No Officers Were Injured

Phoenix has had two (2) officer involved shootings in two (2) days...they come in 3's...and so far no officer's have been injured.

Please pray for the law enforcement officers in your community...not because I'm your sister/friend/whatever...but because they go to work every day not knowing if they will come home to their families...because they do it to protect you & to protect your kids & to protect your way of life...& to protect your freedom....

Pray that they will make it home & pray that good will overcome the evils in this world...Pray that the 84 year old racists that kill innocent people for no other reason than pure hatred of someones skin color...will have to explain his actions & his pure hatred...

Suspects in van theft and police in shootout
Michael FerraresiThe Arizona RepublicFeb. 12, 2007 12:00 AM
An industrial section of central Phoenix was shut down Sunday while investigators searched for at least one vehicle-theft suspect involved in a shooting with a police officer.Police swarmed the area near 19th Avenue and Grant Street after a sergeant shot one of the gunmen outside a Circle K.

It was unclear how many shots were fired.At least one other suspect fled and was at large as of 6 p.m.Police believe the gunmen stole a green van from an AM/PM convenience store at Seventh Avenue and Broadway Road around 2:20 p.m. The sergeant who would become involved in the shooting was on patrol when he spotted the van on 19th Avenue. The suspects crashed the van at the Circle K at Grant Street, and the shooting spilled over into the street shortly before 3 p.m.The wounded suspect was in police custody at a hospital, Detective Bob Ragsdale said. At least one gun was recovered at the scene."There was an armed confrontation with our sergeant, but the officer was not hit," Ragsdale said.Residents of the Sherman Park neighborhood huddled in the drizzling rain on 19th Avenue to watch the police search."I heard at least six shots," said Jack Sagarnaga, 21, who came out of his home with a pair of binoculars."It sounded like they (the officer and the suspects) were shooting at each other," he said.Phoenix SWAT officers and investigators searched for the missing gunman between Buckeye Road and Jefferson Street, east of Interstate 17 and west of 17th Avenue.

Police kill man who shot grandchildren
© 2007 The Associated Press
PHOENIX — Police killed an 84-year-old man Monday after he fatally shot his granddaughter and a teenage friend who was staying with the family, authorities said.
The shooting began after the suspect got into an argument with his 20-year-old grandson about the grandson's teenage friend, police said.
The gunman shot his grandson in the leg and fatally wounded the 16-year-old friend, according to investigators. He then shot and killed his 18-year-old granddaughter after she confronted him about the attack.
Police surrounded the suspect in the home where the shootings occurred. An officer opened fire after the man raised his gun, Detective Bob Ragsdale said.


Grandfather shoots grandkids, is killed
Judi VillaThe Arizona RepublicFeb. 13, 2007 12:00 AM
An elderly man gunned down two of his grandchildren and a family friend, then was shot and killed by police in north Phoenix on Monday.Officials called it "a tragic domestic violence incident."One of the grandchildren, identified only as an 18-year-old woman, and the 16-year-old family friend died.
Police did not release any names, but say the 84-year-old shot his 20-year-old grandson first and then the family friend. He turned the gun on his granddaughter when she confronted him about the shootings, said Detective Bob Ragsdale. Fire officials said the granddaughter was hit three times.The grandfather was upset because the family had allowed the teenage boy to stay at the home for a couple of days while his family moved, Ragsdale said. The teen was a friend of the grandson.A woman inside the home called police at 9:11 a.m. to report the shootings, and her father hit her with the gun while she was on the phone, Ragsdale said.When police arrived, the 20-year-old came out and told officers his grandfather had already shot two people and was still armed and "acting irrationally," Ragsdale said. A 10-year-old boy also came outside.The grandfather was shot multiple times after he refused at least three commands to drop his gun and then pointed it at an officer, Ragsdale said. Police said they weren't sure what triggered the shooting. Often, Ragsdale said, "the motive dies with the person."