Man Leads Police on Chase at Airport

1010wins ^ | Sep 18, 9:26 PM EDT | 1010wins

[Calpernia]

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- A man drove his truck across two active runways at the Palm Springs International Airport on Sunday, broke a lock on a plane door and tried to run over an officer before he was arrested.

Even after the man, dressed only in underwear and a shirt, crashed his truck in the yard of a nearby home and had been shot multiple times by police, he still refused to surrender until a police dog subdued him, police spokesman Sgt. John Booth said.

The suspect, identified as Michael Broderick, was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for gunshot wounds. His injuries were not life-threatening, Booth said.

Broderick was booked for investigation of attempting to kill an officer. The man underwent drug tests, but the results would not be available for several weeks, Booth said.

Officers tried unsuccessfully to negotiate with Broderick, who kept asking that they kill him, Booth said.

[Calpernia]

ping

[ncountylee]

Looks like these officers need more range time.

[RichInOC]

Heck with it. If he's that stupid, let the dog eat him.

[siunevada]

Looks like these officers need more range time.

Or .45 caliber weapons.

[M203M4]

Pity.

Would have been a decent Darwin (there is still plenty of potential for him though).

[rineaux]

boxers or briefs

the fruit of the loom.

[marktwain]

That is only about a 120 miles from here. He probably was on Meth.

People on Meth can do really stupid and amazing things. I am told that they are very hard to bring down.

[Panzerlied]

"Looks like these officers need more range time."

Or the stopping power of a 45!

Oh, wait!

Can't do that! Not PC!

[savedbygrace]

The man underwent drug tests, but the results would not be available for several weeks, Booth said.

Hold yer horses - I've seen CSI. Drug tests only take a couple of minutes.

[Westlander]

.50 preferably.
http://www.serbu.com/

[siunevada]

He probably was on Meth.

That was my thought. Meth, PCP or something even weirder, he was functioning in some alternate universe.

[siunevada]

.50 preferably.

Gotta be a really big boy to carry that thing in a holster.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Bump

[goldstategop]

Sounded suicidal. I guess he really wanted them to do it for him. He didn't get his wish.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Fido969]

The man underwent drug tests, but the results would not be available for several weeks, Booth said.

Well, looks to me like he failed the field sobriety test.

[WoofDog123]

"Broderick was booked for investigation of attempting to kill an officer. The man underwent drug tests, but the results would not be available for several weeks, Booth said."

They must be mailing the samples to Easter Island to be analyzed?

[DeltaZulu]

This article reads like a script from Reno 911.

[bigsigh]

maybe they should contract with CBS. Three weeks seems a tad long.

[battlegearboat]

Hey, the poor guy was only trying to find his lost luggage from his recent Delta flight.