City officer, 37, shot to death during ambush (Unarmed citizen alert)

Baltimore Scum ^ | 11/24/2002 | Del Quentin Wilber

[gunnut]

An off-duty Baltimore police officer was shot and killed early yesterday as he stepped outside a bar in apparent retaliation for testifying against two men convicted of wounding him during an ambush last year.

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After yesterday's shooting, the two men jumped into a waiting car and sped away, police said. A man working as a security guard near the bar watched the shooting, grabbed the officer's gun, jumped into a car and followed the three men, police said.

The security guard fired at the men during the chase but did not hit anyone, police said.

[gunnut]

A security guard had to arm himself with the dead officer's gun because in the infinite wisdom of this state, there are very few handgun permits issued.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the officer's family.

[rllngrk33]

Unfortunately this will only result in calls for more gun control. Exactly the wrong solution, especially in the Peoples Republik of Raryland.

[rllngrk33]

Raryland=Maryland

[Consort]

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The title advertises, "Unarmed citizen alert." The story says a third party security guard picked up the officer's (victim) gun and chased the killers. What's with the 'unarmed' alert? The story says the officer was ambushed coming out of a bar. Maybe the alert should have been about loosing your edge while drinking.

[gunnut]

A man working as a security guard near the bar watched the shooting, grabbed the officer's gun, jumped into a car and followed the three men, police said.

Newman fell to the ground, police said, and the gunmen stood over his body, aimed and continued to shoot.

Three bullets struck the officer's chest, and at least one was found lodged in his heart, Norris said. The girlfriend was not injured, and police declined to provide more details

The security guard apparently had to stand by and watch this happen but could not do anything until the officer was dead. Had the guard been armed, he may have been able to help the officer before the thugs got to repeatedly shoot the officer especially after the officer was already down. As for the officer's loosing his edge, it appears that he was ambushed and executed.