Posted on 03/28/2015 9:02:39 PM PDT by jonatron
Police have identified the suspect who allegedly shot a police officer eye during a vehicle stop, sending him into a coma where he's now fighting for his life.
Officer John Moynihan, 34, was attacked when he pulled over suspected gang members in Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday evening.
The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Angelo West, was shot dead by other officers at the scene in Boston on Friday evening after he opened fire. A female bystander was shot in the arm.
West allegedly shot Moynihan 'point blank' and emptied his revolver in the unprovoked attack, police said, according to the Boston Globe.
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The dead scumbag had a long police record.
Good riddance.
The young officer was also a veteran.
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That thug’s face would make an excellent target picture.
the dead guy wasn’t much of a looker was he.....too bad he didn’t suffer a little bit...
are the marxists in boston going to have an investigation as to why the cops used excessive force on poor angelo.
and by the way, a 41 year old gang member? i thought their life expectancy was like 28.
“The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Angelo West, was shot dead by other officers at the scene in Boston on Friday evening after he opened fire.”
Uh-oh, here we go again: Ferguson, Part 2!
He probably killed everybody in his way. He’s not so big, dead.
I’m waiting for the cold weather to end and the hot summer to start.
The cities will be ... interesting.
The collateral impact on society by the illegal drug industry is shown here. To reduce the crime we need to take down this industry. Where during the years of prohibition, there were no high tech capabilities to enforce the law. Now we have so many tools in the box, we could pull these druggies out by the roots.
Why don’t we do it? The illegal drug industry has corrupted the leaders in the cities. If they aren’t high on the stuff, they are getting kickbacks from it.
“He was a good dude, just been married last year, just had a baby. He did a lot of time in prison but he was a good dude, he came home and turned his life around,” Shawn Washington said of his “best friend,” Angelo West, who was shot and killed by police on Humboldt Avenue Friday night. “I never, ever woke up crying — I woke up crying this morning.”
As members of the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force approached the vehicle that West was riding in at 6:40 p.m. near the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Ruthven Street, West “exited the car and opened fire on the officer,” police said.
Officer John T. Moynihan, 34, suffered a gunshot wound to the face and was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition. West, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A third, female victim, who police believe was caught in the crossfire, suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was transported to Boston Medical Center.
This was not the first time West had fired at police officers — he was sentenced to 7 to 10 years in prison after a July 2001 shooting.
West was arrested after firing a .22-caliber pistol at a pair of cops in the Theatre District, one of whom was now-retired officer Bill Griffiths, 59, who was on routine bicycle patrol about 2:55 a.m. when he saw a state trooper grappling with West on Stuart Street. Griffiths said West begged him to shoot him.
“What I have to live with right now is to say, ‘Maybe if I had done just a little bit more that night then this wouldn’t have happened to this poor man,’ ” Griffiths, whose brother, Sherman, died in a Dorchester drug bust in 1988, told the Herald yesterday. “My family went through that with my brother — in the aftermath it’s always people saying ‘he’s a nice guy, he had a baby.’ His intent was to hurt policemen.
“West allegedly shot Moynihan ‘point blank’ and emptied his revolver in the unprovoked attack, police said.....”
An unarmed black man. Who was attacked by police for no reason.
He prolly had his hands up after his last shot. And police should have just cuffed the surrendering man (just a kid, really) who reasonably believed the cops were out to murder him cuz he was black, and was known to resist oppression and white privilege.
S...jic
Some serious high fiving going on at the WH.
Pray America is waking
I wonder if winter will ever leave New England. It’s been snowy and 27.
Prayers up.
Masshole
The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Angelo West, was shot dead by other officers at the scene in Boston on Friday evening after he opened fire. A female bystander was shot in the arm. West allegedly shot Moynihan 'point blank' and emptied his revolver in the unprovoked attack, police said, according to the Boston Globe.No "allegedly" -- the perp did it, and he's dead. Good riddance.
Prayers for the officer, and happy thoughts about the dead scumbag.
I actually do see it way more often in comments on various articles of black on white crime. People are getting angry. The race pimps overplayed their hands with the Ferguson Riot and the dumbed down Gruberized population is finally waking up.
Look at the mug shot. He is a natural born killer. He has no use to society.
Prayers for the officer and may the evil shooter rot in hell.
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