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Orlando teen shoot cops then commit suicide
Mirror ^ | 3/15/14 | Byrne

Posted on 03/25/2014 5:31:52 AM PDT by mgist

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1 posted on 03/25/2014 5:31:52 AM PDT by mgist
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2 posted on 03/25/2014 5:33:33 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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Crimea river


3 posted on 03/25/2014 5:34:21 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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what is wrong with people

people have nothing to live for anymore


4 posted on 03/25/2014 5:35:36 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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She must have had an undiagnosed case of mental illness.
5 posted on 03/25/2014 5:45:14 AM PDT by angcat
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No, no, noooo.

It was the GUN’S fault, don’cha know...


6 posted on 03/25/2014 5:46:53 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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I know the boys stepmother and father. Brandon parents were divorced and apparently his mom had more bitterness for his dad, than she had love for her son. Sadly she would threaten to kill herself and her son if the father didn’t conform to her demands, and she did this in front of the son. Don’t want to judge because I’m sure it was and is painful. Just some points for reflection.

Also the boy wasn’t really known to be an addict. I’m pretty sure he was prescribed some sort of psychotropic drugs as a child and was still taking them, along with marijuana.

Don’t know about the girl other than she was gorgeous in person, and obviously the poor girl made some bad choices. They aren’t releasing any surveillance video and they say there is more to the story.

Both kids left suicide notes a week prior.


7 posted on 03/25/2014 5:53:54 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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Interesting story from a Brit publication with a hometown slant. I do feel sorry for the parents and grandparents and saddened by the tragic waste of young lives.
There are a couple of things missing from this story however;
First, I would have liked to see just a little sympathy for Robert German and his family.
Second,a photo of Brandon Goode might help explain this a lot.
8 posted on 03/25/2014 5:55:10 AM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
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>>people have nothing to live for anymore>>

When the left preaches that there is no God, people want everything NOW because there is no hereafter, and their lives turn into turmoil. The left is pathetic.


9 posted on 03/25/2014 5:55:23 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.)
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Brandon Goode

Officer Brian Goode

10 posted on 03/25/2014 5:59:43 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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Officer Robert German:

WINDERMERE, Fla. - A police officer was shot and killed early Saturday after stopping two people and calling for help in an Orlando suburb, authorities said.

Windermere Police Department Officer Robert German called for backup after stopping a young man and woman on foot shortly before 4 a.m., investigators said.

German, 31, reported his location and was found lying on the ground when a deputy arrived at the scene, Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jane Watrel said.

“He just said he was doing a subject stop and then all the tragic events unfolded,” Watrel said.

The deputy put German in his squad car and rushed him to the fire department. German was then taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

As officers responded to the scene, they heard shots fired, Watrel said. CBS Miami reports that Brandon Goode, 17, and Alexandria Hollinghurst, 18, of Davenport, were discovered dead near the site on Saturday. They matched the description of the man and woman German had stopped and are believed to have committed suicide, according to Watrel.

Windermere is located 15 miles west of Orlando. It has a population of about 3,000 people and one of the lowest crime rates in Florida, Mayor Gary Bruhn said. He said it was the first line-of-duty death in the town’s history.

“Violent crime is just not something that happens in the town of Windermere,” Bruhn said. “So it’s really, really difficult.”

German had been with the department for five years and just recently returned from desk duty after falling and injuring his shoulder, Bruhn said.

“He loved working as a police officer and he loved working at Windermere,” Bruhn said.

The investigation is ongoing.


11 posted on 03/25/2014 6:02:05 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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Thanks for the photos.

To Officer Brian German: RIP

I was a little surprised by Brandon Goode. No visible tattoos, piercings, rotten teeth and the like.


12 posted on 03/25/2014 6:05:34 AM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
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they say there is more to the story.

And I'll bet there is. Both kids obviously had issues but painting the boy as the cause of all problems isn't going to bring their daughter back. She stole shoes from her job and hid them under her bed (her actions). She cut herself to the point there was blood on her walls (her actions). For the sake of their other daughter, they need to recognize their beautiful daughter had issues and by acknowledging that, it will help them identify issues the younger one may have, as well.

13 posted on 03/25/2014 6:18:43 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Second,a photo of Brandon Goode might help explain this a lot.


14 posted on 03/25/2014 6:22:16 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Yikes,a Chris Hayes clone.

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15 posted on 03/25/2014 6:25:22 AM PDT by Mears
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...and people still don’t believe in demonic possession...


16 posted on 03/25/2014 6:26:42 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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I would have assumed this was Ethan Krupp’s boyfriend.


17 posted on 03/25/2014 6:38:42 AM PDT by wideawake
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... his mom had more bitterness for his dad, than she had love for her son. Sadly she would threaten to kill herself and her son if the father didn’t conform to her demands, and she did this in front of the son.

Mom has a lot to answer for as far as culpability for this. Maybe not legally, but she molded her son into the person who shot and killed a policeman then turned a gun on himself and committed suicide. The girl's family are overwrought and their daughter/granddaughter is not blameless, but it certainly seems she went off the rails when she met him. I have no doubt he was a manipulative nihilist who was fascinated with suicide, and that he was the mastermind of the whole thing whether he actually shot and killed the girl or she did it herself, given such a background.

18 posted on 03/25/2014 6:40:00 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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if the dad left the fam in order to bang the stepmother, I place the blame squarely on him


19 posted on 03/25/2014 6:45:37 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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His dad was a cop?

OK, he was mad at his dad who left the family


20 posted on 03/25/2014 6:47:09 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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