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Drug Cop Shoots and Kills Three Fellow Officers

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Dec 28, 2015 at 01:11:47 PM EST
Tags: workplace violence, gun control (all tags)
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A drug cop in Ponce, Puerto Rico took three of his fellow cops hostage and shot and killed them today.

Our condolences to the families and loved ones of the slain officers.

Pointing out the obvious: Stricter gun laws wouldn't have prevented this tragedy.

One of the slain officers is believed to have shot the alleged killer officer in the arm: [More...]

[T]he suspect got in a verbal argument with at least one of them before the shooting began.

“The aggressor came to the room and started arguing with one of them,” Ramirez said. “Then he closed the door and started shooting.”

Ramirez said hostage negotiators had begun speaking with the suspect, who officials say was a member of the department’s anti-drug unit, when he opened fire on the hostages – one of whom returned fire and struck him in the arm.

The alleged killer officer is in the hospital and under arrest.

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    by jbindc on Mon Dec 28, 2015 at 02:44:56 PM EST
    You could say that even trained professionals who were armed couldn't stop an assailant.  Guns didn't