Illegal Alien Suspect Shot and Killed by Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputies

Maricopa Co. Sheriff's Office ^ | January 16, 2010

[La Lydia]

The suspect who threatened Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies Friday night with an AK47 assault rifle died from gunshot wounds early this morning at the Maricopa County Medial Center. Sheriff Joe Arpaio states the deputy did an outstanding job protecting himself and the public. Because of the suspect’s irrational conduct and his massive amount of firepower and ammunition, the deputy stopped what could have been the potential harm of numerous people.

The Investigation determined that 43 year old Felipe Ramirez Castellanos, an illegal alien, was in an argument with his wife and left the residence in his vehicle. While driving away, Castellanos fired several rounds from a handgun in the air. After a few minutes Castellanos returned to the residence to grab the Ak47 rifle. As Castellanos was leaving in his vehicle, a deputy arrived. The deputy contacted Castellanos who acted in an irrational and threatening manner. He pulled out the assault rifle and pointed it at the deputy. The deputy fired his handgun at Castellanos and struck him in the hip and head.

Castellanos was found to have a total of 120 rifle and handgun bullets in his possession as well as a bowie knife. It is not known what Castellanos was planning to do with all of the weapons and ammunition.

[La Lydia]

Sheriff Joe's deputy saves taxpayers a bundle.

[La Lydia]

open borders ping

[Puppage]

The suspect who threatened Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies Friday night with an AK47 assault rifle

He's just threatening sheriffs that ordinary Americans won't.

[RC2]

I was thinking the same thing. At least now we don’t have to wait for ten years for a trial.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So what were the couple arguing about.

“I can kill at least a dozen guys at Sheriff Joe’s HQ.”

“No you can’t, you stupid Frito Bandito.”

“Ay Caramba, hold my tequila and watch this !”

[Dr. Ursus]

He seems to have forgot what side of the border he was on!

[ScottinVA]

Kudos to Sheriff Joe and co. He’s trained his troops well!

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

to the residence to grab the Ak47 rifle

Where does one get an AK47 in America? They are not made here, right? The UN has strict laws against internation arms smuggling, right?

[SandRat]

Sheriff Joe Ping or in this case BANG!

[pingman]

Sherrif Arpeo: Doing the job that Sherrif Dupnik won’t.

[Doogle]

adios.

[ScottinVA]

And onto the field comes the Southern Poverty Law Center! Lawsuits everywhere.

Bet on it.

[umgud]

Sounds like a civil rights violation. The feds will arrive shortly to investigate the officer.......

[ScottinVA]

The suspect who threatened Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies Friday night with an AK47 assault rifle

Cartel member, perhaps?

[backwoods-engineer]

Well done, Sheriff Joe and deputies! Now if we can just get all of them to be armed coming across the border, we can shoot the lot of them!

[melancholy]

Ping..............

[thethirddegree]

Good for the deputy. You did us a service.

[ikka]

I love stories with a happy ending!

[La Lydia]

From another source: Arpaio said Castellanos served 90 days in jail for a human-smuggling charge in 1986. He legally returned to the United States under a worker's Visa in 1997, but apparently overstayed that Visa. Castellanos was stopped for a traffic violation April 3, and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Additional details were not immediately available.

To sum up, he was convicted of human smuggling but STILL GIVEN A WORK VISA nine years later, which he overstayed; he was stopped and turned over to ICE but was STILL IN THE COUNTRY. We are just lucky no one was hurt before this puke was killed. And NO THANKS to the feds.

Sheriff Joe and his crew should be running DHS. Things would be very different.

[Auntie Mame]

Just an aside:

Castellanos was found to have a total of 120 rifle and handgun bullets in his possession as well as a bowie knife.

Wow. That's a LOT of bullets. And a bowie knife!