Posted on 06/30/2020 9:18:13 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
(CNN)A Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer has died and another is in critical condition after they were shot during a traffic stop early Monday, police said. A suspect has been arrested.
Sgt. Craig Johnson died Tuesday, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said at a news conference.
David Ware, 32, was arrested Monday in the shooting and faces a first-degree murder charge and two other felony charges, shooting with intent to kill and possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony, according to an online court record from the Oklahoma State Courts Network.
A man accused of being an accomplice to Ware was also arrested Monday and faces charges of accessory to murder and accessory to a felony, to the online court site. The officers stopped Ware around 3:30 a.m. Monday, police said on Twitter.
During the stop, there was a scuffle, and Ware allegedly pulled a gun on the officers, firing multiple times, police said.
Ware fled on foot, and police found him later Monday morning at a house, where he surrendered after officers surrounded the home, Tulsa police said in a tweet. CNN has reached out to an attorney for Ware, but hasn't yet received a response.
Johnson was shot multiple times, including in the head, police said. His condition didn't improve after surgery. Officer Aurash Zarkeshan, who was also shot in the head, is still in critical condition but has been responsive to hospital staff, Tulsa Police Department spokesman Jeanne Pierce told CNN.
Johnson joined the department in 2005, Franklin said, and his death is "a tremendous loss to our department." "Sergeant Johnson was a good man who made our lives better, who trained his fellow officers to be better," Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said. "Our city mourns."
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Who would David Ware have killed if he were not stopped?
This is a tremendous shame, that a good man was killed by this weirdo punk. I hope OK has the death penalty and hastens David Ware’s appointment with the needle. A firing squad would be OK, too.
Thank G-d that Oklahoma has the death penalty.
Probably fleeing a crime in CHOP.
I wonder if this turd participated in the protest of the Trump rally.
I’m thinking Global Warming got that poor dude’s hair.
I’m composing a letter to Greta Thunberg so that she may take action.
Obviously the fault of the big corporations and stuff.
We have the democrats in large part to thank for this Godless society.Jesus is the ONLY answer for the mess we are in. We are living in a foreshadowing of the end times IMHO.
Gay.
Blue lives matter.
Line of Duty Death ping.
FReepmail me to be added to the Line of Duty Death ping list.
Sad. You a right the perp looks like a weirdo hope he has fun in prison.
Why hasn’t cnn released the name of the second suspect?
No we’re living in the mess that Democrats have created and also sloppy lazy and gutless parents.
I think six billion people on the planet have died waiting for end times. It’s bad times it’s not the end.
A white guy shot someone in an SUV earlier also. Now the white kids are getting just as bad.
Everyone’s got to be ready to shoot back.
Straight from the Jerk Store.
3:30 AM ....The thug was pulled over for driving without tags.....argued/resisted getting out of his car when asked , officers attempted to remove him from his vehicle....he pulled gun out from under his seat and shot first officer...After (the sergeant) is down from being shot, Ware stands over him and fires three more times,...He allegedly shot each officer three times, striking each in the head at least once.
Apparently. They must have run out of shrimp in the ocean.
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