Posted on 05/18/2007 10:27:28 AM PDT by AuntB
Man Arrested After Intense Search
A deputy was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop, and a suspect is in custody after an intense manhunt by land and air, a Kenosha County sheriff's official said Thursday.
Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr. was trying to pull over a red Chevrolet Astro van near the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus at about 11:37 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot once in the face, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.
A Parkside police officer serving as a backup radioed that shots had been fired and a deputy was down. He also returned fire, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.
he shooting happened in an upscale neighborhood on 45th Avenue just south of Highway E.
The gunman disappeared into a wooded area, as dozens of squad cars streamed into the area. A helicopter and police dogs were brought in to search for the male suspect.
As the three-hour manhunt began, authorities sent a telephone message -- a "child is missing" alert -- to residents of the area urging them to be on the alert.
Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said people called in tips that were useful.
Kenosha County Sheriff's spokesman Gil Benn said the 44-year-old suspect was arrested at the Woodcreek Apartment Complex, located about a half-mile from the shooting scene just after 2:30 a.m.
Ezequiel Lopez Ezequiel Lopez Ezequiel Lopez was hiding behind some cars and was still armed, according to Beth.
He was treated at Kenosha Memorial Hospital for injuries and is in the Racine County Jail.
Beth said the suspect had eight aliases and at least five Social Security numbers. The sheriff said Lopez has a Kenosha address, although it was not known if it is current. Lopez, who was born in Durango, Mexico, has also been arrested several times.
Fabiano was transported to St. Catherine's Hospital, where he pronounced dead. He is survived by his wife and 7-year-old daughter.
Fabiano, an 18-year veteran of the force, received a silver star from the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department for rescuing someone from a burning building in Paddock Lake in 1991. He also received a purple heart in 1991 after getting shot in Paddock Lake.
He graduated from Bradford High School in 1977 and loved to go golfing, Beth said.
The Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation is now in charge of the case.
It's been almost seven years since a law enforcement officer from southeastern Wisconsin died while on duty.
Milwaukee County deputies Ralph Zylka and Sung-Hui Bang were killed in August 2000 when their helicopter crashed while on a manhunt in the central part of the state.
He also had a 7 yr old daughter.
This F*ck Stick should have been shot resisting arrest!
God bless you and your family.
I wish someone could post the picture at CNN.com of Mexican immigrants. Is this what our once great Country is coming to!
“8 Aliases and 5 SSN’s and you’ve gotta ask that?”
ROTFLMAO!!
Hey now... it was an honest mistake to make. I’ve certainly missed details skimming stories and in a hurry.
The perp blew away a peace officer by shooting him in the face. He has a surviving wife and a 7 year old.
George Bush and the Republicans who vote for this Amnesty bill can GO TO HELL.
This woman and this child have YOU, Bush and turncoats, to thank for this POS killing this womans husband and this poor girls father. Do not ever again push you faith in front of me. Bush and his enablers are beginning to resemble Clinton as he held his Bible so close.
Guy probably collects 5 batches of food stamps each month : )
As someone said earlier, whites are expendable. Protect your family, arm yourself now.
God bless this officers family.
Bush and Republicans/Democrats are all the same. Rot in Hell, folks. I will never forget this.
LEO’s doing the job illegal aliens won’t do.
Please tell me this woman is suing the feds for allowing this POS to walk freely in this country while taking the life of her husband and her daughters father.
This tops it off for me today with Bush et al.
I wonder how they feel that the southern border is still wide open and even has listening posts and observation posts on our side of the border in AZ so drug and coyote runs can evade the BP agents.
Ditto!!
THIS, is another reason we don't want no stinking amnesty. Mexico is a lawless society, and these criminals are bringing their violence/corruption with them. They have NO RESPECT for our laws. I bet you that they will send this guy back to Mexico. There's NO WAY that elPresidente Boosh will let America put this cold blooded murderer to death. He needs a bullet in the brain!
Once the new amnesty is passed, there'll be a marked increase to this already too high a number.
“has also been arrested several times.””
They let him go so he could commit murder.
Bush, you have blood on your hands!!
yes he does. He also gets to vote 5 times.
makes you wonder how "everybody" you know is conservative and the libs keep squeaking by election victories and fighting voter i.d. initiatives.
Ouch. And the sad part is the enormous amount of fraud and identity theft that goes on will continue to go unpunished.
A deputy fatally shot in the face while “trying” to pull a van over, during a routine traffic stop. Am I alone in wondering what was routine about this traffic stop? Maybe things have gotten to the point where we consider the murder of a cop as just part of the routine. I live in an area where police are routinely despised, and one’s death is not really a matter of much public condemnation. This sort of attitude is easily spread by the media’s brainless use of their stupid mantra “routine traffic stop.”
Criminal Complaint:
http://www.kenoshanews.com/media/downloads/fabiano_complaint.pdf
Shooter was drunk, had recently purchased a handgun from a gang member, had used $200 worth of cocaine, was angry because he believed his wife was having an affair and shot the officer because he believed he was being stopped for a hit and run which he wasn’t quite sure had happened.
Read the report, it’s a doozy.
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