*IN THE LINE OF DUTY* OFFICER DOWN

[HairOfTheDog]

Georgia



Rest in peace officer Antwan Toney (left).  

Toney, a Southern California native, had just turned 30 when, on October 20^th, he and his partner responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a middle school parking lot.  

Toney was shot and the vehicle sped off.

Toney died shortly thereafter at the hospital while police apprehended the driver of the vehicle, which he'd crashed.

The driver was not the shooter.  After a 2-day manhunt, police located the suspected shooter hiding in a backyard shed.

Police say that suspect Tafahre Maynard - 18 (right) refused to show his hands and was not subdued when tasered.  So, an officer shot and killed him.

Police continue investigating the incident and looking to hold accountable anyone who assisted Maynard while he was on the lam.

Refs: https://ktla.com/2018/10/22/services-sch...al-native/ , https://wtvr.com/2018/11/12/georgia-poli...l-inmates/

[HairOfTheDog]

Louisiana



Police Officer Jason Seals
Slidell Police Department
End of Watch: November 17, 2018

Police Officer Jason Seals succumbed to injuries he sustained on September 25, 2018 while escorting a funeral procession.  Rest in peace.

Officer Seals was escorting a funeral procession when a vehicle pulled out in front of his motorcycle causing him to strike the vehicle. 

Officer Seals was transported to the hospital where he remained until he passed away on November 17, 2018. Officer Seals is the 41^st law enforcement officer to be killed in a traffic-related accident this year and the fourth officer fatality from the state of Louisiana in 2018.

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/recently-fal...seals.html

[HairOfTheDog]

California


Police Officer Ronil Singh
Newman (CA) Police Department
End of Watch: December 26, 2018

Police Officer Ronil Singh was shot and killed during a traffic stop today.  Rest in peace.

Officer Singh was heard over the radio saying "shots fired" and was found on the scene with gunshot wounds. The suspect remains at large. 

Officer Singh is the 52^nd law enforcement officer to be shot and killed this year and the eleventh officer fatality from the state of California in 2018.

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/recently-fal...singh.html

[Maggot]

Is that the guy that was killed by an illegal?

[HairOfTheDog]

Is that the guy that was killed by an illegal?

Yeah, according to today's news.  I don't think LE has released his name yet.  Here's what I found:

The man suspected of killing a California police officer during a traffic stop early Wednesday in Newman was in the country illegally, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said.




The man ^ is suspected of shooting Newman police Cpl. Ronil “Ron” Singh after the officer stopped him on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

“This suspect, unlike Ron – who immigrated to this country lawfully and legally to pursue his life-long career of public safety, public service and being a police officer – this suspect is in our country illegally,” Christianson said Thursday at a news conference.

Ron was a husband and father of one -- a baby born in July.  :(

Singh immigrated to the U.S. from Fiji and worked or volunteered for several police agencies in the area before joining the 12-member Newman Police Department in 2011, police Chief Randy Richardson said. Singh was a K-9 handler and had his K-9, Sam, in the car with him when he was shot, Richardson said. He added that Sam had on a Mrs. Claus costume when officers found her.

“Please remember the man. Please remember the husband. Please remember what he was, what he came to this country to do. Yes, he was a police officer but more importantly, he was a human being, and that’s how he would’ve wanted to be remembered.”

https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Sear...05421.html

[HairOfTheDog]

^ UPDATE

• Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, who is accused of killing a California officer Ron Singh, was arrested in Bakersfield today. He was identified as a Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally.  At the time of his arrest, police say he was trying to flee to Mexico.
  
• He was a farm laborer and a part of the notoriously violent Sureños gang.  
  
• He is accused of killing Singh, 33, by shooting him several times after the officer pulled him over on suspicion of DUI.
  
• Authorities at first didn't name Arriaga because he has several aliases and needed to be confirmed by fingerprint in person.
  
• Arriaga's brother and a friend were detained for helping the killer evade law enforcement.
  

Full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...stmas.html

[HairOfTheDog]

Alabama



Sergeant Wytasha Carter
Birmingham Police Department, Alabama
End of Watch Sunday, January 13, 2019

Sergeant Wytasha Carter was shot and killed as he and another officer attempted to arrest two men who were breaking into vehicles at a bar in 900 block of Fifth Avenue North just before 2:00 am.

They were in the area on a special detail as the result of a recent rash of vehicle break-ins. One of the subjects suddenly produced a handgun and shot officers, fatally wounding Sergeant Carter and critically wounding another.

One of the subjects was wounded by return gunfire before both men were taken into custody.

Sergeant Carter was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He had served with the Birmingham Police Department for eight years and had previously served with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Leeds Police Department, and Fairfield Police Department for an additional nine years. He is survived by his wife and children. Rest in peace.

[Maggot]

Killing a cop because they got caught breaking into cars..................something is really wrong in today's world.

[HairOfTheDog]

California


NATALIE BECKY CORONA
Davis Police Department, California
End of Watch Thursday, January 10, 2019

Officer Corona started her career with the Davis Police Department in 2016 as a part-time volunteer Community Service Officer. In 2018 she attended the police academy, graduating in July 2018. She completed her field training three weeks prior to the incident. She is survived by her parents. Her father had recently retired from the Colusa County Sheriff's Office. Rest in peace.

Police Officer Natalie Corona was shot and killed after responding to a report of a three-car vehicle crash near the intersection of 5^th and D streets.

As Officer Corona was conducting an investigation at the collision scene a person not involved with the crashed rode up to the scene on a bicycle. As Officer Corona spoke to one of the persons involved in the crash the man then walked up to her and opened fire without warning, striking her. He shot her several more times after she fell to the ground before shooting randomly at others bystanders and vehicles.


The subject, ^ Kevin Douglas, fled into a nearby home. As responding officers searched for him he emerged from the home wearing body armor, yelled at the officers, and then re-entered the home. He committed suicide moments later.

He had a criminal record, was prohibited from owning firearms, and had previously complained about the Davis Police hitting him with infrared rays.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/23891-polic...cky-corona

[HairOfTheDog]

Arizona



CLAYTON JOEL TOWNSEND
Salt River Police Department, Tribal Police
End of Watch Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Officer Townsend was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on northbound State Route 101 just south of McDowell Road, in Scottsdale at 6:00 pm.

He was approaching the car he had stopped when another vehicle struck him and then struck the stopped vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The driver who struck him admitted to texting and driving at the time of the crash. He was charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and endangerment.

Officer Townsend had served with the Salt River Police Department for five years. He is survived by his wife and 10-month-old child.  Rest in peace.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/23886-polic...l-townsend

[HairOfTheDog]

Killing a cop because they got caught breaking into cars..................something is really wrong in today's world.

It's fucked up and sad.

Officer Carter was on detail in a really rough area, according to reports.

The names of the suspects haven't been released yet, as far as I can see.

[HairOfTheDog]

Sacramento, CA.

Sacramento police officials released jarring bodycam footage during a news conference Friday night regarding the shooting death of 26-year-old officer Tara O’Sullivan on Wednesday.  Rest in peace.

Chief Daniel Hahn and began wtth police showing body cam footage of an officer, with a gun drawn, knocking on the door of a garage before gunfire erupts from behind. The video went on to show the officer, identified as O’Sullivan’s training officer, Daniel Chipp, taking cover and broadcasting the gunman’s use of a high-powered rifle.

“The officers were essentially ambushed,” Hahn said in explaining how the events Wednesday unfolded.



Officer O’Sullivan ^, who was standing behind her training officer was struck by multiple rifle rounds. 

It took an armored truck and 45 minutes to get her to the hospital in the midst of the stand-off.  

(continued)

[HairOfTheDog]

O’Sullivan was killed while assisting on a domestic violence call in north Sacramento. The man charged with her murder, 45-year-old Adel Ramos (pictured below), surrendered to police after an eight-hour standoff.



By the time officers arrived on behalf of a woman who wanted to retrieve her belongings to find the front door barricaded, they learned there was a misdemeanor warrant against Ramos and that he had firearms in the house.

Police confirmed that they recovered four firearms and a cache of ammunition, all of which he used in the stand-off, which were placed in strategic locations throughout the house.

Ramos' brother told the press that Ramos has been on drugs for years, his family is estranged from him, and that Ramos has been violent in the past as well.

Refs and more details:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article231855758.html
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/0...inal-past/

[Duchess]

It took an armored truck and 45 minutes to get her to the hospital

My God. These stories are always so awful.

I can hardly believe they took the shooter alive, or maybe I'm just surprised at their restraint.

[HairOfTheDog]

Missouri

A St. Louis police officer was killed in the line of duty Sunday, but his community is ensuring his legacy is never forgotten. 

According to police, officer Michael Langsdorf, 40, was fatally shot while responding to a bad check complaint at a food market by a suspect with a history of violent crimes. 

Officer Langsdorf worked as a police officer for over 17 years and leaves behind a wife and two children (ages 13 and 18).  Rest in Peace. 

A young boy that Langsdorf rescued in 2003 is sharing a heartfelt tribute and old newspaper photo of the fallen officer. 


^ In this Nov. 17, 2003 photo, St. Louis Police officer Michael Langsdorf  (then 24 ys old) comforts 2-yr-old KeAndre Colenburg after helping to rescue the boy from a burning house. 


^ Today:  KeAndre Colenburg (left), now 18 ys old, holds a newspaper with the photo of fallen officer Michael Langsdorf (right) saving him from a house fire when he was a toddler.

According to Colenburg's other family members, Langsdorf also visited them in the hospital following the fire. 

(continued)

[HairOfTheDog]

^26-year-old Bonette Meeks is under arrest and charged with first degree murder in the death of Officer Langsdorf.

The immediate aftermath of the  fatal shooting was taped and live-streamed by a female clerk working at the market that day; she's come under public rebuke and says she regrets her actions. https://kmox.radio.com/articles/woman-re...ce-officer


Refs:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-offi...ing-photo/
https://www.kmov.com/news/boy-saved-by-f...ddd5b.html

[Duchess]

*sigh*

How do people get to the point where they have no regard for life! Ugh.

I don't like killing anything at all, not even monster sized spiders.

[aussiefriend]

It's just pure evil. It's a choice. The other day I had to go to the police station to put in my application form for a police check for my new employer. The police station was locked and there was a criminal waiting out there on the steps. He was scary, it wasn't till after we left we realised the danger we were in. He never shut up talking and after I realised he was sizing up my wallet and how easy it would be to snatch it from me. He never shut up talking the whole time, raving about how he was innocent and just got out of jail.

We walked away and I went there the next day.

[HairOfTheDog]

There have been 31 officers who've died in the line duty thus far in 2020.  Their photos and stories are covered here:  https://www.odmp.org/

Two of the most recent downed officers died of coronavirus Covid-19 -- as 911 calls are through the roof and more and more police officers, firefighters and EMTs are becoming infected, and in some parts of the country pleading for personal protective equipment (PPE) .  :(


^ Detective Marylou Armer of Sonoma County, California, died of the virus yesterday.  https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10868560-181/santa-rosa-police-officer-who

The other officer down from Covid-19 was with the Chicago PD and will be identified and remembered later today.

Rest in peace all.

[Duchess]

It is a stain on our country that there is not enough PPE for all of those on our front lines.