Suspected cop killer Shawn Labeet shot dead in Pembroke Pines

Miami Hearld ^ | Fri, Sept 14, 2007 | David Ovalle and Manny Garcia

[flattorney]

The man suspected of killing one Miami-Dade cop and wounding three others Thursday morning in a shootout in south Miami-Dade was cornered and shot dead in a Pembroke Pines apartment complex sometime before midnight, a law enforcement source told The Miami Herald. Miami-Dade police would not confirm the information about suspect Shawn Sherwin LaBeet, but scheduled a news conference for 12:30 a.m. at its headquarters in Doral. After receiving a tip Thursday evening that LaBeet was hiding in an apartment complex in Pembroke Pines, Miami-Dade sent its SWAT team, the source told The Herald.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Good news. He will not have the ability to kill again.

[ConservativeStatement]

Yup. I used to live in Pembroke Pines.

[Dreagon]

and that is that.

[jazusamo]

Excellent news!

[Marie]

yup. they got him and I'm glad.

But I'll still weep for his mother.

[FreePaul]

...and that is that.

Probably not. We'll have a week of hand wringing about why he did it and did the officers really have to shoot him.

[FreePaul]

...and that is that.

Probably not. We'll have a week of hand wringing about why he did it and did the officers really have to shoot him.

[SatinDoll]

Too bad they didn’t just wound him. He has possible ties to Muslim extremists. His half-brother killed a bunch of white people in the Virgin Islands and hijacked an airliner to Cuba. That man is now an Islamist radical.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

So currently, is the area a good one or a rat infested sewer?

[flattorney]

Here's a second report - FlAttorney

Police Capture, Kill Cop Killer Suspect LaBeet
CBS, Channel 4 Miami
Sep 14, 2007 12:56 am US/Eastern
http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_257003200.html

(CBS4) PEMBROKE PINES In an apartment building in Pembroke Pines, the chase for accused cop killer Sean LaBeet ended late Thursday in a second confrontation with Miami-Dade police officers. The first confrontation ended in the death of a police officer. The second ended in his death, after police say he opened fire when they tried to arrest him. CBS4 sources say the end came at an apartment complex at 305 SW 83rd Avenue Pembroke Pines, following a search for LaBeet that started early Thursday afternoon.

"We Got Him", one police source told CBS4 News. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, who once headed the Miami-Dade police Department, detailed how LaBeet was captured. "The confronted him. There was an exchange of gunfire. The subject was shot and killed," Alvarez said. Miami-Dade's SWAT team attempted to make the arrest, assisted by the Pembroke Pines police department. Alvarez said LaBeet was armed and had an extra clip when he confronted police.

At first, investigators incorrectly identified the suspected shooter as 30-year-old Kevin Wehner. But Miami-Dade Commander Linda O’Brien said Wehner is actually hundreds of miles away in the Jacksonville area and is not involved in the shootings in Cutler Bay. ''It appears we have been misled about (the suspect's) initial identity,'' Miami-Dade's O'Brien said. She said she was glad Wehner stepped forward quickly. “It appears LaBeet had obtained his ID.'' Immediately after the shooting, police say LaBeet got back in his car and sped off heading down the Turnpike. What is believed to be LaBeet's vehicle, a white Honda Accord with a black hood, was located in the area of SW 203rd Street and 129th Avenue on a small road lining the bank of Black Creek Canal, however, it was empty. The front windshield of the vehicle was smashed.

By mid-afternoon, Miami-Dade police Commander Linda O'Brien said Shawn LaBeet was believed to be driving a Black 2007 Pontiac Vibe with the Florida tag W59EPT. That car was found in a parking lot at a Target store in Oakland Park, at Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway, shortly before 4:30 pm Thursday. When the car was found, it was discovered the Pontiac was rented out to LaBeet's brother, Shane LaBeet. The women and children who were found at the car are Shane's girlfriend and children. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez told reporters Thursday night that police had been deceived by LaBeet's girlfriend, who intentionally misled them about his identity. She was being questioned by police Thursday night, before police located LaBeet in Broward County and attempted to arrest him

[tdewey10]

i want the girlfriend tried, at a minimum, as an accessory after the fact.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

What you said.

[umgud]

We'll have a week of hand wringing about why he did it and did the officers really have to shoot him.

And how he bought assault weapons.

[jazusamo]

For sure, she better be.

[ConservativeStatement]

It was one of the fastest growing communities in the US during the 90s and changed from a comfortable area (I lived there in the 80s) to overpopulated — adjacent to a larger city called Hollywood and about 10 miles south of Fort Lauderdale. There are far worse places, I enjoyed my time there. It isn’t a sewer but it spread its wings very quickly.

[flattorney]

Good news. He will not have the ability to kill again.

I was praying the Miami-Dade PD would use a throw-down and kill that POS if they caught him. The last 5 weeks we have had 6 MDPD shot with 2 killed.

[SoldierDad]

Hmmmm. The title here suggests (without reading on) that they first captured the guy, and then shot him dead. Interesting.

[o_zarkman44]

justice is sweet

[pankot]

Saved the state money.

[fish hawk]

Why, do you know her? Is she a good Christian woman? Maybe she and her religion is why her son is dead. Save your tears for our boys.

[taxesareforever]

No activist judge will be able to stop his execution.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS for the good news,,,

I wonder how far this gang/? will be followed in the news ?

JMHO : This mite be a “tip of the iceberg” for the LEOs of that area...

[NRA2BFree]

That*s very good news! It saves the family of the LEO who was killed and those who were wounded from having to sit through a painful trial. It gives the LEO brotherhood swift and final Justice!

[ConservativeStatement]

In addition to my previous post, this is from Wikipedia:

The city’s expansion was a major effect of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Thousands of southern Miami-Dade County residents moved northward to Broward County, many to Pembroke Pines. The population greatly increased as former owners of destroyed homes spent their insurance money on an inland city.

The resulting boom ranked the City of Pembroke Pines third in a list of Fastest Growing Cities in the United States in 1999.[2] Over the years, the sudden and unplanned overpopulation has caused problems, especially in schools. In 2003, Charles W. Flanagan High School had close to 6,000 students, making it the most populated high school in Florida. In response to Broward County's inability to keep up with demands, Mayor Alex Fekete and City Manager Charles Dodge started a Charter School System. As of 2006, Pembroke Pines had the largest Charter School System in the county. The city is also home to a campuses for Broward Community College and Florida International University. The city's population has grown from (1990 pop. 65,452) to an estimated 2005 population of 148,000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_Pines,_Florida

[flattorney]

Here's the front page of Google News - - it's on the National wire

Tell you what, we have a bunch of excited people down here, including the police chief, that they nailed this SOB. His half-brother has never been brought to justice >> Shawn LaBeet is the half-brother of notorious mass murderer and fugitive from justice Ishmael LaBeet, who was implicated in eight execution style slayings at a St. Croix resort in 1972, a crime known in the Virgin Islands as the Fountain Valley Massacre << The police apprehended Ishmael once but he escaped, and they have never found him again.

[manic4organic]

Here’s my made up quote from his mom, which I base on every other one I’ve heard from similar scumbags. “My baby never did nothing to deserve this. He didn’t need to die.” Print it. It’s along the same line of thinking as “Nobody judges me but God.” Well, He just did.

[BurbankKarl]

probably the same cell as connected with the JFK airport plot...

[JLS]

I was praying the Miami-Dade PD would use a throw-down and kill that POS if they caught him.

Wow so you are admitting you are no better than the cop killer?

[NRA2BFree]

Tell you what, we have a bunch of excited people down here, including the police chief, that they nailed this SOB. His half-brother has never been brought to justice >> Shawn LaBeet is the half-brother of notorious mass murderer and fugitive from justice Ishmael LaBeet, who was implicated in eight execution style slayings at a St. Croix resort in 1972, a crime known in the Virgin Islands as the Fountain Valley Massacre << The police apprehended Ishmael once but he escaped, and they have never found him again.

I'm sure that all the LEOs around the country are happy that he was shot dead by the LEOs who were looking for him. I know I'm pretty happy about it.

It's too bad they didn't catch Ishmael. What a couple of scum bags they are/were. Ishmael is a Muslim name. Do you know if they were Muslims?

[JimRed]

No one who shoots it out with the cops should EVER leave alive!

[OKIEDOC]

Did he convert to Islam some time ago.

[Cindy]

Related link: Background, details, discussion:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895907/posts

[MrJapan]

The city’s expansion was a major effect of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Was stationed at Homestead AFB for Andrew... was awful... shame many of the people moved up into Broward county.... it was known by most, if not all, of the military personnel to be VERY liberal, and to avoid it if possible... MJ

[now catch his half brother]

Shawn Sherwin LaBeet, is the half-brother of a notorious mass murderer and fugitive from justice, Ishmael LaBeet, who was implicated in eight slayings at a St. Croix resort in 1973, a crime known in the Virgin Islands as the Fountain Valley Massacre.

In 1972 when Ishmael LaBeet and four associates killed eight people at a St. Croix resort, Carambola. The five — all dressed in fatigues — sprang out of the bushes at the Rockefeller-owned Fountain Valley golf course in St. Croix and sprayed the dining area with bullets.

In the 1972 massacre, the attackers rounded up 15 people, four Miami residents were among them. Eight were ordered to kneel in a circle and systematically shot to death with a shotgun and .45-caliber and 9mm pistols. The four from Miami, two couples vacationing together, were among the dead.

The five black robbers, who had screamed racial, anti-white insults during the massacre, according to witnesses, then fled with $731 from the cash register and the personal effects of the dead.

Thirteen years later, on New Year’s Eve, 1985, Ishmael LaBeet (Shawn Sherwin LaBeet’s half-brother) overpowered guards from the Virgin Islands Department of Corrections who were escorting him on a flight from St. Croix to New York.

Ishmael LaBeet forced the American Airlines flight with 198 people aboard to divert to Havana, Cuba, where he was taken off the plane by Cuban authorities. The plane later made the flight to New York with the rest of the passengers.

Ishmael LaBeet remains a fugitive, and his crime still resonates with locals to this day.

[weiner56]

Al and Jesse will say he was executed.

[Joe Boucher]

Here in Florida we’ve had a rash of attacks on police officers.
Glad to see this perp was killed instead of turning his sorry butt over to the legal system.

[Uncle Ike]

” Glad to see this perp was killed instead of turning his sorry butt over to the legal system “

I guess if he couldn’t be ‘disappeared’ to, say, a ‘secret CIA prison in Poland’, this is the best alternative.....

I’m glad he’s dead, but there’s a lot of unanswered questions — and possibly a lost chance at intel.....

[Toadman]

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez told reporters Thursday night that police had been deceived by LaBeet's girlfriend, who intentionally misled them about his identity

This gal needs to have the book thrown at her.

I'm sure the SWAT bubbas were praying LaIdiot would raise his weapon or take a shot at them. Suicide by Cop is becoming more common theses days.

Thoughts and prayers for our Police and all Emergency Service personnel.

[Malsua]

One less bag of crap polluting the planet.

[buck61]

That man is now an Islamist radical.

Not really!! he’s now dead and, that is a good thing, want have to go through a trial that makes the cops look bad.
But, of course there is always the ACLU to try proving the cops did a hate crime.

[omega4179]

I am glad he “resisted arrest” its over now.

[omega4179]

Now that hes dead he “was turning his life around” and “just found jesus”

[BuffaloJack]

Excellent!
Prayers to his victims.

[Bulldawg Fan]

He likely has the pit in hell next to the Muslim section.

[livius]

Very strange case with very strange connections.

The “girlfriend” who misled the police, btw, was actually the girlfriend of another LaBeet half-brother, Shane. There are apparently LaBeets scattered all over the place - I don’t know if Daddy LaBeet is still alive and procreating or if he has been removed from the gene pool at last. The LaBeet in Cuba is at least 20 years older than his cop-killer half brother, Shawn LaBeet, so Daddy LaBeet had way too long a run as it was!

Let us know if they release any more information on this.

[G Larry]

Given that withholding M&M’s is now considered “torture”, there wasn’t much chance of getting useful info from him.

[17th Miss Regt]

And his high school transcripts just improved from a C-/D+ student to an honor roll student!

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Analogous support for the argument that capital punishment is, in fact, a deterrent to crime.

When a criminal is made dead, he/she is deterred from ever committing another capital crime.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

That*s very good news! It saves the family of the LEO who was killed and those who were wounded from having to sit through a painful trial. It gives the LEO brotherhood swift and final Justice!

Adding insult to the tragedy, the jury may not have found him guilty.