"Man waits for police, kills N.J. officer" Associated Press July 14, 2014
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A gunman who killed a rookie officer responding to a report of an armed robbery at a drugstore early Sunday never tried to rob the store and instead lay in wait for police, telling a witness to watch the news because he was ‘‘going to be famous,’’ authorities said.
Lawrence Campbell, 27, shot Officer Melvin Santiago in the head shortly after he and his partner arrived at the 24-hour Walgreens at around 4 a.m., said Steven Fulop, Jersey City’s mayor. Other officers returned fire at Campbell, killing him.
Campbell, of Jersey City, was one of three suspects wanted by police for another homicide, Fulop said.
Fulop said Campbell was carrying a knife when he walked into Walgreens and asked for directions to the greeting card aisle. He assaulted an armed security guard at the store and snatched his gun, Fulop said. He waited for police to arrive, then shot Santiago with what police believe was the guard’s weapon.
Kind of throws the gun-control argument on it's head.
What is next, ban knives?
‘‘Today was a horrible day for Jersey City,’’ Fulop said....
Santiago is the first Jersey City officer killed in the line of duty since Detective Marc DiNardo died in July 2009 during a raid on an apartment while searching for suspects in a robbery.
Was it the right one because they get that wrong a lot.
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It was brief beating in the thin black-and-white line.
‘‘It is a tragic situation when any officer is killed in the line of duty,’’ Fulop said....
Not so much when they kill people.
For the record, I'm for no one be killed.
Markeisha Marshall, a spokeswoman for Walgreens, said the company was ‘‘deeply regretful’’ over the officer’s death and extended its sympathies to his family and friends. The store has round-the-clock armed security, Marshall noted.
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