Texas Police Chief Killed In Traffic Stop [Suspect 24-Year Old Joshua Manuel Lopez]

CNN ^ | August 23, 2014 | Leslie Holland

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Texas Police Chief Killed In Traffic Stop By Leslie Holland, CNN updated 12:27 AM EDT, Sun August 24, 2014

Police Chief Michael Pimentel had made a traffic stop He was shot multiple times, Bexar County officials says Pimentel dies at hospital Elmendorf, with 1,500 residents, is just south of San Antonio

(CNN) -- A police chief in a small Texas town was shot multiple times during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon and later died, authorities said. Michael Pimentel served in Elmendorf, a suburb southeast of San Antonio with about 1,500 residents.

According to Rosanne Hughes, spokeswoman of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Pimentel pulled over a vehicle in a residential area. There was a struggle and Pimentel was shot, Hughes said.

The chief was flown by helicopter to University Hospital in San Antonio, where he died of his wounds, according to Hughes.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office took 24-year-old Joshua Manuel Lopez into custody and he will face charges of capital murder of a police officer, said Hughes.

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At a press conference, Sheriff Susan L. Pamerleau expressed her department’s condolences and said “even on a quiet, peaceful day in a small town, it can turn deadly in an instant.”

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RIP.

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Cartel related?

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Tell it to officer Darren Wilson, who has death threats !
He'd understand about struggles for a gun, and an assault !
Was the 'perp' a legal immigrant , or an illegal ?
Did ICE , DHS , of "JUST-US' Dept. send out the CRS (Community Resource Services) ?
to protest with REV(?) Al Sharptongue , or Rev.(?) Jessie ?