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NFT: Man sets house on fire shoots & kills cop responding to 911

steve in ky : 11/23/2014 3:18 pm
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A man who had made previous threats against police set his house on fire Saturday and ambushed the first sheriff's deputy who responded, fatally shooting the deputy and wounding another before he was killed by a police officer who lives nearby, a law enforcement official said.

The man's name and address had been entered into a law enforcement computer system because of previous threats, but the 911 dispatcher who entered the fire call put in the address of a neighbor who reported the blaze, so the alert wasn't activated and the Leon County deputy who responded first had no warning, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information.

The gunman was hiding outside the house when the deputy approached about 10:15 a.m., the official said. He shot the deputy from behind, shot him again after he fell and then took the deputy's gun. The gunman then tried to take other weapons from the deputy's car, but they were locked down, said the official said, who had spoken to law enforcement officials handling the case.

The gunman, who lived at the end of a cul-de-sac, then shot another deputy, who escaped serious injury because of a bullet-proof vest. A Tallahassee police officer getting ready to work the Florida State University football game heard the shots, ran outside and fatally shot the gunman, who was hiding as other deputies and officers approached, the official said....


Horrible senseless killing of an officer doing nothing more than his duty responding to a 911 call for help.



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i recall a very similar  
natefit : 11/23/2014 3:34 pm : link
story a few years back as well.
RE: i recall a very similar  
montanagiant : 11/23/2014 3:49 pm : link
In comment 11993661 natefit said:
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story a few years back as well.

You might be thinking of the firefighters shot by Rochester NY a couple years back...Right around the same time i believe
It's got to be something in the water  
Modus Operandi : 11/23/2014 4:08 pm : link
Down there in Tallahassee.
That's awful  
Mad Mike : 11/23/2014 4:17 pm : link
Terrible bad luck that the operator had the next door address, so the warning about the guy wasn't sent to the responding officer.
Deputy killed was Chris Smith, a 47 year old father of two.  
RDJR : 11/23/2014 4:24 pm : link
May he rest in peace.
RIP  
rdt288 : 11/23/2014 4:27 pm : link
-Died a hero; not in vane
RE: i recall a very similar  
Ben in Tampa : 11/23/2014 4:31 pm : link
In comment 11993661 natefit said:
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story a few years back as well.


Yes, almost identical story out of Rochester NY. Town of Webster. I believe two firefighters were shot and killed.

Horrible.
Another coward.  
SoDev : 11/23/2014 7:28 pm : link
Real hard to ambush innocent people who have no idea what is coming.
My goodness...  
dcgiantsfan : 11/23/2014 7:58 pm : link
...what is wrong with people. Seems like these sort of senseless crimes are on the rise. What a shame!
RIP  
nedhiggins : 11/23/2014 8:56 pm : link
the only cops that get press are the shitty ones. A guy like this thought he was doing his job, going to check on someone who might be dying in their burning house. And he gets fucking shot and killed. Awful, hope the shooter rots in hell.
War on law enforcement  
kepler20 : 11/24/2014 1:23 am : link
People feel oppressed and are exacting revenge on the police. I told you all that this would happen more and more
RE: War on law enforcement  
montanagiant : 11/24/2014 1:26 am : link
In comment 11996646 kepler20 said:
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People feel oppressed and are exacting revenge on the police. I told you all that this would happen more and more

Go fuck yourself, you asshole troll
RE: RE: War on law enforcement  
kepler20 : 11/24/2014 1:42 am : link
In comment 11996653 montanagiant said:
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In comment 11996646 kepler20 said:


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People feel oppressed and are exacting revenge on the police. I told you all that this would happen more and more


Go fuck yourself, you asshole troll


Yeah and? Michael brown is only going to make it worse

The war on law enforcement now crosses the color barrier.

If this is not a signal to you all that there is a serious issue with how this country deals with gun violence, nothing ever productive will be learned from these outbursts, and more and more children will die because of the weapons terrorists in this country.
This is mental illness  
WideRight : 11/24/2014 7:20 am : link
A variation of death-by-cop. Extrapolating this to larger issues is way off base.
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