Officer shot & killed with his own gun

[Bart Noir]

Been paying his wages every day he was on the FedWay force. He has been protecting my family and if we had been awake, it was close enough to hear the shot. Believe it is our first police officer death since the Federal Way Police Department was formed, which was only a few years ago. It saddens me greatly, especially since the death was hours later. The family must have gone through hell, waiting and hoping. Don't think I have the strength to view the funeral procession. Those tear me up too much.

Bart Noir
No joke or saying here, not today.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

werent we just talking about this??

fighting instead of going for our gun

Yep. And you can bet your last dollar that the bad guys know where people have been brainwashed into fighting first, and shooting last.

They are the places with the most dead cops per capita.

They are the places where the most successful "police brutality" lawsuits are filed. The perp knows that all he has to do is get a bloody nose duking it out with the cop, and Joe Suburbaniteslob, and his wife Jane Soccermommy will hand the punk a few million for his "pain and suffering".

They are the places in which the most savage crimes are commited, because the worst thing the perp needs to fear is a little aerosol spice in his face in return for his naked savagery.

This was the case with Deputy Herzog's killer. The killer was standing naked in a busy intersection, and trying to drag passing women from their cars (in order to rape them) as they slowed in traffic for the light.

In the good old days, all the witnesses would have heard is BOOM!
THUD! STOP! POLICE!

Better to quiver as sheeple, than to risk living as humans again. I guess.

 

[Orthonym]

Condolences and sympathy from here, too. More evidence for something I've been thinking about for years: It seems that the policemen most often shot dead are the ones we'd most like to keep around, but the mean ones retire as rich detectives. Another corollary to Murphy's Law?

 

[JShirley]

Hm. Seems like there are a decent number of members close to me.

Sad about the officer. I'm glad he died saving others, not from a heart attack, or a traffic accident, though it may be small consolation to his family.

Also nice that this post from TBO is (1)current, (2)has discussion-worthy points, and (3)was accompanied by some commentary, instead of just a posting of an officer's death. Unfortunately, death comes to us all, not just to those employed by state or federal governments.

John

 

[blades67]

It's too bad a good man had to die, but it would seem he saved a family from a monster in doing so.

 

[tomkatz]

Apparently officer Maher was carrying his glock in a level 2 holster, and it was the correct holster for his gun.
Kent police have sent the holster and gun to experts for examination.
I stopped at the memorial site today for a bit, very sad....tom

 

[SSGMike]

These events sadden me...

because a friend of mine had it happen to him only a few months ago. His shift had almost ended when he got a shoplifting call. He responded to the call and the scumbag blindsided him, punching him through the window before he could get out of his car. He managed to exit the car, but then the criminal (also one with a mile-long rapsheet) wrestled his pistol from him and shot him in the head with it. More local PD arrived around that time, and one of them shot and killed the BG.

This traumatized me - I'm still bothered by it. Scott and I both enlisted in the National Guard back in '90, he in the Scout platoon and I in the TOW's. We talked like old friends, but I think he talked to everyone that way. I ran into him and his new wife and baby back around Christmas (I'm in another unit now) and he was really happy with his career, new family, etc. Then this dirtbag took him away from all of that.

This event, all by itself, changed my outlook on life. I started carrying daily, and swore that if I ever witnessed anything like that happening I was gonna get involved. To Hell with the BG, and to Hell with sitting and watching safely from a distance so I can give a good report to the cops when they show.

Pardon my soapbox. I'll put it away now.

 

[Carlos Cabeza]

There's a lot of good people on this board.....................

I offer my humble acknowlegement of Officer Maher's accomplishments.
May he find eternal peace.

I prefer the old method. Show the POS the operating end of the gun, and let the thug decide if he wants to live or die.

Ask him nicely ONCE.........and only once.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

This event, all by itself, changed my outlook on life. I started carrying daily, and swore that if I ever witnessed anything like that happening I was gonna get involved. To Hell with the BG, and to Hell with sitting and watching safely from a distance so I can give a good report to the cops when they show.

Amen

 

[TheeBadOne]

i see what you mean, the police have to take the offensive as part of their job and are forced to close with a suspect where they become more vulnerable to having their gun taken.
- 280PLUS

Concise and well said!

 

[RustyHammer]

Very sad ..... prayers follow.