Here's another sad story from overseas:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=15&art_id=qw1050899581109B265&set_id=1
Cop's wife shot dead while trying to help him
April 21 2003 at 06:33AM
A brave wife of a local police officer was shot dead while attempting to help her husband stop an armed robbery at a petrol station, police said on Sunday.
Superintendent Eddie Watson said the incident in Convent Lane, East London, happened on Thursday night. Quincy Tohose, 34, wife of dog unit member Inspector Thomas Tohose, was shot in the chest at about 10pm.
She was pronounced dead on arrival at St Dominics Hospital in East London. Tohose and his wife were driving in Buffalo Road in their private vehicle when they spotted an armed robbery in progress on the forecourt of a service station.
"Three armed men were in the process of robbing two woman at gunpoint. The men grabbed their handbags and fled on foot into Stephenson Street," Watson said.
'He found his wife lying in a pool of blood'
Tohose, who was off duty, gave chase in his vehicle. During the chase his wife jumped from the vehicle and followed the suspects on foot into Convent Lane.
Watson said Tohose made a u-turn and stopped the vehicle and was about to join his wife in the chase when he heard a gun shot.
"He found his wife lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound to the chest," Watson said.
Tohose was admitted to St Marks Clinic where he was treated for shock and discharged. There have been no arrests and police are investigating a case of murder and armed robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the serious violent crime unit at 043 731 1124. - Sapa
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=15&art_id=qw1050899581109B265&set_id=1
Cop's wife shot dead while trying to help him
April 21 2003 at 06:33AM
A brave wife of a local police officer was shot dead while attempting to help her husband stop an armed robbery at a petrol station, police said on Sunday.
Superintendent Eddie Watson said the incident in Convent Lane, East London, happened on Thursday night. Quincy Tohose, 34, wife of dog unit member Inspector Thomas Tohose, was shot in the chest at about 10pm.
She was pronounced dead on arrival at St Dominics Hospital in East London. Tohose and his wife were driving in Buffalo Road in their private vehicle when they spotted an armed robbery in progress on the forecourt of a service station.
"Three armed men were in the process of robbing two woman at gunpoint. The men grabbed their handbags and fled on foot into Stephenson Street," Watson said.
'He found his wife lying in a pool of blood'
Tohose, who was off duty, gave chase in his vehicle. During the chase his wife jumped from the vehicle and followed the suspects on foot into Convent Lane.
Watson said Tohose made a u-turn and stopped the vehicle and was about to join his wife in the chase when he heard a gun shot.
"He found his wife lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound to the chest," Watson said.
Tohose was admitted to St Marks Clinic where he was treated for shock and discharged. There have been no arrests and police are investigating a case of murder and armed robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the serious violent crime unit at 043 731 1124. - Sapa
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