N.J. cop injured in shootout dies day before 38th birthday
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Marc DiNardo was one of five officers injured in New Jersey shootout last week
Two suspects were killed in shootout; DiNardo was shot twice in face
DiNardo's family plans to donate his organs, medical center's president says
By Stephanie Gallman
CNN
(CNN) -- A Jersey City, New Jersey, police officer shot in the line of duty last week died of his injuries Tuesday, a day before his 38th birthday, a spokeswoman for the city's mayor announced.
Jennifer Morrill said Officer Marc DiNardo, who was wounded last Thursday in a shootout, passed away Tuesday morning.
Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey told reporters Monday night that DiNardo was not expected to live.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Police officer, suspect killed in southeast Alabama standoff
Police officer, suspect killed in southeast Alabama standoff
Posted by Associated Press April 25, 2009 1:44 PM
Categories: Crime
HEADLAND, AL -- Officers in southeast Alabama shot a suspect to death after he killed one police officer and badly wounded a sheriff's deputy, authorities said.
Police said they got a call Friday afternoon that 53-year-old Fred Davis was firing a shotgun into the air outside his trailer. Henry County Sheriff's Deputy Ted Yost was first on the scene, and Davis shot and wounded him with the shotgun, State Trooper Kevin Cook said.
Davis then shot and killed Headland Officer Dexter Hammond with a high-powered rifle before other arriving officers shot and killed him, Cook said.
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Police officer, suspect killed in southeast Alabama standoff
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Two Fla. deputies killed during arrest
Two Fla. deputies killed during arrest
SHALIMAR, Fla., April 25 (UPI) -- Two Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies were shot and killed Saturday while trying to arrest a man who was killed in a subsequent shootout, police said.
Deputy Burt Lopez and Deputy Warren York were attempting to arrest Joshua Cartwright, 28, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., in connection with a domestic abuse case early Saturday, when the suspect opened fire on the deputies just before 1 p.m. EDT, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
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Two Fla. deputies killed during arrest
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Houston Police Officer Killed After Traffic Stop
Suspect held in HPD death
RICHARD STEWART and MIKE GLENN
Dec. 7, 2008, 7:02PM
A Houston Police Department officer died this morning after being shot during a traffic stop in northwest Houston.
Police have taken a "person of interest" into custody.
"We believe we have our man," said HPD Captain Bruce Williams.
The shooting occurred about 8:40 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 6000 block of West Sunforest at West Tidwell. The officer was taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt said the officer was an 11-year veteran.
The officer stopped the man in a routine traffic stop. The suspect jumped out and ran into a nearby apartment complex, the Luxor Apartments, Hurtt said. When the officer pursued, the man turned around and shot him several times, said Hurtt.
The fire department took the officer to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt makes a statement at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center after an HPD officer was killed Sunday.
Officer fatally shot during traffic stop in NW Houston —During a routine traffic stop, the suspect jumped out and ran into an apartment complex, HPD Chief Harold Hurtt said. When the officer pursued, the man turned around and shot him, Hurtt said
Monday, November 24, 2008
Firefighter Severely Burned in ’06 Dies in Staten Island Blaze
Mary DiBiase Blaich for The New York Times
Lt. Robert J. Ryan in an undated family photo.
Firefighter Severely Burned in ’06 Dies in Staten Island Blaze
By MICHAEL WILSON
The fire burned so hot that it melted a smoke detector, dripping molten plastic through Lt. Robert J. Ryan’s fire jacket and across his neck and shoulders. It was the kind of injury that could have tempted others to leave the Fire Department, but he chose to stay, spending a year recuperating, and returning to work in 2007 with twisted pink scars above his shirt collar.
His determination to return cost him his life. Lieutenant Ryan, 46, coming off the first engine to arrive at a house fire in the New Brighton section of Staten Island on Sunday morning, was killed when the attic ceiling collapsed on him, knocking off his helmet and air mask, the Fire Department said.
“Unconscious, he was carried out of the building by his fellow firefighters who were standing right around him when the accident occurred,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said at a news conference at Richmond University Medical Center, where Lieutenant Ryan was pronounced dead. “Firefighters and E.M.S. personnel on the scene tried to revive him, but they were, I am sad to say, unsuccessful.”
Lieutenant Ryan is the first member of the department to die while fighting a fire since Jan. 3, when Lt. John H. Martinson was killed in a blaze in a 14th-floor apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
NY Detective Recalls Four Shots, and His Partner Down
Detective Recalls Four Shots, and His Partner Down
By ANDY NEWMAN
Published: November 12, 2008
“Ten-thirteen Rogers and Lefferts! 85!” the officer’s panicked voice, distorted nearly beyond intelligibility, crackled across the packed Brooklyn courtroom on the radio recording played on Wednesday. “Ten-thirteen!”
A few minutes later, live on the witness stand, the officer, Herman Yan, now a detective, spoke in softer, measured tones at the trial for three men accused of killing his partner last year after the officers had pulled over a stolen BMW S.U.V. on a darkened street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn.
“As I approached the driver’s side door,” he testified, “within three to four feet I heard approximately four shots go out. I could tell that those shots came from that vehicle. They were really loud. I immediately felt a pain in my arm and I realized I was hit. I was hit, and it was a situation where I had to take other action.”
Detective Yan said he fired at the vehicle as it pulled away. A prosecutor asked him what happened next.
“As the BMW left, I observed —” Detective Yan said, then paused to collect himself. “I observed my partner laying on the sidewalk.”
His partner that night was a 23-year-old officer named Russel Timoshenko. The prosecutor, Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, asked the detective if his partner appeared to be conscious.
“No, he did not,” Detective Yan replied.
In the third row of the courtroom, several of Officer Timoshenko’s relatives dabbed away tears.
Officer Timoshenko, shot in the mouth and throat, died five days later.
By ANDY NEWMAN
Published: November 12, 2008
“Ten-thirteen Rogers and Lefferts! 85!” the officer’s panicked voice, distorted nearly beyond intelligibility, crackled across the packed Brooklyn courtroom on the radio recording played on Wednesday. “Ten-thirteen!”
A few minutes later, live on the witness stand, the officer, Herman Yan, now a detective, spoke in softer, measured tones at the trial for three men accused of killing his partner last year after the officers had pulled over a stolen BMW S.U.V. on a darkened street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn.
“As I approached the driver’s side door,” he testified, “within three to four feet I heard approximately four shots go out. I could tell that those shots came from that vehicle. They were really loud. I immediately felt a pain in my arm and I realized I was hit. I was hit, and it was a situation where I had to take other action.”
Detective Yan said he fired at the vehicle as it pulled away. A prosecutor asked him what happened next.
“As the BMW left, I observed —” Detective Yan said, then paused to collect himself. “I observed my partner laying on the sidewalk.”
His partner that night was a 23-year-old officer named Russel Timoshenko. The prosecutor, Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, asked the detective if his partner appeared to be conscious.
“No, he did not,” Detective Yan replied.
In the third row of the courtroom, several of Officer Timoshenko’s relatives dabbed away tears.
Officer Timoshenko, shot in the mouth and throat, died five days later.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Frederick Police Officer Bremer died in fiery crash while pursuing driver
Funeral services being held for Frederick officer
Bremer died in fiery crash while pursuing driver
The Associated Press
8:55 AM EDT, October 29, 2008
MIDDLETOWN - A funeral service will be held today in Middletown for Frederick Police Officer Richard Bremer.
The 39-year-old Bremer died Thursday in a fiery crash while pursuing a driver. He was married and the father of three children.
Bremer died in fiery crash while pursuing driver
The Associated Press
8:55 AM EDT, October 29, 2008
MIDDLETOWN - A funeral service will be held today in Middletown for Frederick Police Officer Richard Bremer.
The 39-year-old Bremer died Thursday in a fiery crash while pursuing a driver. He was married and the father of three children.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Chicago:Hundreds gather for slain cop's funeral
Officers gather at St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church, 8200 S. Kostner Ave. (Chicago Tribune photo by Michael Tercha)
Hundreds gather for slain cop's funeral
October 3, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Hundreds of Chicago police officers lined the street outside St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church on the Southwest Side this morning for the funeral of Police Officer Nathaniel Taylor, who was shot and killed Sunday while trying to serve a warrant.
Standing side-by-side, the officers, all in dress uniform and many wearing buttons bearing Taylor's photograph, also filled the church's parking lot before solemnly marching into the church for the funeral service.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich was one of the speakers. He thanked the Chicago police for all they do and offered condolences to Taylor's widow and daughter. He also said Taylor's life was one of public service: "He first protected his country, then went on to protect his community."
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Chicago officer gunned down
Chicago officer gunned down
14-year veteran slain; suspect critical
By James Janega, Stacy St. Clair and Angela Rozas Chicago Tribune reporters
September 29, 2008
A solemn police chaplain stood before more than 100 weary Chicago officers gathered late Sunday in the parking lot of the Cook County morgue and asked them to close their eyes and open their hearts and pray.
The body of Nathaniel Taylor, one of their own, was wheeled toward the doors, led by two officers holding candles. Rev. Tom Nangle spoke: "This is one of those moments the public never sees, the politicians never see and that our families, thank God, never see. This moment is where the beating heart and soul of the Chicago Police Department is on view."
What a brutal end to a day when police held vigil at an Oak Lawn hospital, shedding tears for a brother wounded in an early-morning burst of gunfire.
Taylor, 39, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Hospital at 6:02 p.m. Sunday, about 12 hours after he was shot while executing a search warrant. He was the second Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty in the last three months.
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14-year veteran slain; suspect critical
By James Janega, Stacy St. Clair and Angela Rozas Chicago Tribune reporters
September 29, 2008
A solemn police chaplain stood before more than 100 weary Chicago officers gathered late Sunday in the parking lot of the Cook County morgue and asked them to close their eyes and open their hearts and pray.
The body of Nathaniel Taylor, one of their own, was wheeled toward the doors, led by two officers holding candles. Rev. Tom Nangle spoke: "This is one of those moments the public never sees, the politicians never see and that our families, thank God, never see. This moment is where the beating heart and soul of the Chicago Police Department is on view."
What a brutal end to a day when police held vigil at an Oak Lawn hospital, shedding tears for a brother wounded in an early-morning burst of gunfire.
Taylor, 39, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Hospital at 6:02 p.m. Sunday, about 12 hours after he was shot while executing a search warrant. He was the second Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty in the last three months.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Conclusion of manhunt allows healing to begin
Conclusion of manhunt allows healing to begin
By Nathan Key, nathankey@newstopic.net
Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:55 PM EDT
A day after the body of Skip Brinkley was found and Deputy Adam Klutz was memorialized in a moving funeral service, members of the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office started to get back to their daily operation as best they could.
For five days, members of the Sheriff's Office and countless agencies across western North Carolina as well as the State Bureau of Investigation and FBI conducted a massive search to find Brinkley, the 32-year-old military veteran suspected of fatally wounding Klutz Sept. 19 when the deputy responded to a 911 hangup call at 3940 Fox Winkler Road in Oak Hill.
That shooting set off a massive search for Brinkley that ended Wednesday when a member of a Hickory S.W.A.T. unit found his body in an upright position near a tree about a half mile from his residence on the 30-plus-acre farm he had in Oak Hill. The body was located on a densely wooded area of the property looking toward Brinkley's residence at the same time Deputy Klutz' funeral was taking place at Mountain Grove Baptist Church.
Brinkley apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The SBI continues to investigate the case.
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By Nathan Key, nathankey@newstopic.net
Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:55 PM EDT
A day after the body of Skip Brinkley was found and Deputy Adam Klutz was memorialized in a moving funeral service, members of the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office started to get back to their daily operation as best they could.
For five days, members of the Sheriff's Office and countless agencies across western North Carolina as well as the State Bureau of Investigation and FBI conducted a massive search to find Brinkley, the 32-year-old military veteran suspected of fatally wounding Klutz Sept. 19 when the deputy responded to a 911 hangup call at 3940 Fox Winkler Road in Oak Hill.
That shooting set off a massive search for Brinkley that ended Wednesday when a member of a Hickory S.W.A.T. unit found his body in an upright position near a tree about a half mile from his residence on the 30-plus-acre farm he had in Oak Hill. The body was located on a densely wooded area of the property looking toward Brinkley's residence at the same time Deputy Klutz' funeral was taking place at Mountain Grove Baptist Church.
Brinkley apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The SBI continues to investigate the case.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Caldwell County Sheriff's Dept grieves as manhunt continues
A department grieves
By Nathan Key, Managing Editor
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:35 PM EDT
The search for a suspect in the shooting death of a Caldwell County Sheriff's deputy enters its fifth day, and there still has been no sign of him.
Law enforcement officials from Caldwell County and across western North Carolina have been trying to track down 32-year-old Skip Brinkley, also known as Larry Wayne Brucke Jr., since the Friday night slaying of Deputy Adam Klutz at 3940 Fox Winkler Road in the Oak Hill community.
Brinkley is alleged to have killed Klutz with a gunshot to an unprotected part of his body and shot Lt. Chris Martin three times. Martin was hit in the chest, but his bulletproof vest saved his life.
Teams of investigators went into the Oak Hill and Dudley Shoals communities and surrounding areas Monday and again Tuesday distributing wanted posters and seeking any information about Brinkley, a former law enforcement officer, who served in Iraq from 2004-06 and has U.S. Army Ranger training.
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Support from other agencies proves pivotal
There have been quite a few sightings of Lenoir Police Department patrol cars out in the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction the last five days and a number of law enforcement faces not so familiar to the county. That's because a host of agencies from county, state and federal levels have pitched in to aid the Sheriff's Office in its massive search for Skip Brinkley, the man suspected of shooting and killing Deputy Adam Klutz and shooting Lt. Chris Martin three times Sept. 19.
By Nathan Key, Managing Editor
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:35 PM EDT
The search for a suspect in the shooting death of a Caldwell County Sheriff's deputy enters its fifth day, and there still has been no sign of him.
Law enforcement officials from Caldwell County and across western North Carolina have been trying to track down 32-year-old Skip Brinkley, also known as Larry Wayne Brucke Jr., since the Friday night slaying of Deputy Adam Klutz at 3940 Fox Winkler Road in the Oak Hill community.
Brinkley is alleged to have killed Klutz with a gunshot to an unprotected part of his body and shot Lt. Chris Martin three times. Martin was hit in the chest, but his bulletproof vest saved his life.
Teams of investigators went into the Oak Hill and Dudley Shoals communities and surrounding areas Monday and again Tuesday distributing wanted posters and seeking any information about Brinkley, a former law enforcement officer, who served in Iraq from 2004-06 and has U.S. Army Ranger training.
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Support from other agencies proves pivotal
There have been quite a few sightings of Lenoir Police Department patrol cars out in the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction the last five days and a number of law enforcement faces not so familiar to the county. That's because a host of agencies from county, state and federal levels have pitched in to aid the Sheriff's Office in its massive search for Skip Brinkley, the man suspected of shooting and killing Deputy Adam Klutz and shooting Lt. Chris Martin three times Sept. 19.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
1 Philadelphia officer killed, 1 wounded on duty
1 Philadelphia officer killed, 1 wounded on duty
By PATRICK WALTERS Associated Press Writer
Sept. 23, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — A city police officer pursuing an armed suspect Tuesday afternoon was fatally shot, the fourth city officer to die in the line of duty in the last year, authorities said. Another officer was wounded and the suspect was killed.
The officer who died, Patrick McDonald, 30, was shot in the chest, Mayor Michael Nutter said. The other officer, 35-year-old Richard Bowes, was shot in the leg. He was in stable condition and expected to be OK, Nutter said.
"We are in pain, and we are very angry about what's going on in our city," Nutter said.
Police said McDonald called for backup around 1:45 p.m., and Bowes was one of several officers to respond.
At some point, an officer exchanged fire with the suspect. An automatic weapon was recovered at the scene.
Police did not immediately identify the suspect or release other details about what set off the shooting. His body was found about a half block from where McDonald was shot.
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By PATRICK WALTERS Associated Press Writer
Sept. 23, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — A city police officer pursuing an armed suspect Tuesday afternoon was fatally shot, the fourth city officer to die in the line of duty in the last year, authorities said. Another officer was wounded and the suspect was killed.
The officer who died, Patrick McDonald, 30, was shot in the chest, Mayor Michael Nutter said. The other officer, 35-year-old Richard Bowes, was shot in the leg. He was in stable condition and expected to be OK, Nutter said.
"We are in pain, and we are very angry about what's going on in our city," Nutter said.
Police said McDonald called for backup around 1:45 p.m., and Bowes was one of several officers to respond.
At some point, an officer exchanged fire with the suspect. An automatic weapon was recovered at the scene.
Police did not immediately identify the suspect or release other details about what set off the shooting. His body was found about a half block from where McDonald was shot.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
US Forest Service officer killed during shooting spree
Officer, Two Others Dead In Shooting Spree
Man Who Shot Female Officer Killed By Police
POSTED: 5:26 pm PDT September 20, 2008
SEQUIM, Wash. -- A traffic stop in the woods led to the shooting death of a U.S. Forest Service officer, a shootout in which a fugitive was killed and the discovery of a third gunshot victim at the home of the owner of a pickup truck he was driving, the Washington State Patrol said.
The FBI was investigating the shooting of USFS Officer Kristine Fairbanks, 51, a certified canine officer with 15 years in the forest service, and the other shootings in the Sequim area were being investigated by the patrol and Clallam County sheriff's deputies, state Trooper Krista D. Hedstrom told The Associated Press early Sunday.
Shawn M. Roe, 36, whose last known address was in Everett and before that in Shelton, had three handguns and fired at least one shot before he died in a shootout with two deputies at a convenience store, Hedstrom said.
Roe was a convicted felon with "an active criminal history" and was supposed to be under state Corrections Department supervision but details were not immediately available and he apparently was not being sought on any warrant, she added.
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Man Who Shot Female Officer Killed By Police
POSTED: 5:26 pm PDT September 20, 2008
SEQUIM, Wash. -- A traffic stop in the woods led to the shooting death of a U.S. Forest Service officer, a shootout in which a fugitive was killed and the discovery of a third gunshot victim at the home of the owner of a pickup truck he was driving, the Washington State Patrol said.
The FBI was investigating the shooting of USFS Officer Kristine Fairbanks, 51, a certified canine officer with 15 years in the forest service, and the other shootings in the Sequim area were being investigated by the patrol and Clallam County sheriff's deputies, state Trooper Krista D. Hedstrom told The Associated Press early Sunday.
Shawn M. Roe, 36, whose last known address was in Everett and before that in Shelton, had three handguns and fired at least one shot before he died in a shootout with two deputies at a convenience store, Hedstrom said.
Roe was a convicted felon with "an active criminal history" and was supposed to be under state Corrections Department supervision but details were not immediately available and he apparently was not being sought on any warrant, she added.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Thousands bid farewell to slain sheriff's deputy
Thousands bid farewell to slain sheriff's deputy
BURLINGTON, Skagit County — A week after a shooting spree claimed the lives of six people, a mournful community came together this afternoon to bid farewell to Skagit County sheriff's deputy Anne Jackson.
By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
BURLINGTON, Skagit County — A week after a shooting spree claimed the lives of six people, a mournful community came together this afternoon to bid farewell to the sheriff's deputy believed to be among the first to be killed.
Beneath clear blue skies, a crowd estimated at 4,000 gathered in the football stadium at Burlington-Edison High School for a memorial service for Skagit County deputy Anne Jackson who was killed while responding to a call in the tiny community of Alger. Among those in attendance were hundreds of law enforcement officers from throughout the state as well as Canada.
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BURLINGTON, Skagit County — A week after a shooting spree claimed the lives of six people, a mournful community came together this afternoon to bid farewell to Skagit County sheriff's deputy Anne Jackson.
By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
BURLINGTON, Skagit County — A week after a shooting spree claimed the lives of six people, a mournful community came together this afternoon to bid farewell to the sheriff's deputy believed to be among the first to be killed.
Beneath clear blue skies, a crowd estimated at 4,000 gathered in the football stadium at Burlington-Edison High School for a memorial service for Skagit County deputy Anne Jackson who was killed while responding to a call in the tiny community of Alger. Among those in attendance were hundreds of law enforcement officers from throughout the state as well as Canada.
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Cop-killer allegedly violated restraining order
"Why is my sister dead?"
Cop-killer allegedly violated restraining order
Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
(09-08) 20:44 PDT Martinez -- Twice within the past year, Margarita Sandoval complained to Martinez police that her estranged husband, Felix Sandoval, had violated a restraining order and threatened her. And twice, police turned their findings over to Contra Costa County prosecutors, but no charges were filed.
Now, after Sandoval fatally shot his wife's cousin and a Martinez police sergeant on Saturday, family members want to know why a man who had repeatedly threatened to kill his wife wasn't behind bars.
A Martinez police officer shot and killed Sandoval after Sandoval shot and killed Catalina Torres, 44, and Martinez police Sgt. Paul Starzyk, 47, during a six-minute rampage that started when he went looking for his wife at her Elegant Hair Design salon, police said.
"Why is my sister dead?" asked a crying Silvia Torres Limon, Torres' younger sister, as she interrupted a police news conference in Martinez on Monday afternoon. "Why wasn't he in jail? Why couldn't this have been prevented?"
According to court papers, Felix Sandoval, 49, had threatened his wife for years.
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Cop-killer allegedly violated restraining order
Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
(09-08) 20:44 PDT Martinez -- Twice within the past year, Margarita Sandoval complained to Martinez police that her estranged husband, Felix Sandoval, had violated a restraining order and threatened her. And twice, police turned their findings over to Contra Costa County prosecutors, but no charges were filed.
Now, after Sandoval fatally shot his wife's cousin and a Martinez police sergeant on Saturday, family members want to know why a man who had repeatedly threatened to kill his wife wasn't behind bars.
A Martinez police officer shot and killed Sandoval after Sandoval shot and killed Catalina Torres, 44, and Martinez police Sgt. Paul Starzyk, 47, during a six-minute rampage that started when he went looking for his wife at her Elegant Hair Design salon, police said.
"Why is my sister dead?" asked a crying Silvia Torres Limon, Torres' younger sister, as she interrupted a police news conference in Martinez on Monday afternoon. "Why wasn't he in jail? Why couldn't this have been prevented?"
According to court papers, Felix Sandoval, 49, had threatened his wife for years.
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Sgt. Paul Starzyk died trying to save 6 captives
Martinez Cop Tried To Save 6 Captives
(09-07) 21:10 PDT Martinez -- Trying to save three women and three screaming children from an angry gunman, Martinez police officers Paul Starzyk and Ian Leong stood in a narrow hallway leading to a second-floor apartment on Saturday - and prepared to go in.
But before they could, police officials said, gunman Felix Sandoval poked a hand out from behind the door and opened fire, blindly, with a .38-caliber revolver. Starzyk, a 47-year-old sergeant, was wearing a bulletproof vest but was hit twice in the upper body.
Starzyk initially returned fire along with Leong, but he was fatally wounded.
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(09-07) 21:10 PDT Martinez -- Trying to save three women and three screaming children from an angry gunman, Martinez police officers Paul Starzyk and Ian Leong stood in a narrow hallway leading to a second-floor apartment on Saturday - and prepared to go in.
But before they could, police officials said, gunman Felix Sandoval poked a hand out from behind the door and opened fire, blindly, with a .38-caliber revolver. Starzyk, a 47-year-old sergeant, was wearing a bulletproof vest but was hit twice in the upper body.
Starzyk initially returned fire along with Leong, but he was fatally wounded.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Officer and two others killed in gun fight
Officer and two others killed in gun fight
Incident occurred at San Francisco Bay area salon full of
updated 4:49 a.m. ET, Sun., Sept. 7, 2008
MARTINEZ, Calif. - Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday.
Martinez police and Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies responded to the disturbance call at Elegant Hair Designs at 11:35 a.m., said Jimmy Lee, a sheriff's spokesman.
At the time the salon was full of customers, including a bridal party. No one inside the salon was shot.
After officers arrived, the gunman, who said he was looking for his ex-wife, fled to an apartment complex behind the salon, and shots were fired, Lee said.
Martinez police Sgt. Paul Starzyk was killed in the exchange, which occurred inside an apartment in the complex.
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Incident occurred at San Francisco Bay area salon full of
updated 4:49 a.m. ET, Sun., Sept. 7, 2008
MARTINEZ, Calif. - Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday.
Martinez police and Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies responded to the disturbance call at Elegant Hair Designs at 11:35 a.m., said Jimmy Lee, a sheriff's spokesman.
At the time the salon was full of customers, including a bridal party. No one inside the salon was shot.
After officers arrived, the gunman, who said he was looking for his ex-wife, fled to an apartment complex behind the salon, and shots were fired, Lee said.
Martinez police Sgt. Paul Starzyk was killed in the exchange, which occurred inside an apartment in the complex.
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