Posted on 04/07/2009 5:40:36 PM PDT by Flavius
Richard Poplawski fired several shots into the body of a wounded Pittsburgh police officer during a siege Saturday that left three officers dead and a fourth wounded, a neighbor told police.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
(The neighbor was awakened by gunfire shortly after 7 a.m. and rushed to a window. An officer, later identified as Stephen J. Mayhle, was sprawled on the ground near the stoop of 1016 Fairfield St. in Stanton Heights.
The neighbor told police a man standing in the doorway “fired 2-3 more shots into the downed officer, then re-entered the residence,” according to a criminal complaint.)
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