Texas police chief killed in traffic stop

A police chief in a small Texas town was shot multiple times during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon and later died, authorities said.

Michael Pimentel served in Elmendorf, a suburb southeast of San Antonio with about 1,500 residents.

According to Rosanne Hughes, spokeswoman of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Pimentel pulled over a vehicle in a residential area. There was a struggle and Pimentel was shot, Hughes said.

The chief was flown by helicopter to University Hospital in San Antonio, where he died of his wounds, according to Hughes.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office took 24-year-old Joshua Manuel Lopez into custody and he will face charges of capital murder of a police officer, said Hughes.

According to Hughes, Lopez had an active misdemeanor warrant for graffiti at the time he was pulled over.

At a press conference, Sheriff Susan L. Pamerleau expressed her department's condolences and said "even on a quiet, peaceful day in a small town, it can turn deadly in an instant."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/23/us/texas-police-chief-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

The cop was armed also so at least he had a fair chance

Fair chance?

Jesus Christ...no wonder cops shoot first and ask questions later.

Well don't worry, it's Texas. I understand they execute cop killers pretty damn quick.

lol, fair play

how come he didn't call the police?

(CNN) -- A night of revelry and music turned deadly in Northern California, where a man was fatally shot at a Wiz Khalifa concert, police said Saturday.

Authorities first got calls about gunshots at the Shoreline Amphitheatre shortly after 11 p.m. Friday (2 a.m. Saturday ET), the Mountain View, California, Police Department said.

They arrived to find a 38-year-old man shot multiple times. The man was transported to a hospital and died from his injuries, according to police.

The person who killed him remains at large, and authorities are appealing for the public's help to acquire related video or information. Police say the apparent murder weapon was a black pistol with a large magazine.

Wiz Khalifa, the rapper behind platinum hits "Black and Yellow" and "Roll Up," is the headliner for the Under the Influence of Music Tour that rolled into Mountain View on Friday. The tour was scheduled to continue Saturday night in Chula Vista, California, according to his website.

But Wiz Khalifa -- whose real name is Cameron Thomaz -- tweeted the show had been canceled "due to a situation out of our control."

He wrote, "This was a senseless tragedy. Violence is never the answer. My prayers go out to the victim's family."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/23/us/shooting-wiz-khalifa-concert/index.html?hpt=hp_t2<BR>
Notice there is no description given? However CNN links to MVPD where the detailed description is provided:

We can confirm the victim in last night's shooting, a 38 year-old black male, has died. We are still looking to identify the suspect of the shooting described as a black male in his 20??s with short hair between 5??6??_ and 5??8??_. At the time of the incident, he was wearing all black and perhaps white pants along with a red baseball cap. The weapon seen in the shooting appears to be a black pistol with a large magazine.

Source: http://mountainviewpoliceblog.com/2014/08/23/witnesses-sought-in-shooting-at-shoreline-amphitheatre/<BR>

Posted by HouseCleaning
how come he didn't call the police?

He didn't want to end up on the World's Dumbest Criminals show?