Shootout Kills Louisiana Cop, 5 more wounded!

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[MeekOneGOP]

Someone once posted on the USO Canteen thread the story behind "Taps". It was a very inspiring read...

[TheBattman]

If he only got 20 rds. off using an "automatic" weapon - then he only got one or two bursts off.

Now, does "automatic" mean full-auto, or just simply self-loading?

[deport]

Baton Rouge serial killer? How many do they think he has killed, what ages etc?

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There have been four murders linked by DNA to the assumed killer..... There are 29 other murders in the general area spanning some 10 years that still remain unsolved....

http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:iXJYNg1lfn0C:www.theadvocate.com/s_killings/+baton+rouge+serial+killer&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.theadvocate.com/images/071802/murdermap.pdf .. this link has the 29 murder victims with pictures, etc.

[Bob J]

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[Ditter]

South Houston/Galveston Co. has a serial killer too. He likes young teen age girls. I haven't heard about a victim in a while maybe he has moved to BR.. How long have these murders been going on over there?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Well, he used a rifle to assault them - so it's an assault rifle.***

So, Harry Tracy stacked up lawmen like cordwood using nothing but a 30-30 Winchester. None of the lawmen said they were "outguned".

[deport]

I think the four that have been DNA linked range from mid 2001 with the last being in late 2002. There were two 40 yr olds and one in her 20s....

[Lion's Cub]

Possible terrorism ping. Not enough info to know yet, but I remember the article that said A-Q was planning to attack LEOs.

The first one went down in an ambush. The bystanders jeered the LEOs on this one. Black muslims? Al-Fuqra?

I seriously doubt this is about the serial killer--he'd have no reason to phone in a false robbery report, then ambush the LEO.

[Ditter]

Maybe our killer did move over to BR. The girls over here weren't found soon enough for them to find any DNA & some of them have never been found. Tragic. I pray they find your killer or killers soon.

[deport]

I'm not in BR... closer to you than BR. Just providing info you were asking about.... Yes I hope they find them soon, both places....

[Tennessee_Bob]

I was just making a comment on how the news media tends to expand on the truth.

[Woodstock]

This poor victem of a racist society that did the shooting will get "walked" by the jury in an "OJ" type nulification and we must simply relax and understand.

Let's hope the guilty person does not have that much money.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I was just making a comment on how the news media tends to expand on the truth.***


Nah! Our media is the most unbiased,impartial, fair and truthful(BARF) source of news in the world! If it ain't news they'll make it news(barf, barf)!

[Andiceman]

Another story on it reports two cops dead...

http://www.wpmi.com/Global/story.asp?S=1143142

Two police officers and gunman dead in Louisiana shootout
Friday, February21, 2003, 4:22 AM

Alexandria, Louisiana-AP -- Two police officers and a gunman have been killed in a two-hour shootout in the town of Alexandria, Louisiana.
The assistant police chief says the gunman ambushed members of a SWAT team who were searching for a suspect in an earlier shooting.He says hundreds of shots were fired during the gunbattle, describing it as unbelievable. One witness says he hadn't seen anything like it since Vietnam.Students at a nearby school were locked inside during the shootout and were not injured.The officers were the first killed by gunfire in Alexandria in 40 years. The town plans a vigil tonight in their honor.Besides the dead, three other officers were wounded. They're hospitalized in stable condition.Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[MileHi]

Bumping for more info.

Any more news?

[Ramtek57]

Here is the lastest! Two cops were killed.

Two Alexandria officers killed in gun battle; others injured
Posted on February 20, 2003


A member of the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office runs at the scene of a shootout that killed two Alexandria police officers today.


Two Alexandria police officers were killed today in a shootout near Overton and Warshauer streets as police closed in on a suspect believed to be involved in a Wednesday ambush on another officer.
The slain officers were identified as Jay Carruth and David Ezernack.
Three other officers were shot, said Police Chief Tommy Cicardo. Several other officers also were injured.
The suspect also was killed. He was not identified by police, but sources told The Town Talk he was Shawn Molette, who is believed to be in his mid-20s.
The wounded were taken to both St. Frances Cabrini and Rapides Regional hospitals.
Randolph had been in Baton Rouge, meeting with House Speaker Charlie DeWitt, when he received a cell phone call about the incident. He rushed back to Alexandria and went to Cabrini to be with the officers' families.
“Of course it’s one of the worst days that our community has seen,” Randolph said.
“They are very brave and amazing,” Randolph said of the families. “I can’t tell you how much those folks are genuine heroes for us.”
The city is holding a candlelight vigil for the slain and injured officers Friday at 6 p.m. at Alexandria Convention Hall.
While trying to resolve the sitation, police also had to contend with people jeering them, some shouting obscenities.
“This isn’t over,” said a man who stood in the crowd gathered at Overton and Huffman streets. He asked not to be identified. “This has just begun.”
As police told a crowd of onlookers gathered on Wise Street to move and to take refuge in a house, several began screaming obscenities: “F--- you. You can’t tell me what to do.”
Just before 3:30 p.m., police began surrounding the area with yellow crime scene tape and it appeared the situation was under control.

[MileHi]

Thanks, curious to hear the shooters story and why the crowd was so hostile.

[Larightgirl]

How incredibly sad.... I'm about an hour away from Alexandria and I heard on the local news that the shooters family would be holding a press conference within the next couple of days and they would be accompanied by the NAACP. (I hate to think about the spin this hateful organization will try to put on this tragedy)

[MeekOneGOP]

So this guy ambushes a policeman, the police find him and try to arrest him, and FIVE policemen are shot. Two of them die. Now the family is breaking out the NAACP? Great. Someone call the ACLU while they're at it...

Terribly sad is right, LRG ...

[andrea68]

My brother is a Alex SRT Officer...he lead the operation after the 2 officers had been shot. Apparently this was drug and gang related. There was a fake 911 call the previous night and an officer was fired on but not killed. The officers were trying to serve a warrent when they were ambushed. My brother has been through so much and today he had attended the furneral where a 21 gun salute almost put the entire SRT Team back into shock. All of this can be yours for 9 bucks an hour. It's time to get these heros some more money, equipment and support.