Posted on 04/27/2006 10:30:16 AM PDT by pitinkie
A police officer was critically injured in a shooting at the Cleveland airport Thursday morning after he confronted a man at a ticket counter, officials said.
Several shots rang out as the two struggled, and both the officer and the man he had confronted were taken to hospitals, said Fred Szabo, director of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. No one else was injured.
Szabo wasn't sure if the man was armed before the confrontation or if he had grabbed the officer's gun. The shooting, shortly after 10 a.m., was in an area before security check points. The airport remained open.
"We have several witnesses who saw it happen, a number of police officers, TSA employees and some passengers as well," Szabo said.
Employees at the United Airlines ticket counter were being interviewed by investigators after the shooting, United spokesman Robin Urbanski said
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same bullet, but the 38super goes 30-40% faster. that and i have this odd love for lesser used cartridges. i can always load my own ammo for it (which i do), but factory ammo is harder to come by. makes it less likely that in a SHTF situation, if i do a new york reload, that anyone else can use it against me.
No he was not! Police officials said, "...we will address that after he recovers". (SOP to wear the vest.)
Sad.
Two officers went over to check out the disturbance. There was a struggle. The man grabbed officer Steven Walker's gun and shot the officer twice in the chest, officials said.
Not confirmed but media sources say that the "man" was actually Cynthia McKinney in male drag and that he/she was outraged at the questioning regarding who might have packed her/his bags prior to the flight.
Was she wearing her "Buckwheat" wig? Did she slug the officer?
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