Posted on 04/10/2002 4:58:46 AM PDT by RogueIsland
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (Reuters) - An off-duty police officer went on a shooting rampage late on Tuesday, killing five of his neighbors and wounding his police chief, before escaping in a car, police said.
Police said 15-year veteran police officer Edward Lutes, a member of the Seaside Heights SWAT team, was still armed and believed dangerous after killing three men and two women in two houses near Toms River, New Jersey, about 40 miles south of New York City.
A sixth person was injured jumping from a window to escape the melee.
Lutes then allegedly drove to the nearby community of Barnegat Township, where he allegedly shot and wounded Seaside Heights Police Chief James Costello, who was hospitalized in stable condition on Wednesday morning.
Police said gunfire erupted at about 9:20 p.m. after Lutes had an apparent dispute with a neighbor. In the same community last February, retired Newark police officer John Mabie allegedly went on a shooting spree that left four people dead, including his granddaughter.
Moreover -- why should someone in Toms River be paying for food, shelter, and medical for Illegal Invaders taking up refuge in California, OR for subsidizing the economies of both Egypt and Israel?
BTW, since the system of Federal subsidization is already in place, a SWAT team in place in the Toms River area IS justifiable simply based on TWO recent multiple murder/hostage events, as well as it's nearby location as a resort/bedroom community to the Philadelphia/New York nutcase axis.
And I'll be sure to pass the word on to the mayor and township committee (a member of which is designated as the Police Commissioner) that ppaul and Fred Mertz of FreeRepublic.com have decreed that Dover Township, Seaside Heights, Ocean County, or any community whatsoever for that matter, do not need a SWAT team, and that it should be immediately disbanded.
Hell, why stop there? All of the aforementioned departments should be disbanded, including the Ocean County Sheriff's Department (also based in Toms River), and as for all those prisoners in the Ocean County Jail (ditto), let 'em all go. From now on, it's every man, woman, and child for themselves!
Oh, and by the way, it turns out that the 25-year-old son across the street from the cop was tried and acquitted of sexual assaut, lewd conduct, and child endangerment against the cop's daughter last year. The neighbors in the house behind him that he blew away testified as "character" witnesses on behalf of the kid.
But of course, everyone knows that because this guy was a cop, he was naturally just a pyscho waiting to snap, right?
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