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Another St. Petersburg Police Officer Killed; 3rd in Past Month
By not in system - AOL NewsA 25-year veteran of the St. Petersburg, Fla., police was gunned down Monday night while trying to apprehend a suspected burglar, becoming the department's third member to be killed in the line of duty in less than a month. Old Northeast/Downtown St. Petersburg Patch reports that a manhunt has been under way since late Monday night for a man, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, wearing a dark-colored hoodie. He may have been wounded. Officer David Crawford, 46, was shot multiple times Monday and later died at Bayfront Medical Center. On Jan. 24, officers Thomas Baitinger and ...
Slain Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Was Dedicated to Duty
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsShe loved her job and dedicated herself to her duty. A sheriff's deputy in Ohio, Suzanne Hopper was killed doing what she cared about: trying to help others. "It wasn't the career you think about your daughter being in ... but she loved it," her father, Charles Bauer, told WHIO TV. "It's evident that she did more for people because she loved people, and I think that was why she picked the career she picked. She thought she could help people." Clark County Sheriff's Office/AP Clark County Sheriff's Deputy Suzanne Hopper, who started with the county in 1999, frequently won ...
Agent Was 'Chillingly Close' to Shooting LBJ
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(Oct. 20) -- In a striking admission sure to stoke the imaginations of conspiracy theorists everywhere, a former Secret Service agent reveals how he came "chillingly close" to shooting President Lyndon B. Johnson right outside his home just hours after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. So reads "The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence," a new book co-authored by the former agent himself, Gerald "Jerry" Blaine, and writer Lisa McCubbin. In it, the authors vividly recall Nov. 22, 1963, the fateful night of Kennedy's assassination, when Blaine was assigned to watch ...
Texas Governor Pressuring Mexico in Falcon Lake Case
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AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 7) -- The search for an American tourist reportedly shot dead on a border lake has led Texas Gov. Rick Perry to tangle with the Mexican government over the investigation and efforts to recover the body. Perry said Wednesday that Mexico needs to use every resource available to find the body and have it returned to U.S. soil. He has asked Mexican President Felipe Calderon to call him, but no phone call had been scheduled Wednesday evening. Eric Gay, AP Tiffany Hartley lays a wreath Wednesday near the site where she says her husband, David Hartley, was shot on Falcon Lake ...
EMT Accused of Ignoring Dying Woman Is Shot Dead
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(July 19) -- Police are searching for the gunman who fatally shot a New York City emergency medical worker under investigation for allegedly ignoring a dying pregnant woman. Jason Green, 32, was shot twice Sunday at 5 a.m. after his friend was turned away from a nightclub, Detective Marc Nell said. Police said that after Green got into an altercation with a man, a gunman got out of a car, shot him twice in the torso and fled. There were no arrests or suspects as of this morning, Nell said. Green and another EMT were suspended for a month without pay following the Dec. 9 death of Au Bon ...
New Virginia Law Allows Concealed Weapons in Bars, Restaurants
By Kathryn Yao - AOL NewsBeginning today in Virginia, you will be able to find "shooters" of two types in bars across the state. That's because a new state law going into effect today lifts the ban on concealed weapons in restaurants serving alcohol. The catch is that those who choose to bring guns into such establishments are not allowed to drink. Gun rights supporters throughout the state have been fighting for the right to carry concealed weapons for years. "It's not like alcohol suddenly jumps from their glass into my veins and suddenly I got a problem," said Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia ...
Splatter Michael Vick With Cake, Get Shot
By Paul Wachter - Politics DailyThank God for the New York Post. ESPN is still playing catch-up on the shooting that occurred outside NFL quarterback and ex-dog-torturing felon Michael Vick's 30th birthday party at a Virginia Beach nightclub. ESPN reports that the victim, Quanis Phillips, was "one of the co-defendants in the dogfighting case that landed Vick in federal prison for 18 months." Phillips was discharged from the hospital Friday, the same day he checked in. But those are all the details the self-described "worldwide leader" in sports provides. So, we turn to the tabloids. According to the Post, Phillips crashed ...
Hillary Shots: Nothing New
By Mo Rocca - Politics DailyLast Saturday, Hillary Clinton, trying to prove she's just a regular gal, drank a shot of whiskey at a bar in Indiana. Interesting, but nothing new. Here at Mo Rocca 180, we caught Ms. Clinton on tape a year ago taking a shot of Jägermeister (start watching at :47): ...
Chargers Outside Linebacker Shot Multiple Times
By Rob Zepeda - AOL NewsFrom KUSI in San Diego: A San Diego Charger was shot Sunday morning by an off duty police officer. It happened around 3:30 Sunday morning..when an off duty Coronado police officer started following a man who was driving erratically. Police say the driver is Chargers linebacker Steve Foley.The officer identified himself several times as a police officer, but Foley would not pull over. Foley then drove to his own neighborhood in Poway where he got out of the car and his girlfriend got behind the wheel. Police say Foley came at the officer who fired a warning shot. The woman then drove the car at ...
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