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| Photo Radar Worker Gunned Down In Phoenix |
| 2009-04-20 |
| Several shots were fired at a Department of Public Safety photo enforcement vehicle, hitting the worker several times, according to Harold Sanders, a DPS spokesman. The operator was taken to an area hospital, where he later died, according to 12 News. Phoenix police and the Arizona Department of Public Safety were trying to identify the suspect vehicle late Sunday night. Just before 11 p.m., eastbound lanes of traffic on the Loop 101 were being rerouted at 7th Avenue. Authorities expected the freeway to be closed until the morning rush hour, said Sanders. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 Odd. That's exactly how I don't picture Old Patiot. Why on earth would he -- or anyone -- shoot at a speed trap technician? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-04-20 23:43 |
| #8 Some more details. The alleged shooter has been arrested. He is a 68 year old man who lives two miles from where the shooting happened, and was recognized by a police officer. His picture: http://www.kpho.com/image/19234751/detail.html He told a local news station that he had been gold panning with his wife and niece yesterday. Importantly, he has no arrest record, and no speeding ticket either. He is an old cowboy type. He let nothing incriminating slip when on the phone, and says he does not even know why he has been arrested. Pro tip: apparently photo radar vehicles have a continuous feed video camera in a 360 around them, just to spot anyone who attacks the vehicle. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-20 22:51 |
| #7 Then they can call it even. |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-04-20 19:35 |
| #6 Hope they get the guys. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-04-20 18:54 |
| #5 If Old Patriot was the perp, it would have been and Arclight, not a shooting. Case closed. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-04-20 18:37 |
| #4 It's a temporary/rolling 'speed trap'; parked on the roadside. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-04-20 17:16 |
| #3 Thank you very much, Albert...NOT! I'm much better looking than anyone in that video. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-04-20 17:10 |
| #2 I have to ask, is this a rolling "speed trap" type of vehicle or is this the tech that fixes the "fixed in place" type of traffic camera? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-04-20 17:10 |
| #1 They have a picture of the truck and the driver - he looks like I've always imagined Old Patriot to look. |
| Posted by: Albert Glusolet2190 2009-04-20 12:41 |