03-25-2015, 01:57 PM
Two police officers died in separate shootings yesterday. Separated by more than 2,000 miles, they lived with the peril and uncertainty that hundreds of thousands of U.S. law enforcement officers face every day.
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^ Officer Michael Johnson, a 14-year veteran of San Jose CA PD, was killed while responding to a report of a man threatening to kill himself.
The suspect was found dead of a gunshot wound on his balcony.
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^ Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper, 21, of Kiel was just three months out of the police academy when he was killed during a shoot out with a suspected bank robber.
The suspect, who also killed an elderly male motorist who he carjacked during his attempted getaway, was killed in the shootout with Trooper Casper.
RIP Officers Johnson and Casper.
^ Officer Michael Johnson, a 14-year veteran of San Jose CA PD, was killed while responding to a report of a man threatening to kill himself.
The suspect was found dead of a gunshot wound on his balcony.
^ Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper, 21, of Kiel was just three months out of the police academy when he was killed during a shoot out with a suspected bank robber.
The suspect, who also killed an elderly male motorist who he carjacked during his attempted getaway, was killed in the shootout with Trooper Casper.
RIP Officers Johnson and Casper.