The car
Posted on 07/15/2009 6:33:42 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
WASHINGTON – A chaotic scene unfolded near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a routine rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly.
U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man refused to stop at the checkpoint about two blocks north of the Capitol complex. The man drove the wrong way down a street and struck two officers with his car — one on foot and the other on a motorcycle, Schneider said. The two officers received minor injuries.
Police opened fire after the man brandished a handgun and refused to put it down, said Schneider, who described the melee as "very fast moving, very fluid."
"The officers felt they were being threatened — they were in fear for their lives," Schneider said.
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They sure as hell are not putting his picture out are they?
What nationality? Anyone know the name yet?
I’d say it was Patches Kennedy but he’s over 35 years old (chronologically).
Or, his name!
Those tourists will have a story to tell when they get home. Life in Our Nation’s Capital.
LEO ping...sounds like nice shootin’ to me
“Oh, please be a right-wing loon. Please be a right-wing loon. Please, please, please, oh pretty please.” - Keith Olbermann
All they’ve said on local TV here is that it was a “black male.” The license plate on his car (a white Mercedes) looked a little odd, like it might have been a dealer’s plate or something, but I couldn’t see it very well on TV. I am pretty sure it wasn’t a DC plate.
The car
What is up with the check points? Are they like “papers please”?
35 YO black man driving a white Benz, from witness descriptions.
10-9-8-7....count down ‘til talk radio is blamed....
Might have been a stolen car, which would be one reason why he didn’t stop.
Maybe a pimpmobile?
They all used to drive white Cadillacs, but a Mercedes might be the car of choice today.
Suicide by Capital police...
And a pro-life sticker on his shirt.
It could have been a rolling meth lab too.
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