Local K-9 Handler and Dog killed

[Park Kraken]

Today is a sad day for the local police department. In a incident that began earlier today a Lakeland police officer was shot in the leg, and a K-9 handler and his dog were killed in a shoot-out near Kathleen High School. The suspect fled into the woods next to the school and has believed to have been caught when he jumped the high school fence and ran into the baseball field where the deputies caught up to him.

Personal comments: Wow, that's the school I used to play football at when I went to High School. And the officer that was killed, well, I didn't know him personally, but he was a regular at the local barber shop. Incidentally, I was at the barber shop when the officer's name and picture was released on the news. :cry

Edit: updated, the person caught was not the suspect, he was just a student closely matching the description that was defying lockdown and running around outside.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:( A sad day indeed.

Is there a link to a news story?

[Park Kraken]

Yeah, here you go:

http://www.tbo.com/

[Park Kraken]

The hunt is over BTW. A SWAT Team found the man hiding under a fallen tree where he had dug himself a small trench. When he was asked to show his hands, he only showed one of them, so the SWAT team opened fire. Out of 120 rounds fired, 68 hits were made on the suspect, according to the autopsy report. The popular story is, is that the suspect wouldn't show his other hand because he had a gun in it, although rumors state that one of the SWAT team members threw him a gun and ordered him to pick it up just before they fired.

But whatever. He was a dead man walking from the moment he shot the officers.

[Park Kraken]

Oh yes, one more thing. The officer that was killed was shot eight times. Two of those shots were, I think it was called, zero contact, where the muzzle of the gun was touching the skin.