE,
MD:
Two Officers Dead in Maryland...
While responding to a call in a mobile home park, a police officer and a sheriff's deputy were shot to death on Tuesday night (13 Feb 2001). Centreville Officer Michael Nickerson, age 26, was shot in the chest. A Queen Anne's County deputy was also killed. His identity was not immediately released. Police would not release details of the shooting. The Baltimore Sun reported that the officers were killed while investigating a noise complaint in the trailer park, and that a suspect was in custody. Centreville is about 35 miles southeast of Baltimore.
10 Feb 2001
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO:
Two Police Officers Shot in Meth Raid...
Two police officers are recovering after being shot during a drug raid. It happened Saturday night at a Super Eight Motel off of Interstate 55. Police say a 20-year-old youth fired on officers Bradley Moore and Keith May as they were searching his room for methamphetamine. Moore was shot in the arm and May in the abdomen before they returned fire, killing the suspect. Both officers are hospitalized, but expected to recover...
09 Feb 2001
BOSTON, MA:
Police Officers Save Three From Apartment Fire; Lauded as Heros
Two Boston police officers returning from dropping off prisoners in South Boston became heroes on Friday when they rushed into a burning apartment building and saved three people, including a paralyzed elderly man. Officer Diogenes Aguasvivas said of the daring 09:00EST rescue: "I'm not really a big fan of fires, but you just jump right in and do what you have to do."
Aguasvivas and his partner, Elice Ratchell, were on their way back to the Roxbury police station when Ratchell saw smoke coming out of a six-family apartment house at #98 Winthrop Street. As the two officers ran toward the burning building, two women told the officers there were people in the building. The pair, who graduated from the police academy together four years ago, split up, with Aguasvivas going to the first floor and Ratchell running upstairs.
Inside the first floor apartment, Aguasvivas found a young woman trying to help an 86-year-old man to safety. As flames swirled around them, Aguasvivas and the woman slowly pulled him out of the smoky apartment. Meanwhile upstairs, Ratchell found two adults and led them to safety. Ambulances and fire engines showed up on the scene as the two officers exited the building with the rescued tenants. Only one person sustained smoke inhalation. The blaze is believed to have started from a "discarded heat source" on the front porch...
08 Feb 2001
PHILADELPHIA, PA:
Highway Patrolman Hit By Fleeing Car
A Philadelphia highway patrol officer is listed in stable
condition at Temple University Hospital after being hit by a car in North
Philadelphia late Thursday night. Two officers tried to stop a car they
believed was stolen at Fourth and Indiana streets. The driver sped off as
police fired shots at the car. One officer was hit by the fleeing car. The
suspect was apprehended by police and is in custody. Two women were also in
the car...
07 Feb 2001
DETROIT, MI:
Retired Police Officer Slain At Cleaners
A retired Detroit Police officer paid with her life on Wednesday afternoon when she attempted to stop a masked man holding a gun to her head in a dry cleaner on the Detroit's west side. Sherlyn Fleming, age 52 and retired for only two years, went to Indian Village Dry Cleaners to pick up her clothing. Police said the gunman saw that Fleming had a wad of money when he entered the business and announced a holdup, putting a handgun to her head.
She reached in her purse, removed her own gun and ordered the man to drop his. Instead, he fired three times and ran from the dry cleaner. He reamins still at large. Police say they believe he drove off in a dark-color sport utility vehicle made by Cadillac. Fleming died at Grace-Sinai Hospital.
Fleming was a 25 year veteran of the Detroit department. She worked in crime prevention, narcotics, the gang squad and internal affairs, her last assignment before retirement...
05:00CST - 24 Jan 2001
Remaining Two Escapees/Cop Killers Captured in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO (EmergencyNet News) -- According to police sources, Patrick Murphy and Donald Newbury have been captured after a several hour barricade situation in a motel room. The two reportedly surrendered peacefully after complaining about the Texas prison system with a reporter from KKTV. Both will be arraigned later today and their extradition back to Texas is likely in the near future.
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09:00CST - 23 Jan 2001
COLORADO:
Four Texas Cons Nabbed, Fifth Kills Himself
Acting on a tip, authorities on Monday captured four of the seven heavily armed convicts who broke out of a Texas prison nearly six weeks ago and allegedly gunned down a Dallas area police officer on Christmas Eve. A fifth inmate killed himself inside a motor home that had been surrounded by authorities in the community about 50 miles southwest of Denver. The where-abouts of the two other inmates was unknown.
The heavily armed inmates -- including murderers, rapists and armed robbers -- made a daring escape from a maximum-security prison near San Antonio on 13 December. The murder of the police officer 11 days later increased fears that the inmates might want to go out in a blaze of gunfire. Among those arrested was 30-year-old George Rivas, the suspected ringleader, who was serving a life sentence for robbery and kidnapping. Investigators have portrayed Rivas as fearless and shrewd with a powerful hold over the others, but authorities said he expressed remorse as he admitted to the killing of the police officer.
Rivas had dyed his hair blond and another inmate had dyed his hair orange in an apparent attempt to avoid scrutiny. Some of the fugitives may have been at a Colorado Springs bar late on Saturday. Authorities said a weekend tip prompted by the show "America's Most Wanted" led to the capture. The show had featured the convicts four times since the escape, including the last three Saturday nights... (Article continues in ERRI EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORT-Tuesday, January 23, 2001- Vol. 5, No. 023)
16:00CST - 22 Jan 2001
Four of Seven Texas Cop-Killer Fugitives Captured
Woodland Park, CO (EmergencyNet News) -- According to police sources, four of the seven fugitives wanted in the killing of a Texas police officer were captured this afternoon in a town about 50 miles south of Denver, Colorado. Part of the capture occurred outside a convenience store in the small town of Woodland Park and a fourth man was captured at a nearby mobile home park. Those reportedly captured were George Rivas, Michael Rodriguez, Joseph Garcia, and Randy Halprin.
A fifth suspect, Larry Harper, reportedly died in a mobile home, of a "self-inflicted gunshot wound," police said. The police manhunt continues as two fugitives (Patrick Murphy and Donald Newbury) still remain at large, and are being sought. EmergencyNet News continues to monitor this case and will provide additional details if/when they become available...
22 Jan 2001
PORTLAND, OREGON:
Police are vowing not to get caught flat-footed again like they were this
past New Year's Eve. The police bureau has formed what it calls a "rapid
response team" to handle future problems with riots and disorderly
crowds in an appropriate manner. Police Chief Mark Kroeker said his
officers were criticized for using too much force during last year's May
Day protests, and then criticized again for not being forceful enough when
vandals went on a "nonpolitical rampage" on Morrison Street
shortly after midnight on 1 January because the city didn't plan a
celebration with fireworks. The 76 member team began training this
week.
WASHINGTON, DC: ERRI emergency service analysts said that, following a number of anti-capitalist protests during the past two years, a number of police departments are planning, or in the process of training, on-call CDU's (Civil Disturbance Unit). At least one senior police lieutenant told EmergencyNet News that many of the "lessons-learned" about crowd control in the 60's have been lost as experienced people have retired. Not so in Washington, DC -- one analyst said this morning -- as police essentially declared victory over anti-Bush protestors there. He observed, "Police performance in D.C. goes to show that police CAN effectively control civil disturbances...given enough preparation, intelligence information, resources, and the political will to prevent misbehavior and violence."
13 Jan 2001
CALIFORNIA:
Disturbance Call Ends In Detective's Death
A Riverside, California, police detective responding to a disturbance complaint was shot to death late Saturday, gunned down as he tried to sort out what was happening at an apartment house notorious for trouble. Detective Charles Douglas Jacobs was shot multiple times as he stood inside a building at 3140 Lemon Street.
The 30-year-old officer had gone to the location at the request of a fellow officer who wanted backup. Initially, police were contacted by neighbors upset about music blaring from one of the apartments. Area residents said that occupants of the apartment house were known to clash over who in the building was playing their music too loud. Police had been called to the location previously for that very reason, as well as suspected drug activity.
Neighbors identified a woman as the renter who apparently liked to pump up the volume on her stereo. The woman's 37-year-old son is believed to be one who killed Detective Jacobs.
Investigators say that Jacobs was standing in a stairwell when the armed subject stepped out of a first-floor apartment, leveled his gun at the officer and opened fire. Witnesses reported hearing two quick shots, followed by four more about five seconds later. It's unclear whether either the fatally wounded detective or the officer that he was assisting had a chance to return fire.
Police say the gunman was no complete stranger to local law enforcement. The murder suspect had been jailed before for drunken driving and also had several outstanding traffic tickets. He surrendered Saturday without a fight. According to witnesses, the suspect was nude when he turned himself over to officers. A rifle was recovered from his residence, but investigators believe that a pistol was used to kill Jacobs.
12 Jan 2001
ORANGE, NEW JERSEY:
Two police officers are clinging to life after a shootout with a fleeing
suspect, who was fatally shot in the gun battle. The gunfire erupted as a
group of officers chased the suspect on an Orange street at about 20:30EST
Friday. Officers Kenneth McGuire, age 26, and 30-year-old David Lemongello
were taken to University Hospital in Newark, where they underwent surgery late
Friday night. Both officers were listed in critical condition. Authorities
said that numerous shots were fired, but they declined to offer additional
details. McGuire was shot in the right side of the abdomen and the right leg.
Lemongello was shot in the left side of the chest and the left arm.
03 Jan 2001
EDEN, IDAHO:
LODD: Two Sheriff's Deputies Killed While Serving Warrant
As officers attempted to serve a warrant to search a house for
drugs, a shootout ensued that left two sheriff's deputies and a suspect dead.
Corporal's James Moulson, age 30, and 23-year-old Phillip Anderson were shot
to death Wednesday evening along with a 47-year-old suspect in Eden, a town of
300 residents 10 miles east of Twin Falls. Moulson was a four-year department
veteran and Anderson had been a deputy for two years. They were dog handlers
and both were wearing bullet-proof vests when they were killed. Other officers
were backing up Moulson and Anderson, but no one else was wounded.
28 Dec 2000: Series
of EmergencyNet News "Real-Time" Articles Concerning a Multiple Homicide
in Wakefield, MA - 26-28 Dec 2000 (Last
Updated 28 Dec 2000)
TEXAS JAIL ESCAPEES/ALLEGED COP KILLERS
Pictures of the fugitives are available on-line at: http://people.txucom.net/tdcj-iad/wanted/Seven.html
Warning: These individual should be considered armed and dangerous. If you see them, contact your nearest local law enforcement agency immediately. DO NOT attempt to take any action yourself, as it may result in your injury or even death.
INSTANT
27 Dec 2000
SAN ANTONIO, TX: The FBI and state and local police departments hunted on Tuesday for seven heavily armed escaped convicts in Texas. All seven are wanted in the murder of a police officer in a Christmas Eve holdup at a suburban Dallas sporting goods store. Until mid-December, the convicts were behind bars for murders, rapes, and robberies across Texas and were serving sentences ranging from 30 years to life without parole.
INSTANT
26 Dec 2000
TEXAS:
Escapees Charged With Killing Police Officer
Seven armed and dangerous convicts who escaped from prison two weeks ago were accused on Monday of killing an Irving, Texas, police officer (See below) who was shot when he tried to stop a Christmas Eve robbery. Capital murder charges were filed against the seven convicts, who remain on the loose. Officer Aubry Hawkins, age 29, was gunned down shortly after responding to a call of a robbery at a sporting goods store. The robbers were tying up and handcuffing store employees when Hawkins was shot. They escaped in a Ford Explorer stolen from an employee. It was later found in Irving, a Dallas suburb. Police said it was a well planned and executed robbery.
The convicts -- two of whom were serving time for murder -- broke out of the state prison at Kenedy, about 280 miles from Irving, on 13 December. They left behind a note that read: "You haven't heard the last of us yet." During the breakout, the convicts stormed a guard tower and stole 14 .357 magnum pistols with 238 rounds of ammunition, a loaded automatic rifle and a loaded shotgun. They also took street clothes and wallets from some prison workers. Police said they did not know whether the robbers took guns or ammunition from the sporting goods store. Hawkins' gun could not immediately be found.
IRVING, TEXAS
Police Officer Killed in Robbery
Authorities said that a police officer was shot and killed as he responded to a robbery at a sporting goods store that had just closed on Sunday. Several employees were in the store at the time, but no one was injured. No customers were in the store. About 30 minutes after the Oshman's store closed Sunday, police got a call about a robbery in progress there. Three officers responded to the call. One of the officers was shot when he confronted three men at the back of the store. Police identified the officer as 29-year-old Aubry Hawkins, who had been with the department since October 1999. The robbers fled after herding the employees into a corner of the store.
21 Dec 2000
SOUTH RIVER, NEW JERSEY:
Police Chief and Lieutenant Shot; Assailant Killed
The police chief of South River, New Jersey, and a second officer were shot and wounded on Thursday by a gunman who was later shot and killed by other officers. Chief Wesley Bomba and Lt John Bouthilette were hit when they confronted the gunman who was running through the streets of the town shooting randomly.
A passing motorist and a local resident suffered minor wounds after being grazed by the shots from the 31-year-old gunman. The suspect had apparently been arguing with his mother when he suddenly took to the streets, firing a shotgun as he ran. When Bomba and Bouthilette arrived at the scene, the suspect leveled his shotgun at them. The chief got out of the car and was struck in the groin and shoulder. He was able to fire three shots in return. Bouthilette was struck on his right side, suffering injuries to his kidney, liver and diaphragm. Two officers in a car behind them got out and chased the crazed gunman into a parking lot at a local park. The gunman was killed by a bullet from one of the officers...
18 Dec 2000
GEORGIA:
Sheriff-Elect Killed In Ambush; Serious Questions About Motive Abound
In what police described as an ambush, a man who was to be sworn in as Dekalb county sheriff on Monday (18 Dec) was shot and killed outside his home. Police said that Derwin Brown, age 46, was shot several times on Friday (15 Dec) after arriving at his Decatur, Georgia, home following a party celebrating his graduation from a sheriff's training academy.
Brown's family were inside their home when they heard shots. They found Brown lying on the driveway. Brown had recently promised to "clean up corruption in the department," and last month had told 38 employees that they would be fired on the first of January.
DeKalb County Public Safety Director Thomas Brown, who is not related to the sheriff-elect, said: "He was gunned down with multiple large caliber weapons." Robbery did not appear to be a motive in the shooting. No arrests have been made in the case and an investigation continues today....
12:00CST - 15 Dec 2000
FBI Agents Protest Possible Presidential Pardon For Indian Activist
Washington, DC (EmergencyNet News) -- In what is being called an unprecedented move, as many as five hundred retired or off-duty FBI agents reportedly are marching to the White House today to present President Bill Clinton a petition opposing presidential clemency for Indian activist, Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in 1977 for the murder of two FBI agents. More than 8,000 present and retired agents signed the petition urging President Clinton NOT to give a pardon to Peltier. Peltier supporters claim that, "he is a political prisoner," a point strongly disputed by the agents...who say that any serious consideration of pardon for Peltier would "signal disrespect for law enforcement."
12 Dec 2000
CHICAGO:
One Killed In Shootout At Union Station
Authorities said that a routine drug investigation inside Chicago's Union Station erupted into a midday gun battle on Tuesday, leaving one suspect dead, his companion critically wounded and a Chicago police officer shot in the leg. The 13:15CST shootout at the station's south concourse came after three plainclothes officers, suspicious that two men might be drug couriers traveling by train, asked one of the men for identification. Unzipping his coat, one man exposed a weapon, prompting one officer to shout out: "He's got a gun!"
The suspect's companion then pulled a gun. A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent grabbed him, but he broke away, ran a short distance, turned and pointed the weapon at the agent. The agent fired, wounding that suspect.
In the meantime, the other suspect had his gun out and put it to the head of a female Chicago police officer. The three officers -- including an Amtrak police officer -- struggled over the gun before the DEA agent shot and fatally wounded the second suspect. During the struggle, the 36-year-old Chicago police officer was struck in the calf with a bullet. She was released after treatment at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Chicago police said there was no evidence that either of the suspects fired their weapons. The surviving suspect apparently suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was listed in critical condition at Northwestern. Police sources said both suspects were wearing bullet-proof vests.
The three officers are part of a federal-state drug interdiction task force that has regularly patrolled Chicago's airports, the Amtrak station and the bus terminal since at least the mid-1980s. Often acting on hunches, they stop suspicious passengers exiting or entering planes, trains or buses usually headed to or from so-called "source cities," usually located near the U.S. border and the sites of heavy drug smuggling. The officers look for out-of-the-ordinary behavior, perhaps someone who picks up a pay phone but doesn't dial any numbers or someone nervously looking about the station.
04 Dec 2000
BATTLE GROUND,
OR:
Rash of Tennis Ball-Bombs Continues
A tennis ball packed with
explosives was found in a house in Battle Ground on Sunday night, just two
weeks after a similar bomb killed a dog in Southeast Portland. The woman
who found the ball took it to a police station, where it was detonated
safely in a nearby field. Police said the woman was lucky, and
should not have touched the device. Battle Ground police are now
working with Portland police to determine if there is any connection
between the two bombs. (Please See San Diego Report below - ERRI emergency
service analysts are conducting further inquiries concerning "tennis ball
bombs" and may issue an advisory in the near future)
30 Nov 2000
SAN DIEGO, CA:
Caution Urged Involving Tennis Balls...
An 11-year old boy is recovering from injuries suffered when a tennis ball exploded when he picked it up on his way to school. Police said the boy spotted what looked like an ordinary tennis ball as he was walking to Parkway Middle School on Friday. The ball blew up when he bounced it, spraying his jacket with embers and slightly burning his hands. Police say the ball had been stuffed with nearly 100-wooden match sticks. This is at least the second incident involving "exploding tennis balls," within the past week. Several days ago a dog was killed in Portland, OR when he picked up a tennis ball and it exploded in his mouth, blowing off his head.
02 Dec 2000
COLUMBIA, SC:
Robber Picked The Wrong Victim
When a man tried to rob someone in a Columbia Mall restroom, he had no idea how soon he'd be face to face with a police officer. A 22-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon after he attempted to rob an off-duty deputy sheriff. According to authorities, the deputy sheriff, Michael Baker of Lexington County, shot his would-be robber during the attempt. The suspect was taken into custody at a hospital where he was recovering from gunshot wounds. Baker was not injured and no one else was in the restroom when the shooting happened.
Instant -
08:30CST - 01 Dec 2000
SEATTLE:
Situation Turns Ugly At WTO Protest Anniversary
When 100 demonstrators refused to disperse on Thursday night, police wasted no time in using pepper spray and began arresting participants who were marking the anniversary of the riotous protests that stalled World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle last year. Thankfully, however, the numbers of protestors were less than might have been anticipated.
The commemoration that had begun quiet disintegrated as, according to police, a number of protesters threw rocks and bottles, as well as carried bottles of gasoline. One police captain was injured in the eye by a thrown object.
As many as 75 people were arrested. The disturbances followed a day of demonstrations by some 2,000 people marked by only a handful of arrests. The more serious trouble began at around 2000 PST.
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30 Nov 2000
SEATTLE
Police Ready For WTO Anniversary
Though
police were preparing for the anniversary of last year's riotous World
Trade Organization protests, vandals attacked nine Starbucks
Coffee Co. stores. The stores, among dozens throughout the city,
sustained minor damage late Tuesday or early Wednesday, including broken
windows, glue in locks, and walls spray-painted with an encircled
"A," a graffiti tag used by anarchists during
WTO demonstrations last year.
Thursday is only an anniversary and there are no WTO meetings in the city this year. Seattle Mayor Paul Schell urged television news stations to broadcast as little of last year's events as possible. Schell, an admitted former protester himself, said authorities believed the constant repetition of last year's images would build up tension that might arise regarding the anniversary. Police have asked demonstrators not to protest on the anniversary of the 1999 talks because they may disrupt Christmas shoppers.
24 Nov 2000
OLATHE,
KS:
Police Break Up Mob Of More Than 400
Officers from half a dozen Johnson County police agencies near Kansas City were called in on Friday night to help Olathe, Kansas, police disperse a crowd of more than 400 people outside a club for teens. Seven persons were arrested, and several suffered minor injuries in the disturbance outside Studio 2000 in the 800 block of West Old 56 Highway.
A crowd estimated at 450 to 475 people confronted officers responding to 911 calls about a disturbance at 22:39CST Friday. Police said that 15 to 20 persons, some armed with pool cues, were fighting when the officers arrived. Several persons in the crowd became unruly as officers arrested fight participants. Three adults and four juveniles were arrested Friday night on charges including battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct.
Assitance was requested from other agencies, and officers from the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, the Kansas Highway Patrol, and the Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee and Spring Hill police departments responded. The Olathe Fire Department and Johnson County Med-Act Emergency Services also responded.
CHICAGO:
Police Officer And Woman Wounded In Shootout
Chicago police arrested a man suspected of robbing a woman at gunpoint early Friday, kidnapping her and then firing on police investigators, prompting a shootout that wounded an officer and the elderly woman.
Officer Kevin Connors, age 25, suffered three gunshot wounds after the suspect fired at him and his partner as they searched for the victim in her South Side apartment. Connors was listed in good condition at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in suburban Oak Lawn. Police said a bullet went through his right thigh, another is lodged below his left shoulder and a third bruised his lower abdomen after being stopped by his bulletproof vest. A 68-year-old woman of the 7700 block of South Hermitage Avenue, also received multiple gunshot wounds -- to her left thigh, left leg, left wrist and right ankle -- and was listed in serious condition at Cook County Hospital.
At just before 03:00CST Friday, police said they received a 911 call from witnesses reporting a gunman forcing the woman into a car in the 8200 block of South Ashland Avenue.
Police traced the license plate number that witnesses provided to a car owned by the victim and went to her apartment to investigate. A resident there let officers in. When investigators stepped into a room at the apartment's rear, the offender fired at them. Connors collapsed and his partner returned fire.
After the exchange, the offender fled. A few blocks away, another patrol officer picked up the suspect without incident at about 0400 CST. Police have not found the suspect's gun -- believed to be a .38-caliber revolver -- but officers said they recovered surveillance camera video that shows the man holding a gun to the victim's head as she made a withdrawal from a cash station on South Ashland Avenue.
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09:30CST - 22 Nov 2000
LOS ANGELES
Suspect In 12-Hour Standoff Found Dead
In an update to a story reported by the EmergencyNet News Service on Tuesday, a drug suspect who triggered a shootout, wounded two peace officers and who barricaded himself in a Marina Del Rey neighborhood during a 12-hour standoff was found dead inside his apartment late Monday evening when SWAT officers blasted through the front door. Authorities said that the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The standoff began just after 1100 PST Monday, when the suspect allegedly shot through his closed front door and wounded a U.S. marshal who had come to arrest him for outstanding drug charges in Tennessee. As Los Angeles police responded to the shooting, a gun battle erupted between officers on the street and the man, who had holed himself up on the fifth floor of the Marina Pointe Apartments, located near Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella Avenue.
An LAPD officer was shot in the leg as he was trying to get out of his squad car. Both lawmen are listed in stable condition.
When negotiations between SWAT officers and the suspect failed on Monday afternoon, Los Angeles officers fired a series of tear gas rounds into the apartment. Later, at about 2115 PST, the door of the apartment was blown off by SWAT officers who believed the suspect might have booby-trapped the entrance with explosives. Once the door was removed, police sent a robot into the unit, then heavily armed SWAT officers went in to conduct a search and found the man's body.
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LOS ANGELES:
Gunman In Standoff After Shooting Marshal And Officer
A Los Angeles police officer and a U.S. marshal were shot and wounded on Monday morning while they were trying to serve an arrest warrant in Marina del Rey. The shooting occurred at about 1115 PST in the 1000 block of Marina Pointe Drive. The gunman, at last report, was still barricaded on the fifth story of the Marina Pointe Apartments.
The suspect was wanted for cocaine trafficking and for a bond violation in Tennessee. The marshal, along with his partner, was following up on an arrest warrant. When they knocked on the door, they were met by gunfire from the suspect. One of the U.S. marshals was struck in the arm. The marshals then called for assistance from the LAPD. When officers arrived, the suspect fired on them, too, and a Pacific Station officer was hit in the leg while getting out of his squad car. Both law enforcement officers were listed in stable condition at a local hospital. Police said the gunman used a high-powered rifle.
Late on Monday afternoon, LAPD SWAT officers fired several tear gas canisters into the apartment through the front window. However, the action failed to flush out the suspect. Hundreds of police officers were on the scene...
19 Nov 2000
SEATTLE, WA
Police Issue Warning For WTO II (N-30)
Seattle police are prepared to make mass arrests during the upcoming anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests and are already warning protesters that unlawful behavior will land them in jail. That means no blocking traffic or getting violent. It could also mean no marching without a city permit -- none of which have been issued.
Activists are reportedly planning several demonstrations and marches on 30 November to commemorate their success in hindering the World Trade Organization talks last year. They plan to rally in downtown Seattle, on Capitol Hill and at Westlake Park, where they will reportedly hold a "global potluck" supper of "vegan barbecue" and organic apples. Groups planning to march include the King County Labor Council, Global Action Seattle, Jubilee 2000 and the Tibetan Rights Action Coalition.
Organizers don't know how many people will show up this year. But no one anticipates anything like last year, when about 50,000 people filled downtown Seattle to protest the WTO. Police lost control of the streets, and vandals destroyed property. This time, police are planning for trouble and Seattle will be ready to make mass arrests if warranted and is working with the King County Jail and other agencies to get ready.
Last Monday, Seattle police Chief Gil Kerlikowske issued a directive to officers detailing assignments for 30 November. The plan includes "demonstration management platoons," "prisoner processing teams," "chemical agent response teams" and uniformed and plainclothes arrest teams. Police plan to use the same downtown command center as last year. Officers are reviewing riot-quelling techniques. And mutual aid pacts with other agencies are in place.
As of Friday, no one had applied for a permit that would allow them to legally block traffic or hold a mass gathering in a city park. Some organizers, however, say they are planning to ask for one and will "work cooperatively with police"...
18 Nov 2000
CINCINNATI,
OH:
Police Arrest 47 At Trade Demonstration
In a series of confrontations on downtown Cincinnati streets on Saturday, police in riot gear broke up unruly protests outside a meeting of U.S. and European business leaders, arresting 47 people. Police, who wisely used chemical irritant sprays to quell some demonstrators, said the protests on the third day of the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue forum were not as violent as clashes on Friday, but that they had taken a more forceful stance to prevent a repeat of the previous day's disturbances.
Saturday's arrests took the total number of people arrested during the three days of the international trade conference to 53. By nightfall on Saturday, calm had been restored to the downtown area. Most of the violence occurred some distance from where more than 100 corporation chief executive officers and trade officials were meeting at the Omni Netherland Hotel.
Police said many of the "activists" in the throng of about 300 protesters appeared to be following the example of the boisterous demonstrations at the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle last year, but without causing nearly as much damage. Incidents of vandalism involved breaking a few storefront windows with ball bearings, scattered spray painting and tearing down police barricades were reported.
16 Nov 2000
MINNESOTA:
Fleeing Suspect Severely Wounds Officer
A heavily armed bank robber was killed by Edina, Minnesota, police on Thursday after severely wounding one officer during three gun battles that spilled through a suburban Minneapolis business district and quiet neighborhoods. The gunman, armed with an assault rifle and handguns, opened fire on officers each time they confronted him in the busy business district of France Avenue South, as well as a residential neighborhood less than two miles away. The battle ended when two officers shot the man in the head after a vehicle chase.
Officer Michael Blood, who police say didn't even have time to draw his weapon, was listed in critical condition at a medical center. Blood, who has been an Edina patrol officer for 23 years, was the first officer to respond to a 911 call about a robbery at Firstar Bank, 6900 France Ave. South.
Going on witness reports of where the suspect was fleeing, Blood drove his squad car into the parking lot of the Junior Achievement building near the bank. Blood found the suspect carrying an assault rifle and running through the lot. Before he had a chance to reach for his weapon, Blood was hit several times in the leg and abdomen.
After shooting Blood, the suspect ran to a gray Ford Explorer with no license plates parked in the lot and then tried to drive away. He turned onto Valley View Road heading north just as another Edina officer, Billie Moir, was coming to Blood's aid. The gunman stopped his car at the intersection of West 69th Street and began firing at Moir, shattering the windows of his car and slightly injuring him on his face and forearms.
The gunfire disabled Moir's car, and the suspect continued fleeing police by heading west on West 66th Street. Two officers followed the gunman, all traveling at high speeds. The gunman drove about 1 1/2 miles down West 66th Street until it ended at Ridgeview Drive in a residential neighborhood. The right rear tire of the Ford Explorer blew out, causing the vehicle to spin out of control and come to a rest in the middle of Ridgeview.
The man then got out of the car with a rifle in his hand, at which time the two officers fired their handguns at him, hitting him in the head. In addition to the rifle and handgun used in the robbery, police said they found several other handguns in the car. Police did not specify any of the weapon models.
Blood and Moir were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center. Blood underwent surgery and was expected to survive his injuries. Moir was treated and released. The suspect had some identification on him, but FBI agents were trying to confirm his identity through fingerprint matches. The FBI was investigating the bank robbery, and Hennepin County sheriff's deputies were conducting the shooting investigation.
The suspect apparently entered the bank just before 10:00CST, wearing a ski mask, pointed a shiny silver handgun in the air and announced that he was robbing the bank. He put a duffle bag on the counter and told a teller to fill it with money. She filled the bag and the man fled the bank yelling for them not to follow him and that he didn't want to hurt anyone. The entire robbery was over in five minutes.
13 Nov 2000
NEW YORK CITY: Police said
that a man suspected of killing a Maryland state trooper during an
undercover drug deal was arrested early Monday in New York City. Kofi
Orleans-Lindsay, age 23, was taken into custody shortly after 01:00EST.
Orleans-Lindsay is accused in the murder of 37-year-old Cpl. Ed Toatley, a
16-year veteran of the Maryland State Police who was shot in the head on
30 October during a drug sting in Washington. Toatley had been assigned to
a multi-jurisdictional task force of officers from federal, Maryland and
District of Columbia police. Orleans-Lindsay was being held in federal
custody.
INSTANT
15:00CST - 02 Nov 2000
Bomb Threat Turns Out To Be A Hoax
PHILADELPHIA, PA (EmergencyNet News) -- Additional information coming into EmergencyNet News this afternoon indicates that the bomb threat at Temple University, that took place this morning, was a hoax and the explosive devices that were found turned out to be "fake."
Harriet Goodheart, media spokesperson for Temple University, verified that an incident had occurred this morning in the Engineering building and that at least three university buildings were evacuated. Ms. Goodheart said that, due to on-going FBI investigation, that she couldn't comment on whether the university had received any telephone threats pertaining to the discovery of the hoax devices.
EmergencyNet News also contacted the Philadelphia police department, who in turn referred us to the Philadelphia FBI office for comment on the incident. Despite our attempts to reach them for comment, as of 08:00CST on 03 Nov 2000, the Philadelphia FBI office has not returned our call...
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12:30CST - 02 Nov 2000
"Suspicious Devices" Found At Temple University
PHILADELPHIA, PA (EmergencyNet News) -- EmergencyNet News has learned that numerous Philadelphia emergency agencies and the FBI all responded to Temple University this morning at about 09:30EST. According to witnesses, five suspicious packages have been found in the engineering building. Several buildings in the vicinity of North 12th Street has been evacuated and several streets in the area are cordoned off.
Authorities told NBC News, Channel 10, that the suspicious packages "had antennas" and what was believed to be "Arabic writing" on them. The packages apparently were found at several different locations within the engineering building. The FBI, who responded to the scene, reportedly said that there was some sort of threat written on a nearby chalkboard. The packages were being rendered safe by EOD (Explosives Ordinance Disposal) personnel. It is not known at the time of this report, if the devices were viable, or if they were some kind of a hoax. A major investigation continues at the time of this report...
01 Nov 2000
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA:
Police Search For Cop Killer
Police agencies in and around the nation's capital and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are searching for a suspected drug dealer in the shooting death of Maryland state trooper during an undercover drug operation in the District of Columbia. DC Metropolitan police obtained an arrest warrant on Tuesday for one Kofi Apea Orleans-Lindsay, age 23, a native of Ghana who is thought to live in suburban Montgomery County, Maryland.
Orleans-Lindsay is wanted for first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Maryland Trooper Edward M. Toatley. The 16-year veteran was shot Monday night in northeast Washington while on an undercover drug operation. Toatley was said to be close to concluding a drug deal with a man inside a sport utility vehicle when the man left the vehicle. He returned about five minutes later, opened the passenger side door and shot Toatley in the head.
..31 Oct 2000
DELLWOOD, MO: St. Louis County has lost another police officer in the line of duty. Forty-four-year-old Sergeant Richard Weinhold was shot and killed on Tuesday while responding to a disturbance call at a home in the 1900 block of Chambers. Weinhold was the first of four officers to enter the home when he was ambushed by a man with a shotgun. The suspect, a 43-year-old male, held police at bay for five hours. He surrendered after SWAT officers used tear gas and concussion grenades to force him out of the home.
30 Oct 2000
CALIFORNIA:
Security Officer Fatally Shot At Ontario Bank
An armored car driver was fatally shot in the head at the Ontario Bank of America on Monday morning. The 25-year-old armored car driver was shot at about 10:13PST. Police received a call from bank employees reporting a robbery and indicating that a security officer had been shot. Officers arrived and found a Brinks security officer down inside the bank.
The security officer had been shot at least once in the head. The security officer was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. The gunman is believed to have been loitering around the bank and waiting for the Brinks security guard.
Witnesses said that the robber approached the guard and without saying a word pulled the trigger in a crime resembling an execution more than a bank robbery. The gunman escaped with at least one bag of the bank's deposits and receipts. The suspects, a gunman and a getaway driver, are still being sought. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also involved in this investigation because the Bank of America is a federally insured bank.
29 Oct 2000 - From http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm
MONAHANS, TX: Three people were killed
when a sheriff's deputy struggled with a man who allegedly stabbed a woman
and who managed to shoot his attacker as he lay on the ground wounded.
Ward County Sheriff's Deputy Lee Russ, age 48, was called to a trailer
home on Sunday to break up a domestic dispute between a man and a woman.
The assailant stabbed Russ, then killed the woman. Before dying, Russ shot
and killed the knife-wielding attacker. They all died before other law
enforcement officers arrived. The shooting is believed to mark the first
time an officer died in the line of duty in Ward County, in west Texas.
Monahans is about 140 miles southwest of Lubbock.
MADISON, NE: A police chief was
attacked with a crowbar and shot on Sunday but managed to escape with just
minor injuries. Chief James Louden was investigating a possible break-in
at a car wash in the east-central Nebraska town of Madison when he was
attacked by a man who struck him in the arm and then shot him in the
chest. Louden was wearing a bulletproof vest. Louden returned fire, but
the attacker escaped. The chief was treated at a hospital and released.
16 Oct 2000 - From http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm
BALTIMORE, MD
Two Police Officers Killed In Collision
Two Baltimore police officers were killed Saturday night when their patrol car was broadsided by a pickup truck driven by a man who investigators say had been drinking and sped through an intersection without stopping at a stop sign. Sgt. John D. Platt, age 35, and 36-year-old Officer Kevin McCarthy had to be extricated from the police car and were taken to area hospitals, where they were pronounced dead ---the 102nd and 103rd city officers to die in the line of duty since 1870, and the third and fourth officers killed this year.
The driver of the 2000 Chevrolet pickup truck was not injured in the wreck and he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Police said his blood alcohol level tested at 0.13 percent. Maryland state law considers 0.10 percent and above as proof of intoxication. A passenger in the truck was also not injured. Police sources said that several open beer cans could be seen in the crushed cab of the truck.
The accident occurred at about 1925 EDT at Glenmore and Alta avenues in Northeast Baltimore. Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris said the officers were on routine patrol -- driving without flashing lights or siren -- when a pickup truck "blew a stop sign" and crashed into the driver's side of their car. The force of the crash flipped the car into a telephone pole. By the time firefighters got to the trapped officers, they were dead.
CHARLOTTE:
Woman Killed In Wreck With Police Car
A 23-year-old woman was killed near uptown Charlotte early Friday after a police car collided with a vehicle she was riding in. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Scott Darby was on his way to help another officer with a traffic stop just after midnight when his car hit a 1997 Honda on Central Avenue, near the Club Road intersection. The female passenger in that car, died at the scene.
According to a preliminary police report, the Honda was heading east on Central when it turned left, toward Club, and into the path of the patrol car, which was traveling westbound on Central. Investigators have not determined whether Darby was exceeding the speed limit. The police officer was not using his emergency lights.
Darby was treated and released from Presbyterian Hospital early Friday. The driver of the Honda -- a 24-year-old male -- was released from Carolinas Medical Center later in the day. Neither of them suffered serious injuries. Darby, who has worked for the police department since December 1998, is on administrative duty while the accident is investigated. Temporary reassignment is routine after any serious wreck.
03 Oct 2000
PHILADELPHIA, PA: A police officer
was treated and released after being shot in the forearm on Monday night.
Officials said that undercover narcotics officer John Volz was shot while
he and his partner were working in the Fairhill section of North
Philadelphia. The officer’s injury was described as a "flesh
wound."
Deputy Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson says the officers were driving on a one-way street when a car came racing toward them with no lights on. The officers pulled over, and as the other car passed, an officer shouted at the driver to turn his lights on. The car stopped, and one of the men got out and fired a shot that struck Volz, who was in the passenger seat. The shooter ran back to the car and sped away.
23 Sep 2000
WHITTIER, CA:
Officers Shot During Domestic Disturbance Investigation
Two Whittier officers were injured, one seriously, and a suspect was killed early Thursday morning during a shootout. The incident occurred at about 01:30PDT, when Whittier officers were called to investigate a report of a domestic disturbance at an apartment on the 7300 block of Milton Avenue. While investigating the original call, officers entered a nearby apartment building in an attempt to locate a possible wounded person -- where a gunman jumped out of a closet and opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon.
"Our officers went to a bedroom and opened the door, and an unknown suspect walked out of the closet, opened up on our officers with an AR-15 rifle, striking one officer at least three times in the chest," Whittier police spokesman Chuck Drylie is quoted as saying. Officers then retreated and returned fire, killing the suspect. Police say the shooting was unprovoked and unrelated to the initial investigation of domestic violence.
Officer Jerry Heinemann, a 15-year veteran of the Whittier police force, was shot between three to five times and airlifted to County-USC Medical Center. He was in serious but stable condition with wounds to his upper chest, shoulder, and legs, Drylie said. Another officer was grazed with a bullet, but did not require hospitalization.
The shooter who wounded the police officers was later identified by authorities as Eddie David Magana, 32, an alleged gang member who was wanted on a $1 million warrant for felony assault, authorities said.
09 Sep 2000
INDIANAPOLIS:
SWAT Team Stops Suspect's Getaway
A hail of automatic weapons fire shattered the quiet of an east Indianapolis neighborhood on Friday, as police SWAT team members cut loose with everything they had during a confrontation with a suspected cocaine dealer. A narcotics unit, backed by SWAT, converged on the home of the suspect in the late afternoon to serve the reputed drug dealer with a search warrant.
According to authorities, the 26-year-old suspect spotted law enforcement officers before they could reach his front door. The suspect dove into his sport utility vehicle and tried to race out of the driveway.
A Marion County Sheriff's Department spokesman said: "He identified officers and detectives. He tried to run over our detectives, run over the officers, and also the vehicles. In the course of that activity we had shots fired."
Officers tried to surround the suspect's vehicle, firing their sidearms and submachine guns. The suspect was hit twice, once in the chest and abdomen. He crashed shortly after being wounded. A detective was accidentally shot by a deputy during the gunfire. The suspect was listed in critical condition.
He faces at least five felony counts of possessing and dealing cocaine, in addition to other charges for allegedly resisting arrest and trying to assault police officers...
06 Sep 2000
CALIFORNIA:
Sheriff's Deputy Shot During Traffic Stop
A Los Angeles Sheriff's deputy was critically wounded on Tuesday morning when he was shot while making a traffic stop. According to witnesses, the shooting occurred at about 0330 PDT when two deputies tried to pull over a van near Gun and Mulberry Avenues in the unincorporated area of Whittier. During the stop, one officer was shot in the forehead.
The deputy is in critical condition at Saint Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California. Police set up an 8-square-block perimeter around the neighborhood to search for the two suspects, who are still at large.
04 Sep 2000
CHICAGO, IL: Two Chicago police
officers were injured when a man driving under the influence of drugs on
Sunday crashed his vehicle into a squad car. The 20-year-old subject was
arrested after the 03:55CDT Sunday crash. The collision occurred while
police were trying to pull over a different driver for a traffic violation
in the 1000 block of West Fullerton Avenue. The subject was charged with
failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, possession of cannabis and
unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. The officers suffered cuts,
bruises and neck and back injuries and were treated at Northwestern
Memorial Hospital.
01 Sep 2000
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: Two law enforcement
officers and two suspects were killed when a car trying to elude police
went the wrong way onto an interstate exit ramp on Thursday morning,
slamming into a highway trooper's car. An Oklahoma City officer was
attempting to pull over the car at about 03:00CDT Thursday. The car, with
two occupants, tried to enter Interstate Highway 40 via an exit ramp and
clipped a semi-trailer truck before colliding with the car of a passing
Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper. The police officer was unable to stop in
time and all three cars became entangled in a fiery crash.
02 Sep 2000
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Police said that
officers had to shoot and a kill a gunman who opened fire on two police
officers during a traffic stop on Friday. One officer was critically
wounded in the shooting. The officers tried to pull over the truck for an
expired tag, but the driver refused to stop. The driver then pulled into a
shopping mall parking lot, pulled out two guns and fired at the officers.
A third gun was found in the pickup truck. Witnesses said the driver and
the officers traded about 20 shots about 15 feet from one another. One
officer, a 15-year veteran, was shot in the neck and arm and was
hospitalized in critical condition. The other officer's hand was grazed.
01 Sep 2000
CINCINNATI, OH:
Police Officer Dragged to Death
According to police, an officer attempting to stop an automobile being driven by a 12-year-old boy was dragged about 800 feet to his death early Friday as he tried to grab the keys out of the ignition.
The boy was shot to death by the officer. Officer Kevin Crayon, age 40, reportedly died of head injuries suffered when he fell from the moving car. Witnesses to the incident in a convenience store parking lot said that Crayon reached into the car after the boy refused to show the officer a driver's license at about 0045 EDT. Crayon is said to had remarked to a bystander just before the encounter that the boy looked too young to drive.
The witnesses said the boy began backing the car erratically toward several small children. The boy drove off zigzagging down the street as the officer pulled out his service revolver while being dragged. Officer Crayon fired one round, striking the boy in the chest area. Though wounded, the boy continued driving and struck another car before he drove home and told family members he had been shot by police.
Family members called 911. The car that the boy was driving belonged to a family member who had been unaware what the boy was doing. The boy had no prior criminal record.
STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Instant
09:00CDT - 07 Aug 2000
A 53-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed a Clallam County sheriff's deputy on Saturday surrendered to authorities after a 25-hour standoff at his home. The deputy was fatally shot during a domestic disturbance call that went bad. The standoff ended after police fired tear gas into the home. Police said that the suspect had been committed for mental-health treatment under state law sometime within the past year. The home where the shooting occurred was well known to authorities, there had been nine calls in the past 13 months at the location. The suspect had been arrested in June for allegedly violating a protective order.
Man Kills Deputy And Then Barricades Himself In House Near Seattle
Crisis negotiators are attempting to talk a gunman who barricaded himself in his home into surrendering. The man is suspected of murdering a sheriff's deputy. It was not clear if the suspect was holding any hostages. The Clallam Sheriff's department said that there may be a woman in the home with the gunman. The incident was occurring in Port Angeles, which is located on the Olympic Peninsula, about 60 miles northwest of Seattle.
Deputy Wally E. Davis, age 48, was shot to death on the porch of the home while responding to a domestic disturbance call and possible hostage situation at about 12:30PDT Saturday. A neighbor had called police. A few minutes later, deputies responding to a 911 call of shots fired found Davis. He died at a hospital about an hour later.
Police said they had heard other muffled sounds that could have been gunshots but could not immediately confirm whether more shots were fired. The gunman, said to be in his 50s, is said to have an extensive criminal history, including an arrest for domestic violence assault. Officers had reportedly responded to the residence several times in the last couple of years for calls of a similar nature.
As the standoff continued through the night, police negotiators talked to the man by telephone, intermittently cutting power to the house to deprive him of sleep.
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ANAHEIM, CA
INSTANT 12 July 2000 - 09:30CDT
Arrest Made In Shooting Of Anaheim Police Officer; Security Guard Named as Hero
Authorities have announced an arrest in the shooting of Anaheim police Officer Thomas "Kasey" Geary. Police said that a 24-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday night in Corona on an outstanding warrant for robbery. Officer Geary was shot just below the cheekbone. The bullet then settled at the base of his neck. Geary is listed in fair condition. Geary, an 18-year police veteran and Medal of Valor recipient, knows that he was shot, but he has no recollection of any details. He's communicating by nodding his head slightly to yes or no questions.
A hero in the shooting may be Carlos Ortiz, a 40-year-old security guard, who was making his rounds when he spotted Geary's abandoned patrol car. He investigated and found the wounded officer. He took off his shirt to help control the bleeding to Geary's face and used the officer's radio to call for help. Ortiz was also able to give a very detailed description of the vehicle that he saw speeding away from the scene.
11 July 2000 - ANAHEIM, CA:
Officer Shot In Face During "Routine Traffic Stop" Listed In Serious Condition
An Anaheim police officer shot while making a traffic stop early Monday morning was hospitalized in serious condition. Kasey Geary, age 39, an 18-year veteran of the force and Medal of Valor recipient, was upgraded from critical to serious at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center.
The shooting occurred at about 02:00PDT on a ramp to the Orange (57) Freeway near West Ball Road. Geary had just radioed in that he was about to pull a car over. He identified the vehicle using its license plate and then there was several minutes of silence. The next call that came through the police radio was about the officer's injuries. A gunshot entered the left side of Geary's face, just below the cheekbone. The bullet then settled at the base of his neck.
The gunman is still at large, and investigators are worried that he might be fleeing to Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol was alerted to the matter and is assisting in the search for the suspect...
26 June 2000
NEW YORK CITY:
Duty NYPD Detective Survives Shootout With Three Suspects
An off-duty NYPD detective running his family's Brooklyn laundermat shot it out with three suspects early Sunday, hitting two robbers and getting shot in the chest and wrist. According to witnesses, Detective Victor Romero first tried to appease the gunmen -- but started shooting when one assailant cocked his .380-semiautomatic handgun.
A witness, one of four customers in the launder-mat located at 94-20 Kings Highway at the time of the robbery was quoted as saying: "The suspect clicked the gun, pinning the owner (Romero) against the wall. Then I heard 'Pow! Pow!' I saw the owner raise his hands all bloodied. He was very strong. After he got shot, he kept going after the suspect."
Romero was reported to be in serious but stable condition at Kings County Hospital. His mangled left wrist will probably need reconstructive surgery, but his chest wound is not as serious...
23 June 2000
SEATTLE, WA: A police
spokeswoman said officers shot and killed a suspected bank robber who wounded
an officer in a shootout on Thursday while a massive manhunt failed to locate
a second suspect who fled on foot. The officer, identified only as a
three-year veteran on the force, was hit by three bullets in his arm and
shoulders and was reported in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center.
The dead suspect was identified as a 25-year-old Hispanic male from a Seattle
suburb. The suspects robbed a Wells Fargo bank branch in a shopping center in
North Seattle.
MISSOURI:
Two Corrections Officers Killed In Botched Jail Break
In a botched attempt to breakout an inmate from a county jail in Huntsville, Missouri, a man and a woman reportedly rang the night bell at the facility and opened fire when they were let in on Thursday. Two jail guards were killed in the shooting. After killing the guards at the Randolph County Jail, the murderers searched for the key to the inmate's cell but couldn't find it and fled. Huntsville is about 110 miles east of Kansas City.
The two suspects, a 19-year-old male and a 27-year-old woman, were arrested without incident about nine hours later after a police officer spotted them walking along a Kansas highway 130 miles away. Killed were jail guards Leon Egley, age 33, and 36-year-old Jason Acton. Both were both shot repeatedly with a pistol. Both were unarmed because county policy prohibits weapons inside the jail...
GOLDEN, CO:
Columbine Shooting After-Action Report
An official report released on Monday said that two enraged teen-age gunmen took just 16 minutes to kill 13 people and wound 21 others during last year's massacre at Columbine High School. The report delivered to the news media and families of victims after a 13-month investigation by the Jefferson County sheriff's office also concluded what everybody already knew -- that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold acted alone. Click here for a Columbine H.S. Primary Timeline, which offers a brief chronological account of the events of April 20, 1999. Other portions of the report are also available at ABCNews.com
22 May 2000
CHEROKEE
COUNTY, GA: Atlanta SWAT team members are being praised for their help
in putting an accused cop killer behind bars. The Doraville police chief
is crediting them for tracking down 22-year-old Bautista Ramirez near a
Cherokee County home. Ramirez is accused of the execution-style shooting
death of Doraville Police detective Hugo Arango last weekend. Bautista
Ramirez was apprehended Saturday afternoon after the largest manhunt in
Georgia history...
18 May 2000
ORLANDO, FL: A police officer was killed after her
squad car went out of control while responding to assist a fellow officer.
The accident happened at about 04:45EDT on McLeod Boulevard near Willy
Mayes Parkway. The officer reportedly lost control of her car and crashed
into a concrete utility poll. Firefighters had to extricate the officer
from the vehicle. She died a short while later at an area hospital.
Identification of the officer is being withheld pending notification of
her next-of-kin...
20 Apr 2000 - From http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm
CALIFORNIA:
Anti-Gang Officer Killed In Apparent "Ambush"; Line of Duty Death
Authorities in Long Beach, California, said on Sunday that two anti-gang police officers were fired upon during a late-night patrol. One of the officers was killed and the other was wounded. A pregnant woman in a nearby house was also wounded in the shooting. Police searched a nine-square block area but have no suspects.
Police Chief Jerome E. Lance was cautious to call the shooting an ambush. Lance said: "What we are categorizing it as is our officers were both shot at in an unusual situation. It's difficult to call it an ambush because there were some other factors in this case that I can't reveal at this time that may cause it not to have been specifically an ambush of those officers."
Killed was 33-year-old Officer Daryle Black. Officer Rick Delfin, age 41, was hospitalized in good condition. He suffered a leg wound and was hit in the head by bullet fragments. A 45-year-old woman who is seven months' pregnant was listed in good condition after a bullet struck her after entering her home.
18 Apr 2000 - From http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm
LOS ANGELES, CA:
Authorities said that two LAPD officers working in the San Fernando Valley
braved flames, smoke and exploding helium tanks to rescue two men who were
trapped in a burning house early Sunday. The fire destroyed a flower and
gift shop and damaged an adjoining three-bedroom house. The blaze broke
out at about 02:00PDT in the 400 block of North Maclay Street. LAPD
Officers Christian Colelli and Carlos Topete, who were on patrol, arrived
within a few seconds after being dispatched. The officers said they could
hear the shop's helium tanks exploding. They kicked open a door of the
house and escorted two men outside.