Posted on 07/11/2020 8:30:45 PM PDT by bryan999
wo police officers were killed in a Texas border town Saturday in what authorities described as an ambush shooting.
The gunman later killed himself after engaging in a shootout with other responding officers, The Monitor of McAllen, Texas, reported.
The slain McAllen officers were identified as Edelmiro Garza, 45, and Ismael Chavez, 39. They were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance complaint, The Monitor reported.
We have lost two brave public servants who sought only to keep peace in our City, McAllen police Chief Victor Rodriguez said via text message Saturday, according to the newspaper.
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott addressed the news via Twitter on Saturday evening and praised the self-sacrifice of the two officers.
"Two of our finest were killed in the line of duty while working to protect residents in their community," Abbott wrote. "I've spoken with McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez and offered the full support of the State of Texas. We unite to #BackTheBlue."
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Where’s the pic and the name?
That's just asking for a disaster to happen. Maybe these liberal cities will once again serve as beacons to rest of the U.S. as examples of what not to do.
Every day I’m thankful that my daughter and her husband retired from that job couple yrs ago.
IMO the MSM is 100% responsible for this outbreak of police killings.
Through sensationalizing , editing they have fired up the hatred.
This happened a lot during Obamas last term.
Not only that which I agree with you, but the seeds were planted and grew into what we’re seeing today. He’s sitting back enjoying his community organizing dreams come true.......that sorry POS!
You bet he is. O is bad period.
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