Police officer killed in Phoenix, suspect dead

ABC 15 ^ | September 18, 2007

[yorkie]

A Phoenix police officer shot in central Phoenix this morning has died.

The officer was pronounced dead at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital.

The suspect who shot the officer fled the scene near 24th Street and Thomas in a stolen car, but was located by police around 9:30 a.m.

The suspect was apparently armed and had a hostage when crews located his stolen vehicle near 24th Avenue and McDowell.

When the suspect threatened officers as they tried to arrest him, he was shot and killed.

The original officer-involved shooting that prompted this second incident happened around 8:30 a.m.

Police stopped one man and two women trying to jaywalk across 24th Street near Thomas.

The officer and one of the jaywalkers, a man identifying himself as 24-year-old Anthony Sanchez, got into an argument.

Sanchez then pulled out a gun, and fired at the officer, according to police.

He fled the scene and stole a gold Dodge Stratus on 24th Street, before he was shot and killed.

Stay with ABC15.com and ABC15-TV for updates.

[the invisib1e hand]

in before immigrant slander.

[antiRepublicrat]

Saving our legal system the trouble...

[metmom]

When the suspect threatened officers as they tried to arrest him, he was shot and killed.

Justice. The fellow cops knew what to do.

Sanchez, huh?

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Prayer for the officer’s family.

Glad that they took care of the problem without the need for a trial.

[yorkie]

The officer’s name has not been released at this time.

[metmom]

Not *immigrant* but *illegal* and you’d be closer. And it’s not slander. The guy was guilty. No one made up his actions or his name.

I don’t know anyone who’s opposed to immigrants- legal.

Deliberately blurring the lines to make others look racist ends up with IBTZ.

[the invisib1e hand]

Deliberately blurring the lines to make others look racist ends up with IBTZ.

Oh, puhleeze. Deliberately highlighting any and every news story that contains a latin name is paranoia.

Wonder how many evil things were done by natives today...

[Jeff Chandler]

Deliberately blurring the lines to make others look racist

That's exactly what's going on.

The majority of violent crime in Phoenix is perpetrated by illegal aliens. Ask any cop.

It is a problem that must be addressed, not averted by playing liberal PC games.

[wideawake]

Deliberately highlighting any and every news story that contains a latin name is paranoia.

Hey - you can't be a real American unless you paint all Latinos with a broad brush!

[skeeter]

Hey - you can't be a real American unless you paint all Latinos with a broad brush!

He ain't the only one who paints with a broad brush, apparently.

[Nathan Zachary]

Sanchez is a latin name? Guess again.

[wideawake]

He ain't the only one who paints with a broad brush

That's a confused comment.

[skeeter]

Hey - you can't be a real American unless you paint all Latinos with a broad brush!

THIS is a confused comment.

[r9etb]

Sanchez, huh?

Anthony Sanchez, huh?

[HungarianGypsy]

The officer’s name has not been released at this time. I was checking on KPHO.com and saw that. I have a friend who has been nervous that it's someone he knows, so I was trying to put some feelers out.

[NordP]

Again...I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING MEXICAN SURNAMES ASSOCIATED WITH CRIME IN OUR STREETS....I could >>>>>> ____.

Flame away, but this is NOT a racial comment, it is a comment about a statistic.

[skeeter]

Theres a very good chance the officer was of hispanic extraction, too.

Then what excuse will the harpies use?

[r9etb]

More info here.

From the article:

The Arizona Republic has learned that Sanchez has had many run ins with the law. Over the years he has faced a series of criminal charges, ranging from cockfighting to drug possession to theft.

A real winner.

[r9etb]

Then what excuse will the harpies use?

What excuse would be needed? We don't automatically assume anything, based on last names.