One police officer dead, one hit in the knee, two nicked and released from the hospital the same day. Luckily Shawn LaBeet, our Miami cop killer, was one piss-poor marksman:
One witness said LaBeet lined up the weapon with cold precision.''He was taking aim,'' said Melvin Benjamin, 31, who lives a few hundred feet south of the home.
[Officer] Wright was shot in the leg about 200 feet from LaBeet's front door, Benjamin said.
Aiming at 60 meters and he hits a knee. He's a disgrace to mad-dog killers everywhere. The Herald of course wasted no time jumping to conclusions about what kind of weapon it was, coming out squarely against it, and demanding legislation to ban it. They must have been sorely vexed by the unfortunately wildly successful Utah mall shooter and his shotgun. Honestly, the officer's not even cold and they're using his death for a long-standing agenda.
One thing is for sure: the manhunt is the most intense police operation going. The Red Cross had to go out there to serve all the people blocked from their homes. Even with all the road blocks and trunk-searching, the killer's flight from justice continued with the aid of his relatives who smuggled him through, and now they're the ones who're looking through steel bars. One of them might be squinting a bit as he does so, as he needed persuasion to be taken into custody.
Discovered by cops to be hiding in a toilet stall, LaBeet ate a lead lunch which disagreed with him, and he shuffled off this mortal coil shortly thereafter. He'll be missed by his children and his poor mother; everybody else, meh, not so much.
I'm saddened by the loss of Officer Somohano. These guys never know what's going to happen when they make a routine traffic stop.
Posted by floridacracker at September 15, 2007 10:50 AMI think I can smell the gun smoke from here.
Posted by: nancy at September 15, 2007 01:51 PMI'm sure his lunch was served up with style, but in the confines of a restroom I doubt they were able to *really* heap the plate up. That cop killer in Pasco County now, the one who killed Deputy Williams and his police dog Diogi, they caught him in the woods. I think he got 60-something bullets in him. Heh.
Posted by: Donnah at September 15, 2007 02:17 PMAfter the funeral of a young officer,21, last week, our sheriff spoke with the press about the increase of violent crimes in our area.
He sited the music of gangster rap as one cause. He even quoted a verse of a song to make his point,...and it was shocking.
In minutes, the press was all over it because the "artist" was black. (Didn't MLK say somthin' about the content of their heart, not the color of their skin?)
First thing the next morning (God bless him)he was in front of the cameras and said it again, louder.
Sheriff Scott said that anything that gets in way of their mission, even if it's lyrics that glorify shooting police officers he will personally and professionaly stand against. No apology.
I got an apology for 'em...sorry you're such assholes.
Labeet had nine American Bulldogs and an English..and 10 chihuahuas..
I had one American that weighed 137 lbs when he was two years old.. he must've had to sling a lot of something to feed that crew..
Deputy Matt and DioGi were Polk officers, Donnah..
I am sure that the cops wouldn't have much to say about his girlfriend lying and hiding this scum, had the charges been an outstanding warrant for failure to appear, or some small deal.. but an accomplice to murder of a LEO ... I doubt she will get probation, nor should she.
As for the ban on assault weapons, it is going to be tougher than ever to get that done..as long as there are guys like this on the street.
Posted by: csason at September 17, 2007 06:06 AMFor more about LaBeet's background:
http://foehammer.net/2007/09/cop-killer-suspect-labeet-related-to-muslim-american-mass-killer.html
Wow.
Posted by: 1389 at September 17, 2007 07:25 AM