Posted on 12/18/2004 6:45:29 PM PST by nanak
Two Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were shot Thursday during the serving of a search warrant in east Mesa. A suspect was shot by a third deputy.
Deputy Sean Pearce, who is the son of Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, was shot in the abdomen. He was flown to Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, where he underwent surgery to remove part of his large intestine. Deputy Lew Argetsinger was shot in the hand and taken by ambulance to the medical center. Both were stable.
The suspect, Jorge Luis Guerra Vargas, 22, was flown to Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix with nonlife-threatening facial injuries.
According to authorities, detectives with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office wanted to execute a search warrant at the mobile home of a homicides investigative lead, but asked Maricopa County SWAT team members to enter first to ensure their safety.
Lt. Dave Trombi said seven members of the team knocked on the door at 111 S. 91st Way at 6:35 a.m., announced their presence in English and Spanish, then broke through the door. They were a short distance inside when a subject opened fire.
Both deputies shot were wearing ballistic body armor, but Pearce was struck in an unprotected spot, Trombi said.
A third deputy returned fire on GuerraVargas, who was alone in the home, Trombi said.
Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mike Minter said detectives had hoped to obtain evidence pertaining to a recent homicide in Hewlitt Station, a community near Queen Valley.
A hunter called deputies Dec. 5 after he found a body with a gunshot wound to the head buried under a pile of scrap lumber, Minter said.
Investigators found fresh tire tracks on the scene, and the clue led authorities to the mobile home.
Esteban Soto, the investigative lead in the case, was found Thursday in New Mexico and is being detained for questioning there.
Deputies are still working to identify the body, which is described as a 20- to 25-year-old Hispanic male.
Pearce has been on the force for 11 years, Deputy Argetsinger for three years.
Rep. Pearce, said he was in Washington, D.C., testifying on an immigration panel when he was told his son had been shot.
"He is feisty. He will do well," he said. "I guarantee that the moment he is allowed back, he will put that uniform on and be out there doing police work."
Russell Pearce also was shot in the chest and hand in the line of duty about 20 years ago while chasing gang members in Guadalupe.
Efforts to contact Argetsinger's family were unsuccessful.
Found him again a few days later -- out in the elements again and hovering on the shady side of herpetological coma. I nick-named him Brain Dead. Even at 4 feet, he's no threat to the dogs or cats, so he has free movement when I'm at home. He is currently coiled up under the desk lamp.
Me: I'm not going to link to stormfront. Do your own search.
You: There you go running for the little race card hoping it will be your silver bullet.
You asked the question. Are you feeling ok?
depends on the poll you look at sometimes it is higher than 80%.
The root cause is that illegal aliens have governments that care nothing for their people. In addition, we have a government that caters to illegal aliens at the expense of Americans.
I suspect the problems are similar for each state, it is just that the degree of severity is greater in southern states
What problems?
Ask a Mexican. They got NAFTA-shafted. Truly and without vaseline.
Is it really that bad for you? I'm sorry. I have a decent job, and I've got friends and relatives passing on job offers. I can't relate I guess.
Nice work, associating illegals with rapists and thieves. It's so effortless for you. You must be very practiced from the forum you were posting to prior to Sep 16, 2004.
You think we have 15 million fresh faces in the country illegally that are on the verge of revolting and you don't have the strength to even stand up against it in your own mind.
That's quite a leap. I never said the illegals were on the verge of revolt. I said ripping 15 million from their homes and shipping them to Mexico, where they cannot sustain themselves, is a recipe for disaster. Thank you for allowing me another opportunity to highlight a point few people consider, which is the Human Beings were are talking about will behave in a predictable manner. It may take some time to carefully weigh the outcomes and consequences of actions, but it can be done. Think.
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You are partially correct. It is a recipe for disaster for the wannabe Spanish Dons who now rule every aspect of Mexican life. The rest of the population are just peons to them, human chattel to be used or abused as they see fit.
I just read on www.americanpatrol.com, that Bush and Fox are going to resume talks and illegal aliens will receive drivers licenses this year.
How are the two men that were shot?
I really doubt there will be any grating of licenses. Last word tonight from Russell Pearce was that Sean and Lew were doing fine.
I am glad to hear they are doing fine. My sympathies to them and their families.
What can I possibly say in the face of such tragedy except I am truly sorry for your loss. I often write in a sarcastic tone, but I honestly understand your anger if you are factually relaying your story. Prayers for the dead.
Anecdotal evidence is not proof, just as the brutal slaying of children at Columbine was not proof toward banning guns, or against the existence of God. It's just sad. There is a child in Mexico who's father was shot by bandits and sister raped by the responding Sheriff. Life sometimes sucks. You have my sympathy but my opinion remains my opinion.
Two of the four coyotes involved are now facing the death penalty.
As well they should. I hope it gives some measure of consoling.
The Spaniards tried to establish a presidio a few miles northeast of my house about the time of the French & Indian Wars. The Apaches turned it into an exotic game preserve, allowing a few survivors to escape back to Mexico less than two years later. The Mexicans never even tried tried to come back until the 4th US Cavalry had the area under control in 1875.
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