black suicide? You never really hear of blacks wanting to commit suicide. They usually think too highly of themselves.
“...recorded his last will and testament on video minutes before...”
That’s got jihadi written all over it.
Ramos confirmed that Michael was the one who was shot, but she said relatives have been unable to see him and they don't have any details about his injuries. "We are so sad for this officer dying. We have no idea what happened."
She said that Michael was homeless for a time while in Montgomery County. She said he and his brothers were raised by her sister, Lisa, a single mother who had five children.
She said his mother, Lisa, suffered a heart attack after police in Prince George's County burst into her house to search it after the shooting, and is now at the same hospital as her wounded son.
A spokesman with the Greenville County, S.C. Sheriff's Office said there was a warrant out for a misdemeanor domestic violence charge against Michael Ford, who was accused of punching his wife several times around 1 a.m. on Saturday.
The grandmother of the three, Deidre Ramos, 60, of Hyattsville, said Malik and Michael Ford were arrested in connection with the shooting but she said police had the wrong suspects. "They weren't involved," she said. Asked if police arrested the wrong people, she said, "Yes."
The slain officer's father, James Colson III, was rushed from Philadelphia to the Washington region Sunday night. His son, he said, "was courageous and an excellent role model" for young men.
Colson graduated from Chichester High School in Boothwyn, Pa., where he was born, and went on to play football at Randolph-Macon College, according to a team roster. Pedro Arruza, the football team's coach, recalled Colson for his strength of character.
"He was a great kid," Arruza said of Colson, who played for the team at defensive back and wide receiver. "A really respectful kid and just a high-character young man. He treated everyone with respect. . . . To be honest, he wasn't a great player, but he was a really great person." His high school coach, Joe LaRose, said Jacai Colson's grandfather was also a police officer.
Colson, who would have turned 29 this week, was described as a "cop's cop" and as having an "infectious smile."
Stawinski said the incident "wasn't about anything." "He opened fire on the first police officer he saw," Stawinski said.
Colson was an undercover narcotics officer who worked in high-risk situations, Stawinski said. "When things began to turn, he immediately stepped into action," Stawinski said of Colson's response Sunday.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) ordered flags to fly at half-staff. "The First Lady and I send our sincere prayers to the family and loved ones of Officer Colson, who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his fellow citizens and community," Hogan said in a statement. "It is my hope that his proud legacy of commitment and passion for law enforcement and serving others will provide some comfort in the difficult days that lie ahead."
Police cars and barricades continued to block the area around the police headquarters -- also connected to the district station -- late into the evening.
Sunday's killing came 12 days after the funeral for Prince William County officer Ashley Guindon, who was shot and killed there on her first day on duty.
Guindon was killed when she and two fellow officers were sent to a home in the Woodbridge area of the county to answer a call about a domestic dispute. Ronald Williams Hamilton, 32, an Army staff sergeant, allegedly opened fire on Guindon and the two other officers Feb. 27 as they approached the front door to his and wife's home.
During his two decades as a high school football coach, LaRose saw hundreds of kids come through, but he said few were like Jacai Colson.
"He was that kid that every once in a while you hope you have," LaRose said. "That kid who is a leader. There's an old saying that when you're a leader and you turn around, everyone is following you. He had that way of being a leader."
Growing up around police inculcated him, LaRose said, with a sense of discipline. Colson was so mature, LaRose said, that he decided to start him at quarterback when he was still a sophomore. Most students, he said, would have wilted under the pressure of playing with older students. But not Colson. "He walked into the huddle of older kids and led them to a successful season," LaRose said. He said he wasn't surprised when he learned he had become a police officer.
In Cheverly, police cruisers lined the entrance to Prince George's Hospital Center on Sunday night. Hundreds of officers stood vigil where colleagues took Colson after the shooting. They held hands, some with tears in their eyes as they reflected on the loss of one of their own.
Then, at around 10 p.m., Colson's body - draped in an American flag - was loaded into an ambulance to be taken to the medical examiner in Baltimore. As the ambulance departed, escorted by cruisers flashing blue lights, officers lined up in the wet streets and saluted.
“Two of the brothers held in connection with the fatal shooting of a Prince George’s County officer on Sunday filmed the attack on a police station using their cell phones...”
I’m curious what their grand strategy was? Did they think they were just going to walk away without anyone noticing?
I swear, as much as people pick on rednecks (”hold muh beer...”), this takes the cake. No impulse control, no concept of cause and effect, action and consequence, etc.
FBI:
Check their family’s finances for sudden uptick from foreign sources.
There may be a black panther/ nation of islam connection to this.
Two of the brothers held in connection with the killing filmed the attack on a police station using their cellphones, according to law enforcement officials.
Michael Ford is only 22, but he recorded his last will and testament in a cellphone video and then headed to the Landover, Md., police station on a quiet Sunday afternoon to die, police said.
Ford fired randomly at an ambulance, other vehicles and the doors of the station, pinning down officers who poured from the station to confront him, police said. Two of his brothers stood nearby recording the ambush with cellphones as it unfolded moment by agonizing moment.
Amid that barrage, an off-duty detective, Jacai Colson, arrived to visit another officer. Colson sprang from an unmarked police car and “heroically” drew Ford’s fire as he exchanged shots with the gunman, the police chief said.
The move allowed officers to overcome Ford, but in a chaotic moment, a shot probably fired by one of Colson’s fellow officers struck him and ultimately took his life.
Colson, an undercover narcotics detective, was in street clothes. It is unclear whether the officer who shot Colson confused him with an assailant or whether Colson was wounded accidentally amid the chaotic gunfire, Prince George’s County Police Chief Henry Stawinski III said.
Police said on Monday that Colson was likely killed by friendly fire. Here’s what we know so far.
Stawinski expressed anger and incredulity Monday as he relayed the story of how the four-year police veteran lost his life and a man who intended to take his own life by drawing police fire had survived.
Colson’s parents stood at the chief’s news conference, arm-in-arm nearby, leaning on each other for support.
Prince George’s County police announced earlier Monday that they had in custody a third brother in connection with the shooting that left Officer Jacai Colson, 28, a four-year veteran, dead. Police said one of the suspects intended to die in the attack and recorded his last will and testament on video minutes before his brothers drove him to the police station, where Colson died in a shootout.
Police also said Monday evening that circumstantial evidence shows that the bullet that struck Colson during the gun battle likely was fired by another officer.
Police said the suspects are Michael DeAndre Ford, 22, of Landover, who police said initiated the gun battle, and his brothers, Malik Ford, 21, of Fort Washington, and Elijah Ford, 18, of Landover.
Police Chief Henry P. Stawinski III said a man walked up to the District III station and opened fire outside the front doors about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in what he described as an “unprovoked” and “callous” act. The brothers also shot.
Officers rushed out to stop the attack. Colson was killed in the gunfight, the chief said. Michael Ford was wounded and taken to a hospital where he is in stable condition, the chief said.
“This is about nothing, it was unprovoked,” Stawinski said during a press conference Monday at police headquarters. . Colson was in an unmarked car on his way to meet another officer and arrived amid an ongoing shooting, the chief said. An autopsy on Colson is not complete, the chief said.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
What kind of film do cell phones use? And do you have to take the back off the phone to load it with film?
Such a sad story. This policeman sounds like the all-American kid. Prayers up for him and for his family.
And prayers up for the policeman who accidentally shot him. I cannot imagine his anguish.
I shoot next to cops here in Atlanta every day. Holy crap! They are terrible. Ha. Really. Just awful. Poor guys are to busy dealing with jerks all day to practice.