Posted on 10/19/2006 9:57:42 PM PDT by Enterprise
Fresno police confirmed the death of a man who held them at bay for seven hours after he shot two officers early Thursday.
11:08 a.m. : Fresno Deputy Police Chief Roger Enmark reported that a police officer who was shot several times has undergone surgery at University Medical Center and is in stable condition with wounds that are described as not life-threatening.
The other officer, who was shot once, was treated at UMC and has been released, Enmark said.
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Police said the officers were responding to a "call for service" when they were met with gunfire when they arrived.
The officers retreated to safety on their own after they were shot."
There's not much more here. The officers responded to a call for service and they were both shot. One of them was treated and released from the hospital, and the other remains hospitalized, but with non-life threatening injuries. The officers did not return fire, and the suspect killed himself.
Prayers offered to the injured officers and their families. May God help them to make a full and quick recovery.
Police said that more than 20 shots were fired by Lunsford.
Thank you both. There is an update post #4.
The thanks belong to the Law Enforcement Officers who risk their lives to save the lives of others.
I hope they do well.
I remember a time when the Fresno Police were as respected as the Oakland Police.
"Yes sir. No sir. Yes sir..."
Then Jerry Brown, who wants to be AG, was elected governor.
He won't do that again, will he?
"Lunsford called 911 to report that a person he called his boyfriend, George, was suicidal and high on cocaine and heroin, Lt. Randy Dobbins said.
Police interviewed Lunsford's girlfriend Thursday. She told police Lunsford wasn't gay.
Thursday's shooting may have been Lunsford's second attempt to ambush police officers, Dyer said: Lunsford called police Oct. 13 to report something suspicious and was sitting on his balcony when police arrived at his home at 3655 W. San Jose Ave.
That night, nothing happened.
Early Thursday, when officers Messick and Shipman arrived, Lunsford was standing on his balcony, unarmed. He told officers his boyfriend was inside on the first floor and that the suicidal man was scared.
He tossed a set of keys down to the officers, inviting them inside his gate. They let themselves in, and walked about 15 feet to Lunsford's front door. Then, as one officer put the key in the door, Lunsford leaned from his balcony and opened fire on the officers from behind, Dyer said."
Additional information was that he was on probation out of Bakersfield for a DUI and he was facing a demotion from supervisor at his job, and he took it pretty hard.
"Two Fresno police officers shot in the line of duty in October have returned to work.
Officer Daniel Messick, 27, is on a modified work schedule. Officer Trevor Shipman, 22, was to return to full duty as a patrol officer at 9 p.m. Tuesday."
Thank you for the ping, and may God continue to watch over these brave men as they serve and protect.
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