RIP Officer Kim
Posted on 06/19/2015 9:58:48 AM PDT by bleach
Cincinnati lost a veteran cop in a shootout. Apparently the perpetrator was also killed. The story is still unfolding.
His name was Sonny Kim. A great guy with a wife and three kids. He will be sorely missed.
Sorry for the lack of details, but my connection is molasses. They recently have been adding new officers on the streets to stem the violence. Such an experienced officer, he will be missed.
RIP Officer Kim
Met him down at Lunken Playfield playground some time ago.
Really nice guy. Down to Earth, funny. Took his job seriously but wasn’t egotistical at all.
Just a guy that had a job to do.
Really sad.
Sonny was a great guy known to me and many other current and former LEOs here in the Greater Cincinnati area. A lot of good people are mourning him right now. 27 years on the force.
He was responding to a 911 call about a person in the street behaving strangely and waving a gun. Whetzel Avenue in the Madisonville section of Cincinnati. He was wearing body armor and still he died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Sorry to hear this. Prayers for the officer and everyone involved.
Rest in peace Officer Kim.
Interestingly, in their first couple of years, the Washington Nationals had a pitcher named Sun-Woo Kim. he was known as “Sunny Kim.” When I saw the slain officers name, I thought of him.
He wasn’t a very good pitcher.
I bet this doesn’t get nearly the response that Charleston did.
I wonder which race hustler will be the first to accuse someone of racism for bringing up this incident.
Even a round which doesn’t go through a vest can kill if it stops the heart from trauma impact. It is always sad when a good man is lost to senseless violence. He seems to personify what it means to ‘protect and serve’ ...
Prayers up for Officer Kim’s family and the CPD.
Deeply sorry that you have lost your friend, prayers for all.
Thank you PBear.
RIP.
For all you Freepers who have no idea about Cincinnati, Ohio.....it was considered one of the MOST CONSERVATIVE cities in the USA UNTIL they elected JERRY SPRINGER as MAYOR!!! Yes....that POS, Jerry Springer.....and it has gone downhill ever since!!!
Got the hell out when they elected that NUTCASE, Springer.......It will NEVER be the same, safe place to raise a family that it had been.....NEVER!
Our house is almost exactly between Terrace Park and Madeira. When I’m here, just about everything I do is within a 5 mile radius.
I don’t need to go much farther out, except for the airports.
The city has issues but I try not to notice.
ah....Indian Hill probably.....very nice.
Probably :-)
Can hit the Marvin Lewis house with a well thrown football!
Or the old Albers grocery stores owner’s house with a well thrown can of corn!
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