Cops shot -- update
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t was, unfortunately, another busy weekend on Baltimore's mean streets, with two police officers shot while dealing with one of the most dangerous calls they can get -- domestic violence.
In this case, one of the officer used the victim's cell phone to contact the suspect and convince him to return to the scene, only to end up getting shot. Then, police said the same suspect opened fire on the backup officer. As Julie Bykowitz points out today, the suspect had a history of arrest and domestic complaints (at left, The Sun's Kim Hairston captures the police car with shattered windows from bullets being towed away).
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ne of the wounded officers managed to shoot the suspect, identified as Shawn Sinclair, 34, and he's awaiting formal charges at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Officer Jerome Shaurette, 44, remains at the same hospital recovering from bullet wounds to the chest, abdomen and left arm. Officer Curtis McMillion, 42, was struck in the buttocks and released from the hospital Saturday night. At left, Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III thanks Shock Trauma Doctor Richard Dutton for treating his officers (photo was taken by The Sun's Jed Kirschbaum).
Just as we're learning painful details of how a 17-year-old escaped serious sanctions on a string of juvenile charges before he allegedly shot and critically wounded a 5-year-old girl, raising questions about how we monitor juvenile offenders, now we've got a man out on a string of adult charges that include allegations of domestic abuse, before he allegedly shot two city police officers.
The scenario is nothing new. That's the unfortunate part.
Comments
Is there any reason this man is even out in public? If you look him up on MD Judiciary Case search you can see he's had over 30 previous charges! Why isn't he put away? I just don't understand our system.
Posted by: Jim | July 21, 2009 10:50 AM
I've gotta agree here! Some people make it plain that they have no interest in leading productive lives. Some people enjoy the thrill of being a criminal! Some people have no interest in doing things differently. For most people being arrested once is a wake up call, if it happens a second time you need to wonder if this is a person serious about reform! I don't know what to say about someone who is under 30 years old and has been arrested half a dozen times or MORE! They need to be locked away for years!!! I'm talking about a decade or so till their youthful energy has aged out of them, at least. If they still aren't interested in living a life that does not threaten everyone else's saftey, then you need to die in jail.
The lawmakers just aren't serious about this. It's not complicated. People who don't act like they want to reform, don't want to reform. Another person certianlly can't say that they do want to reform. Get over yourselves people.
Posted by: Ted | July 22, 2009 11:17 AM