Three way Gunfight: Police and Homeowner vs Burglars

Gun Watch ^ | 15 March, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

 Jacksonville sheriff Director Tom Hackney

Citizens and police make an effective team to stop crime.  Where there is high cooperation with, and trust of the police, crime rates tend to be very low.  In this case in Brentwood, Florida, cooperation went a bit further than exchanging information.   The police and homeowner cooperated in returning fire against criminals that had broken into the occupied home, refused to follow police orders, and fired at the police.

In the Brentwood case, the homeowner had been victimized the day before, on 11 March, 2015.  His house had been broken into, and guns had been stolen.  The next day, his children, about 15 and 16 years of age, were home while he was at work.  He received a call from them, saying that there were two men at the front door, knocking and ringing the doorbell.  He told them to hang up and call police.  At that time his children told him that the men had broken into the residence.

Both the homeowner and the children called 911.  The homeowner and the first responding officer, Matthew Krueger, arrived at the residence at the same time.  They had a brief conference, then split up.  The officer went to one side of the residence on Brick street, where he saw a suspect exiting a window.  He drew his taser and ordered the suspect to stop and get on the ground.  The suspect ignored the order and moved to the back yard, which contained a truck, car, and large gas grill.  The officer then received gunfire from the area of these objects, transitioned to his firearm, and returned fire.  The officer loses sight of the suspects.

During this gunfight, the homeowner also fired shots.  Additional officers arrived, finding the homeowner and a neighbor holding a wounded suspect at gunpoint at the front of the house.   The suspect was wounded in the shoulder.  A second suspect escaped.  Brentwood school was briefly locked down.

Officer Krueger has been placed on administrative leave, a standard policy for a police shooting at this department.  

Link to video interview of Jacksonville police

The police do not know if it was officer Krueger or the homeowner who wounded the burglary suspect.  The suspect is in the hospital and is said to be cooperating with the police.  The second suspect is described as a young black male, wearing tan shorts and a dark shirt.  He was wearing a red beanie type cap, which was recovered in a neighbor's yard.

The police have not determined if these burglars are the same who committed the crime from the day before, or if any of the shots fired came from firearms stolen the day before.

Most of the crime in the country occurs in areas where the police are not trusted, or in bordering areas.   People in those border areas have to be on constant alert for what are essentially "raids" from the areas where the criminals live.  The areas were police are not trusted have become the modern frontier.


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[marktwain]

Cooperation with the police makes all the difference in a community. If the community believes that the criminal justice system works reasonably well, crime rates will be low.

[Organic Panic]

I love a happy ending.

In places like Port St. Lucie and Ferguson the people HATE the cops, antagonize them like crazy, won’t ‘snitch,’ but the second a McNugget is missing from their McDonald’s order they dial 911 and expect the police to handle the situation.

[PhiloBedo]

The perps are Trayvon Martin wannabes. Paging Barry Soetero...your sons are on the red phone.

[Tupelo]

Headline in local paper probably read:

COP & VIGILANTE SHOOT BLACK TEENAGER

[KoRn]

Would have expected the police to kill the homeowners(along with their pets), and let the home invaders go free.

That’s pretty much how things go most of the time these days. Sadly.....

[bikerman]

Slugs for Thugs.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** or in bordering areas. People in those border areas have to be on constant alert for what are essentially “raids” from the areas where the criminals live.***

My grandparent’s family farm was in one of these areas near Nashville, TN. On one side of the creek was N****r town(Their words,not mine).

The other side was another nice farm which was later sold and high dollar resident homes built there.

My aunt said she saw lots of black kids go into this nice area and steal everything they could get their hands on. She would often go out and yell at them to get off her property. I won’t say the words she used.

[Ken H]

Most of the crime in the country occurs in areas where the police are not trusted, or in bordering areas.

'Let's see now. Are there any other facts about violent crime we've not mentioned?'

[CGASMIA68]

where did Pt St Lucie come from?

[PLMerite]

“’Let’s see now. Are there any other facts about violent crime we’ve not mentioned?’ “

Perhaps the elephant should be a darker shade of gray?

[Peet]

“where did Pt St Lucie come from?”

Port Ste. Lucie became a joke (Rush loves to bash it) when a McDonald’s customer callet 9-1-1 when the aforesaid McDonalds ran out of chicken mcnuggets.

[CGASMIA68]

was that McD’s in PSL?

[CGASMIA68]

Just checked Ft Pierce,next town up.Dad used to keep a Grand Banks in Ft P...Other than the water front areas it pretty much sucks.
There was a Winn Dixie that had a life guard chair in the parking lot..the life guard was an armed guard.nice town

[marktwain]

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

[PAR35]

a young black male

You aren't supposed to say that about a criminal.

[nascarnation]

I’ve been switching to Renegade Mennonite male.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

CGASMIA68: "where did Pt St Lucie come from?"

I believe it is a direct reference to Travon Martin vs Zimmerman where an unarmed black thug thought he could MMA a crime resistor ( who happened to be armed).
"Opps ! You got me !"

[Peet]

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/told-mcnuggets-ran-out-fort-pierce-woman-calls-911

The woman is from Fort Pierce and this article says the McD’s is in the same. Funny because I first heard PSL and Rush STILL says PSL so maybe it is bad data. Maybe the PSL police picked up the call.

Article said “a McDonald’s in the 600 block of North U.S. 1” but I’m too lazy to google maps it...

Now I’m just confused. But anyhow that is the reason for the PSL reference in the OP...