*IN THE LINE OF DUTY* OFFICER DOWN

[HairOfTheDog]

Officers killed in the Dallas sniper Attack 7/7/16

Thanks cannongal. Here's some more information about the officers who were murdered as they worked to protect the rights and safety of others. RIP.

Brent Thompson, 43, had recently gotten married. He was a father and grandfather. "We will definitely miss him, and we are also making sure that his family is taken care of," DART Chief Spiller added. Before joining DART, Thompson worked for almost five years at DynCorp International, a private security company based in McLean, Va. And from 2001 to 2004, Thompson was an instructor at the Texas-based Navarro Police Academy, from which he graduated in 1996.

The father of Officer Patrick Zamarripa, 32, told the Washington Post his son survived three tours in Iraq. “He comes (back) to the United States to protect people here, and they take his life.” A GoFundMe page was set up for the slain officer’s family. On it, the poster said that Zamarippa is the father of a 2-year-old girl, Lyncoln, with his wife, Kristy Villasenor.

Officer Michael Krol, 40, was a Michigan native who moved to Dallas in 2007. Krol's mother, Susan Ehlke, told local TV station WXYZ that her son was a very "caring person." “He was living a dream of being a police officer," she said. "(He) Just turned 40 in April. He knew the danger of the job but he never shied away from his duty as a police officer," she added. "He ... wanted to help people."

Sgt. Michael Smith, 55, was a husband and father to two teenage girls. Smith, who grew up near the Louisiana border in Port Arthur, served in the Army seven years before he joined the Dallas Police Department in 1989, police officials told KXAS-TV. Neighbors and members of his church describe Smith as a "salt of the earth" man.

Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, 48, was once with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and grew up in Southern California. “Lorne was a big guy with an even bigger heart,” said sheriff’s Capt. Merrill Ladenheim. Ahrens had a 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son with his wife, who is a police detective, the Washington Post reported.


Three of the injured officers were in critical condition undergoing surgery yesterday. I haven't seen an update as to their conditions yet.

Refs:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../86840926/
http://ktla.com/2016/07/08/slain-dallas-...ger-heart/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2704917