Posted on 06/21/2007 7:52:52 AM PDT by SmithL
An off-duty rookie San Leandro police officer cradling his 7-month-old son shot and killed a man Wednesday who stormed into his parents' home, authorities said.
The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. at a home on the 22000 block of Fuller Avenue in Hayward, police said. The identities of the dead man and the police officer were not released.
About 15 minutes before the shooting, Hayward police had been trying to pull over a car driven by the man, who they said was wanted on outstanding warrants.
The man, accompanied by a woman, had refused to stop near West Tennyson Road near Patrick Avenue and got onto northbound Interstate 880, driving erratically, police said.
Hayward police decided not to chase the car. Within minutes, however, the couple knocked on the door of the home owned by the parents of a San Leandro police officer, authorities said.
The officer, who was not on duty at the time, opened the door as he held his baby in his arms. The man at the door forced his way inside, police said.
The officer got into a fight with the suspect. During the altercation, the officer shot the man several times.
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Another dead stupid criminal.
What are the odds he would have randomly picked a house that contained an off-duty cop?
Bit of irony there, I would say.
Good news.
Joe, good news for your ping list.
At least the attorney got his principles right if not his grammar.
Yup! One round just isn't enough... Kinda like potato chips... :-)
Out-freakin’-standing!!!!
Judge, jury and executioner courtesy of a hangun.
With stories like this I can’t believe that anyone on FR doesn’t believe in evolution.
Funny you should ask. This is a 6/19 thread: Intruder Shot in Home (darwinesque burglar robbed cop's house)
I believe that people are inherently evil natured. Because of that people do stupid things. Some people more than others.
Instant justice, but only because the stupid perp chose wrong. It is a darned good thing there was an armed homeowner. The Hayward police had a hand in the home invasion by abandoning the chase. Lucky for them the perp's thread was very short. It could have turned out much worse.
I believe that people are inherently evil natured. Because of that people do stupid things. Some people more than others.Yup, and they tend to commit suicide by cop too, improving the gene pool. Read the freakanomics article on abortion and crime too. Interesting stuff.
Sucks to be that guy.
He picked the wrong house.
Too bad, so sad.
A very good example for the argument to not disengage in a chase...
The dunderheads who start making noises about changing police chase policies, should be reminded of the risk in doing so...
Former Houston Police Officer Tom Nixon found out the hard way (a while back) when you critisize the departments chase policy...
You either have a good policy, or you have one that needs a little work...But having no policy, or scrapping one is not in the best interest of service to the public...
This is a prime example to keep under you hat when an argument about limiting law enforcement from protecting the public in this regard...
Natural selection does not directly translate to ‘evolution,’ as it does not produce changes to an individual’s genome, only the distribution of genes in the population.
There, did that obfuscate it for you? ;-p
When confronted by violent criminals, you should “put up no defense - give them what they want, or run” (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman Pete Shields, Guns Don’t Die - People Do, 1981, p. 125).
This one is questionable. The guy is a cop, but was off duty and was defending his own property.
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