Posted on 09/28/2006 1:39:03 PM PDT by RDTF
Police were searching for a man who shot two Polk County sheriff's deputies and a police dog following a traffic stop Thursday, authorities said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said one of the deputies died.
The deputies were taken to a hospital after the noontime shooting in north Lakeland, Judd said. The condition of the other deputy was not immediately known.
The shooter was first approached in a traffic stop, but he then fled into a wooded area, Judd said. Shots were fired, and the two deputies and a police dog were hit, he said.
The shooting occurred near Kathleen High School, which was locked down, Wood said. A woman at the school who would identify herself only as Mrs. Platt said students were locked in their classrooms and were safe.
Television video footage showed armed police with shields searching a wooded area with traffic backed up on nearby Interstate 4, which runs through the city about 35 miles east of Tampa.
A law enforcement helicopter flew over the area, and armed officers were seen surrounding a ramshackle building.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Also prayers for the brave police dog
I just heard the press conference. The K-9 officer and his dog were killed. One other officer was shot in the leg. The perp is still at large.
double heart break
Do dogs have immortal souls? If not, what are you praying for? Just curious. I'm not versed in theology.
go away, that is so inappropriate
Meantime, my heart aches for the pain and suffering of all involved.
CSI would have already identified and caught him by now. This is unacceptable. It's been over 4 hours. Law & Order would have already tried and convicted him. Others would already have killed him. (/sarcasm)
per CNN:
Deputy Matthew Williams, a 12-year veteran of the department, and his canine officer were both shot to death, Judd said. Deputy Doug Spears was shot in the leg and was expected to make a full recovery.
I see we're sadly on similar topics today ... coast to coast.
Please add me to the updates ping, if you will.
dockrock is posting good updates on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710136/posts
If so, that's absurd. Killing a man is murder. Killing a dog may be tasteless and evil, but it is not murder. Any attempt to equate a dog, regardless of what role it has been trained to fill, with a human is abhorrant and idiotic. It is liberalism run amok. It is PETA think of the first class.
You go away. You posted the comment. I asked for clarification. Rather than answer a civil question you pop up with a liberal-style ad hominum attack. I shall not go away, but perhaps you should if you can't sustain a civil discourse. Which, after all, is the whole point of FR.
Good day.
You are a jerk. You obviously misunderstand FR. I have no patience for people that would post a comment/question like that on a thread like this. You have chosen the wrong person to attack. Take your ridiculous comments somewhere else 'Jack Black'.
You are the one engaged in name calling and rude responses to simple questions. I understand FR quite well, thanks very much. I've been here since 1998. I'll keep my comments here and I'll continue to point them at you if I feel like it. Get over it.
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