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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Kop Killer Kwickly Kanceled
2006-10-01
Florida Police SWAT Team Fired 110 Bullets At Suspect Who Killed Deputy

Police in Florida fired over a hundred rounds of ammunition into a suspected criminal who officers say shot and killed a sheriff's deputy in Lakeland. An investigation into the manhunt for Angilo Freeland showed police and SWAT team members fired 110 bullets, hitting the suspect 68 times.
He's really, really, really dead, Jim.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explains, "Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances... "
Can't say that I blame for that ...
"You have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had already shot and killed a K-9 and he shot and injured another deputy."

Authorities say deputy Vernon Matthew Williams, 39, pulled Freeland over, and became suspicious. Freeland fatally shot the officer and Diogi, his German shepherd police dog, then fled. A search ensued, which lasted for almost 24-hours, and involved an estimated 500 law enforcement officers. When a SWAT team finally caught up with Freeland, he raised the gun he stole from the deputy, and was in turn fired upon by police.

Sheriff Judd adds, "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had. We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."
There's a lesson here; Never leave the station without several extra ammo cans in your cruiser's trunk.
Posted by:Zenster

#10  If someone wants to post the perp's photo we can all have a good laugh. The guy is a regular salt-of-the-earth 9 to 5 button-down pillar of the community. NOT!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-01 22:53  

#9  If this guy killed a human deputy AND a K-9 around here, he would be considered as having killed two law enforcement personnel. Hope they see it that way in Florida when the nutjobs start screaming "excessive force" was used.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2006-10-01 21:40  

#8  I bet the Polive get sued for killing a mentally insane man. Only someone COMPLETELY out of their mind would raise a single gun against a SWAT team.
Posted by: Charles   2006-10-01 21:39  

#7  SH - I bet the rest are less likely to leave it holstered
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-01 21:37  

#6  It might be a good time to commit a crime in Southern Fla as half the available law enforcement officers will be on admin leave. :-)
Posted by: Super Hose   2006-10-01 21:34  

#5  After the LA bank shoot out, I'd certainly make sure you take them down, if nothing else, by the shear weight of all the lead in their vests.
Posted by: Omaviter Thainter8686   2006-10-01 21:25  

#4  You call that shootin'? 110 shots, and only 68 hits? Officer, go back and do it again, and keep doing it until you get it right.
Posted by: bunyip   2006-10-01 21:11  

#3  proper ventilation - good practice no matter the situation
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-01 20:02  

#2  tenderized
Posted by: .com   2006-10-01 19:35  

#1  The man died of "Heavy Metal Poisoning"
Posted by: SSET   2006-10-01 18:46  

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