In Memoriam
Deputy among 6 dead in Wash. shooting spree
Another sobering reminder of the dangers out there. Stay safe.Skagit County Sheriff’s Deputy Anne Jackson, 40, as seen in a handout photo released by the Mount Vernon Police Department Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Six people died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, including Deputy Jackson. ALGER, Wash. — A shooting rampage in which six people died along a trail of blood stretching from a tiny town to the state’s busiest highway ended with the surrender of a man who was recently released from jail, authorities said.The man’s mother described her son as “desperately mentally ill” and said the sheriff’s deputy he’s accused of …Read more […..]
Conn. officer fatally shot checking suspicious activity
NORWALK, Conn. — Police blocked off city streets and searched with dogs for a suspect after an officer was gunned down early Friday while responding to a report of suspicious activity in a secluded parking lot.Officers responded within one minute of Officer Matthew Morelli’s last transmission to headquarters, but found the 11-year veteran of the police department and former Marine intelligence analyst dead, said Chief Harry Rilling.Police said Morelli was shot just before 12:30 a.m. in a parking lot on Lubrano Place in south Norwalk, about 50 miles northeast of New York City.Rilling said it was premature to release any …Read more […..]