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DPD Officer Killed Confronting Homicide Suspect (Dallas, TX)
Fox 4 News Dallas ^ | 3-23-07 | Unknown

Posted on 03/23/2007 6:12:25 PM PDT by Spktyr

DALLAS -- A DPD officer was shot and killed in West Dallas after confronting a homicide suspect. The officer died at Parkland Hospital as the suspect entered into a standoff with Dallas SWAT.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: crime; criminal; dallas; notagain; texas
More info to come. Officer was shot at point blank range by suspect carrying (unspecified) rifle.
1 posted on 03/23/2007 6:12:25 PM PDT by Spktyr
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WFAA is reporting:

From Staff Reports

A 33-year-old Dallas police officer died Friday evening after he was shot twice during a confrontation in West Dallas with a man thought to have been involved in a southeast Dallas murder earlier this week.

The officer was rushed from the scene in the 4100 block of Bernal Drive to Parkland Memorial Hospital by another officer in a squad car. Dallas Police Sgt. Gil Cerda announced the officer's death at a news conference at the hospital.

More info at http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/032407dnmetofficershot.d7c4762.html


2 posted on 03/23/2007 6:15:48 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

FReeper PRayer bump for DPD!


3 posted on 03/23/2007 6:18:44 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I buy gas for my Hummer with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!)
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To: Spktyr

Prayers for the family of the officer killed in the line of duty. Sir, we salute your bravery! May you rest in Peace.


4 posted on 03/23/2007 6:20:27 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Spktyr

Minutes after the shooting, at least two dozen Dallas squad cars converged on the scene, which was a West Dallas residential neighborhood. Police had guns drawn on a car parked cattycorner in a yard. Its windows and doors appeared to be riddled with bullet holes.

It was not immediately clear whether the suspect survived the gunbattle, or whether it was one or two suspects in the car.


5 posted on 03/23/2007 6:21:52 PM PDT by umgud (Anna Nicole was an expensive slut)
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To: umgud

Yeah, we have to excerpt Belo. :-P


6 posted on 03/23/2007 6:22:30 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

oooops


7 posted on 03/23/2007 6:23:32 PM PDT by umgud (Anna Nicole was an expensive slut)
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From NBC5i.com:

DALLAS -- A man fatally shot a Dallas police officer Friday, sparking a standoff that ended with the suspect's capture, NBC 5 reported.

The shooting happened in the 4100 block of Bernal Drive near Loop 12 in Dallas.

NBC 5 reported that the suspect, who was also shot, was armed with a rifle and slumped down inside a car that Chopper 5 video showed was riddled with bullets.

Dozens of officers with guns drawn had surrounded the vehicle before SWAT officers removed him from the car at about 7 p.m.

Paramedics took him from the scene in an ambulance.

The man's condition was not known.

The officer was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital, Sgt. Gil Cerda said.

“We are providing counseling for the officers here,” he said. “It’s just a very hard time for us.”

Cerda said the incident began when officers had attempted to stop a vehicle as part of a murder investigation.

Cerda said the driver fled, forcing police to chase him.

When the driver stopped on Bernal Drive, police exchanged gunfire with the suspect and the officer was hit, Cerda said.

Cerda did not release the officer's identity.

8 posted on 03/23/2007 6:25:40 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Rest in Peace


9 posted on 03/23/2007 6:40:23 PM PDT by SmithL (si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Spktyr

Prayers for the deceased and his family, and May Guardian Angels protect everyone in uniform.


10 posted on 03/23/2007 6:40:47 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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Prayers have been sent for his loved ones. May God comfort them and give them strength for the difficult days ahead.

I hope they catch the scum that killed him.

11 posted on 03/23/2007 6:41:18 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (Duncan Hunter for President '08 - A genuine "Reagan Republican" for America!)
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To: NRA2BFree

God bless cops.


12 posted on 03/23/2007 6:42:27 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
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To: Spktyr

Prayers for the officer's family, friends and co-workers. :*(

Wonder if this will show up on "Dallas S.W.A.T."?
People just don't appreciate what these front line heroes go through for the rest of us! :*(


13 posted on 03/23/2007 6:44:07 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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To: pillut48

TXA-21 is reporting that the deceased officer's name is Mark Nix.


14 posted on 03/23/2007 6:48:19 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: NRA2BFree

The scum didn't get away - Officer Nix and his partner, along with the officers in another car, thouroughly ventilated the perp's car and the perp. Unfortunately, the perp survived.


15 posted on 03/23/2007 6:49:19 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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