Trooper kills Newington officer, then turns gun on himself

Associated Press ^ | November 22 2005

[ConservativeStatement]

NEWINGTON, Conn. -- Hours after counseling Newington High School students mourning the death of a classmate, Officer Ciara McDermott was shot to death in her home by her ex-boyfriend, a suspended state trooper who then turned the gun on himself.

Victor Diaz was found dead on the second floor of McDermott's West Hartford home. He was facing allegations of using a statewide police data base to look up the license plate of a car parked in McDermott's driveway.

[ConservativeStatement]

Eerie.

[ken5050]

Sadly, the holiday season is also the suicide season...Loneliness, family problems, are often the trigger..

[Khepera]

Well this is a good reason to avoid personal relationships with anyone but Jesus.

[No Blue States]

Why cant some men just let them go, there are a million fish in the sea.

[Horatio Gates]

How nice of this POS to make his problems everyone else's problem. /s

[Khepera]

Yea he might.

[wideawake]

Are you a Shaker?

[Khepera]

No I'm a sinner.

[subterfuge]

"He was facing allegations of using a statewide police data base to look up the license plate of a car parked in McDermott's driveway."

Well that has GOT to be a first. /sarc

[Idisarthur]

Why cant some men just let them go, there are a million fish in the sea.

Some men and women can't let go because they never venture out of the 20 mile radius that they call home.

The masses don't have a global perspective... let alone a statewide perspective.

: )

[cripplecreek]

A few years back a couple of lesbian Detroit cops got into a bit of a quarrel that ended up with gunplay in a party store parking lot.

[radar101]

Murder Suicide--Yes.
Being penalized for doing a search outside of a valid investigation--no. Been going on for 10 years to protect "Privacy".
In California, I left law enforcment at the end of 2001 by way of retirement. From about 1995 on, all police agencies were warned twice per year that any search outside a valid investigation would be punished by punitive administrative action, up to and including, dismissal, 6 months in jail, and a $1,000 fine.

This was the over-reaction by Liberals to the murder of some movie actress. The killer was able to buy her identifying information at the DMV.

[eastforker]

But anyone can enter those data bases for a fee!

[Dust in the Wind]

"...they never venture out of the 20 mile radius that they call home.
The masses don't have a global perspective... let alone a statewide perspective."

I know thats right, no matter what they 'learn' from the media.

[No Blue States]

One would think the power of the Internet could broaden their horizons. I hate stories like this, they hit close to home.

[TalonDJ]

This was the over-reaction by Liberals to the murder of some movie actress.

Does not seem like OVERreaction to me.

[ApplegateRanch]

Well this is a good reason to avoid personal relationships with anyone but Jesus.

That sounds like Shaker ideology.

Results in lots of nice furniture, and nobody to bequeath it to.

[aimhigh]

Diaz

Affirmative action hire?