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Dead suspect was ex-con whose recent prison stint was for double shooting (MN Cop Killer)
StarTribune.com ^
| 5/2/10
| ABBY SIMONS, DAVID SHAFFER, PAUL WALSH and TIM HARLOW
Posted on 05/02/2010 3:44:31 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Saint Paul police officer David Longbehn stood alone on a shady street near Lake Phalen on Saturday morning, one of hundreds on high alert during a tense hunt for two ex-cons who three hours before had gunned down a Maplewood officer in cold blood.
When a young man emerged from the woods behind him carrying a metal toolbox, Longbehn approached to question him.
Suddenly, the man attacked Longbehn and the two grappled on the ground. The attacker straddled the officer and hit him over and over again, breaking his nose and possibly the bones around both eyes. Finally able to reach his weapon, Longbehn pulled the trigger several times.
The man suspected of killing Maplewood Sgt. Joseph Bergeron -- an ex-con whose recent prison stint was for a double shooting -- collapsed onto E. Ivy Avenue.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: copkiller; minnesota; softoncrime
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Okay, how about Selby and Dale?
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:27:07 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: EGPWS
Selby and Dale is exactly what it used to be, just worse...
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:29:06 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: machogirl
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:30:28 PM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(I hate Illinois Nazis!)
To: machogirl
other perp, "nice boy"
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:31:10 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
To: machogirl
Thanks for that...I have that data base link at work.....just not here.
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:31:26 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ExpatGator
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:31:44 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The "worse" is getting close to the northern 'burbs too.
I worry for my property there.
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:36:49 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: machogirl
other perp, "nice boy" Sheriff Taylor's boy grown up? /s
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:38:03 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: machogirl
Despite what you might think, LOTS of inbreeding going on up here. I see it almost every day.
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:38:36 PM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Muhammad, the Pedophile Prophet . Looks like they crucified the wrong guy ...)
To: EGPWS
It’s a damn shame that the good samaritan jogger was only armed with his running shoes and was no real help to Sgt. Joseph Bergeron...
IYKWIM
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:41:01 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I just have to ask how this punk was able to get close enough to the officer to be able to engage him hands on. The cop knew he was looking for someone who could and would kill, why did he let him get that close. Wouldn’t it look the least bit suspicious for the guy to come out of the woods with a tool box? What was he working on, a tree? This is just so sad. I’m not trying to lay blame but this situation should have called for increased awareness and somewhat looser rules of engagement.
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:43:16 PM PDT
by
jstaff
To: EGPWS
He does look a little like Opie. Looking at the pictures of the perps, they all were little kids once, I wonder what they were like as kids? Deviant?
This guy looks like he’s a Meth user.
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:43:27 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
To: scoobysnak71
there are reasons for not marrying your cousin, brother, sister, parent....
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:44:34 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:46:38 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: jstaff
All good questions, jstaff....
I hope once this hero recovers and gets to go home that we’ll get a clearer picture of just how this happened...
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:47:34 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: machogirl
>”there are reasons for not marrying your cousin, brother, sister, parent....”
I know! Gotta tread easy around here. Never know if you’re talking to someones sister-wife.
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:48:51 PM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Muhammad, the Pedophile Prophet . Looks like they crucified the wrong guy ...)
To: scoobysnak71
i’m not sure whether to laugh or not ;)
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posted on
05/02/2010 5:43:02 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
To: machogirl
>”i’m not sure whether to laugh or not ;)”
Dont. Its for real up here. I’m not kidding.
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posted on
05/02/2010 5:53:30 PM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Muhammad, the Pedophile Prophet . Looks like they crucified the wrong guy ...)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Prayers up for the injured officer and for the family of the murdered officer.
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posted on
05/02/2010 5:56:43 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
To: machogirl
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posted on
05/02/2010 6:36:10 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
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