Off-Duty Cop Shoots 2 in Parking Lot After Angels Game

[steveyc272]

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Off-Duty Cop Shoots 2 in Parking Lot After Angels Game

Thursday , June 25, 2009

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ANAHEIM, Calif. —
An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in the crowded Angel Stadium parking lot after Wednesday night's Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Angels game, authorities said.

The officer, who was walking to his car with his wife and two small children about 25 minutes after the game, was hit in the head with a bottle or club, police Sgt. Tim Schmidt said.

"We think he was the victim of a crime," Schmidt said.

The off-duty officer then shot the men with his duty weapon, Schmidt said. Police did not immediately identify the officer or the shooting victims.

One man was shot in the head and was in critical condition, the other was shot in the upper arm and in serious but stable condition. The officer also had a serious head wound. All three were taken to hospitals.

No one else in the parking lot was hurt, Schmidt said.

The Orange County District Attorney's office joined the Anaheim Police department in investigating the incident, which is required in officer-involved shootings.

The Angels had beaten the Rockies 11-3 earlier in the evening.

Rachel Cordova was among the startled and confused fans in the parking lot.

"We heard three shots and turned around and I thought, 'Those are gun shots,'" Cordova told KNX radio. "One of the guys I was with said 'No, it's not' but then we heard sirens."

Cordova said she then walked toward the scene.

"I left there and saw a young, maybe 20-year-old male laying on the ground without his shirt, and they were attending to him," she said.

Not much information, however I know the topic of Carrying at Fenway just came up (as it does every so often). Assuming the stadium has a no-weapons policy, if that wasn't a LEO, who knows if he could have protected his wife and two young children.

 

[pdm]

"Take me out to the ballgame,
Take me out to the crowd!
Pack me some heat and ex-tra mags.
I just want to make it back home.

So it's shoot, shoot shoot for the home team.
If they don't ten ring it's a shame!
'Cause it's one, two, three hits you're dead
at the ooooold baaaaaall game!"

 

[MassMark]

Seems to be another example of a citizen protecting his life and that of his family...Good on him....

 

[celisup78]

The Angels had beaten the Rockies 11-3 earlier in the evening.

I like how they threw in every piece of info that they had in that story.

 

[pdm]

If it hadn't been a cop, that guy and his family would have been in deep sneakers. Plebians in CA don't get CC rights.

 

[Admin]

Sounds like a good shoot.

 

[Kid Presentable]

looks like that blow to the head affected his aiming

 

[MasterShinken]

I'm impressed he could get those shots off after a decent shot to the head. good for him for protecting himself/family!

 

[BBQ.Uncle]

"We think he was the victim of a crime," Schmidt said.

Duh. Ya think? Wow, that's some crackerjack detective work there, Sgt. Tim!

 

[Larry Legend]

I'm impressed he could get those shots off after a decent shot to the head. good for him for protecting himself/family!

Seriously. Two shots to the upper body of two perps. Golf clap.

 

[Marcus5aurelius]

Yea if we wasn't a LEO the article would probably read "Gun Toting Lunatic Shoots Two in Parking Lot, Forcing Son to Watch"

 

[atilla]

dirtbags - 0, good guys - 2.

 

[rwl1955]

Fenway

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529031,00.html




Not much information, however I know the topic of Carrying at Fenway just came up (as it does every so often). Assuming the stadium has a no-weapons policy, if that wasn't a LEO, who knows if he could have protected his wife and two young children.

*****
The GF and I attended a game at Fenway last weekend and they checked her pocketbook and didn`t even look at me.

 

[weekendracer]

Seriously. Two shots to the upper body of two perps. Golf clap.

It's a little different when the targets move.

 

[JonJ]

Sounds like a good shoot.

+1 From what we have.

 

[SemiAutoSam]

We are hoping to get a new law passed that would turn PRC into shall issue.

AB357
http://www.examiner.com/x-2323-LA-G...ng-two-statewide-Concealed-Carry-requirements

If it hadn't been a cop, that guy and his family would have been in deep sneakers. Plebians in CA don't get CC rights.

 

[pdm]

We are hoping to get a new law passed that would turn PRC into shall issue.

AB357
http://www.examiner.com/x-2323-LA-G...ng-two-statewide-Concealed-Carry-requirements

Good luck. I think you're going to need it.

 

[GSG]

Not much information, however I know the topic of Carrying at Fenway just came up (as it does every so often). Assuming the stadium has a no-weapons policy, if that wasn't a LEO, who knows if he could have protected his wife and two young children.

But but, why would you need a GUN at a SPORTS GAME? It's SAFE there! Leave the guns at home, you bunch of paranoid freaks!

/sarcasm

looks like that blow to the head affected his aiming

Hey, even if all his shots missed, he came out alive and stopped the fight.