We need to make our country safer for ordianry civilians, and for our law enforcement too.
From MSNBC.com:
'Totally unprovoked': San Diego cop shot in head at stoplight
Suspect dies following gunbattle with police at nearby apartment
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego police officer was shot in the head Saturday in an apparent unprovoked attack, officials said. A suspect died later following a shootout with police.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the officer was wounded as he waited at a stoplight alongside a vehicle suspected of being involved in a shooting hours earlier.KGTV reported that the officer had suffered a shotgun wound. The officer, whose name was not released, was in critical condition at Scripps Mercy Hospital.
'He had no idea' The officer was shot around 5:30 p.m. local time when he pulled up to a black Audi in the City Heights area on the city's eastside and a passenger in that car shot him.
"As far as we know, it was totally unprovoked," Police Capt. Jim Collins told the newspaper. "He was not attempting to stop the suspect vehicle. He had no idea that was the suspect vehicle."
He said the shooting led police to track down the vehicle to a nearby apartment, where a gunbattle occurred. One suspect was fatally shot.
Police believed a second suspect was holed up inside and surrounded the apartment, but later found the unit was empty.
The Audi was suspected of being involved in a shooting at an In-N-Out restaurant about two hours earlier and 14 miles away in El Cajon. Police chased the vehicle on the freeway, but had to give up after it reached speeds of more than 100 mph.
The Associated Press and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
Maybe they should take a queue from the top rated Brady State for gun control--oh yeah, they are the top rated Brady state for gun control.
ReplyDeleteThis is very sad indeed. I noticed some of the commenters on the news sites were ex-police officers from San Diego. SDPD has a tradition of good chiefs and good officers. Jerry Sanders and David Bejarano being the two most recent. They have an excellent safety record, a reputation for fairness and the respect of our citizens.
ReplyDeleteThis strikes pretty close to home. I used to walk, ride and drive with no fear anywhere from downtown San Diego to City Heights. There are a lot of good families struggling to keep their kids on the up and up. Many homes have bars on the windows. The police are aware of a huge gang problem stretching south all the way to the border.
People acting illegally, with illegal guns, kill people. Solution - fewer illegal guns for them to use like this.
We need to make our country safer for ordianry civilians, and for our law enforcement too.
The shooting, the murder, the driving while armed were all illegal. If this guy carried more than one gun, including a shotgun with which he was willing to shoot a cop in the face, it's a safe bet his lifestyle was illegal as well. But the gun was very likely purchased legally. I don't see why not. What can we do to prevent such a tragedy in the future? The only real answer is to pull people out of poverty. We need to lift up the entire community to reduce overall crime. Each victory is a hard-fought battle. Anything else is meaningless. But thank God, cop-killers are a rare breed and surely reviled by all but the most hardened and desperate criminals.