Posted on 04/30/2010 5:43:09 PM PDT by chicagolady
CASA GRANDE - A Pinal County sheriff's deputy is hanging for dear life after he's shot by a group of suspected illegal immigrants Friday.
It happened during a traffic stop on the I-8 west of Casa Grande. The deputy stopped a vehicle containing a group of suspected illegal immigrants when he was shot.
He radioed in to report he was shot with an AK-47. His injuries are life-threatening, but authorities have not been able to find him.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxphoenix.com ...
Prayers for him and his family!!..obama was sticking up for these criminals!!!!
Arizona is under seige and it’s time for it’s citizens to stand up and fight back. Arizona remember your history and raise the battle flag and fight for your state before it’s to late.
Thanks for that Chicago info - first I heard of it.
What location is that? The search was closer to MM 151 I thought.
If we didn’t have a
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This would be solved like ‘pronto’ but hey!
I’m monitoring local TV CBS 12 NEWS Live Stream.
Sure thing! :) Here you are, Cindy:
The following is current as of this posting. It looks like they are updating the info., but not putting down an edited time stamp.
Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy shot after traffic stop
Republic staff
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/04/30/20100430pinal-county-officer-shooting.html
A Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy was shot in the stomach Friday by an undocumented immigrant off Interstate 8, according sheriff’s officials.
Lt. Tami Villar told 12 News that the search and rescue deputy was investigating a load of marijuana in the desert and was confronted by five suspects. She also said the wounded deputy is expected to survive.
Deputies believe at least two people were armed with long guns and at least one handgun. The deputy, whose name was not released, was patrolling alone in what is considered a high-traffic drug and human-smuggling corridor.
Villar said the deputy radioed dispatch about 4:30 p.m. to say he had been shot off Interstate 8 and Arizona 84, but he could not be found when authorities arrived at the scene.
The deputy was located more than an hour later and taken to the Casa Grande Medical Center for treatment.
His condition was not available.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office dispatched a helicopter and members of its SWAT team to Pinal County to assist in the case, said department spokesman Lt. Brian Lee. Lee said at 5:45 p.m. there were reports over the police scanner that suspects were shooting at a police helicopter. Lee did not know which agency was operating the helicopter.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was headed to Pinal County to assist in the investigation, Lee said. The Border Patrol has sent agents to assist the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office with the investigation, said Mario Escalante, a Border Patrol spokesman assigned to the Tucson sector.
“We are headed out to assist,” he said.
Escalante said he had no further details about the shooting.
The nearest Border Patrol station in the area is located in Casa Grande.
Staff writers Craig Harris, Allison Hurtado and Daniel Gonzalez contributed to this report.
I did hear that the national guard is there as well...but if we start sending troops into Arizona Napolitano and Bo will certainly be looking at the political aspect...at what point is it war beyond that of a drug war?
Mexico has not resolved their border war and now it’s moving into the usa....Bad situation no matter how one frames these incidents....which are more than incidents in my book. So someone in Washington better get with a program or we’ll see more cops killed as well as civilians...
I hear you on all points made... Glad to hear the national guard is there to help, I just read some Arizonans asking Brewer to call them out on her page...
Its time to do something about the illegal aliens. Far past time.
You are welcome. On Google News, this just came in 57 seconds ago........the suspects ‘may’ have shot at the helicopter:
Oh my.
Just heard black hawk helecopter coming into the area there...
CNN’s website refers to the gunman as an “alleged undocumented immigrant”.
And then they will be all over the ground and tash cans afterwards
Live aerial view from helicopter...news 12
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/04/30/20100430pinal-county-officer-shooting.html
Huge command center set up...
Me thinks is dark there now, they are close-looping the video.
I see that. Is that a fire truck?
Oh boy.......
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