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Re: Philadelphia cop shot while encountering holdup
I hope they catch this fucker. He's gonna regret getting that tattoo in his hand, there can't be too many with that. I hope someone rats him out & these fuckers don't stand behind their "Stop Snitching" mentality. Kills a cop, father & husband for about $50 or something. This guy should fry.
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Police Gunman Still at LargeOfficer in grave condition after shooting
by the Action News team
WEST OAK LANE - October 31, 2007 - A massive manhunt continues for the gunman who shot and critically wounded an officer who walked in during a robbery at a Dunkin Donuts Wednesday morning.
All day and night, uniformed police officers swarmed the streets surrounding 66th Avenue and Broad Street. The crime scene unit searched for clues as the search for the suspect continued just a few blocks away. Officer Charles Cassidy's marked police vehicle still sat in the parking lot outside the Dunkin Donuts until late in the afternoon.
Around 10:30 a.m., Officer Cassidy made his daily stop to check on things at the donut shop. He was in uniform when he walked right into the store.
"He actually walks into a robbery, a holdup, unbeknownst to him," Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said. The robber shot him almost immediately.
Police released portions of a chilling videotape that shows the hooded robber pushing aside two customers and waving a gun as he approaches the counter at a Dunkin' Donuts. It also shows him grabbing the fallen officer's pistol as he fled.
"Before he can do anything at all, he's shot," Johnson said. He said the officer had his hand on his gun when he was hit, falling to the ground just outside the shop's entrance.
The suspect can be seen picking up the officer's gun as he fled the store. The surveillance tape was sent to the FBI labs for enhancing.
Sandra Kim was behind the doughtnut shop counter when the armed suspect shot Officer Cassidy in the head.
"I am just upset because I know the cop. He don't deserve it. He's such a good person," she said.
Officer Cassidy stopped each day to check the safety of employees at the store. This time, he walked in moments after the masked gunman pointed a weapon at the employees and demanded money.
"He just demanded money. I guess the robber got startled and shot him in the head," said Kim.
Hundreds of police officers converged on the scene. The crime scene unit started looking for clues. On nearby streets, police searched for the suspect first in the day and then at night. Dozens of armed officers responded to each possible suspect sighting.
Police said they are looking for a Ford Crown Victoria in connection with the shooting. They are searching for a black man, about 5'11" and roughly 20 years old. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, tan khaki pants and tan or white boots. He is heavy-set according to investigators. They have now said that he has a spider tattoo on his left hand.
Johnson said the suspect may have committed another robbery at the same store on September 18. Surveillance video of that robbery showed someone wearing a white hooded sweatjacket. No one was injured.
Johnson added the gunman walks with a distinct limp.
Officer Cassidy is a veteran with 25 years on the Philadelphia police force.
The officer was rushed into emergency surgery at Einstein Hospital around 11:15 a.m. The bullet went through the officer's brain, the commissioner said. Cassidy, a 25-year police veteran, was taken to a hospital, where doctors were "doing everything they can to save his life," Johnson said.
The officer came out of surgery at about 1:30 p.m. but remained in "extremely critical" condition, said Alexis Moore, a spokeswoman for Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali met with his family at the hospital. A priest who is the president of Cardinal Dougherty High School, Cassidy's alma mater, issued last rites at the hospital, said Donna Farrell, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The sacrament is given to people who are seriously or gravely ill.
The officer is married. His wife is at the hospital. He has three children. Two of them are in college, one is in high school.
Dozens of schools in the area were locked down and transit bus routes were detoured.
James Golden, chief of security for Philadelphia schools, said the more than 50 schools under lockdown were dismissed at their normal times.
During the the lockdown, students and staff were not allowed to leave the buildings, and nobody was allowed to enter. There were no incidents or sightings of the suspect near any of the schools, according to Golden. The schools will be open on Thursday.
LaSalle University was also placed under lockdown. That lockdown was lifted at 3:15 p.m., but all day and night classes were cancelled. The normal schedule will resume on Thursday.
"This is a very, very sad day," Mayor John Street said after meeting with the officer's family at the hospital.
Re: Philadelphia cop shot while encountering holdup
Heres the update to this store
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Warrant in Philadelphia Cop Slaying
7 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) '” Police identified a suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest on Sunday in the shooting death of an officer who walked in on a robbery at a doughnut shop.
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson identified the suspect as John Lewis, 21. Johnson said Lewis was armed with at least two guns and should be considered extremely dangerous.
Officer Chuck Cassidy, 54, died Thursday, a day after a gunman shot him in the head when Cassidy interrupted an armed robbery at a Dunkin' Donuts.
Witnesses have said the gunman went into the shop and demanded money just before the policeman opened the door. The man then spun around and shot Cassidy before the officer could react.
A public viewing and funeral service will be held Wednesday for Cassidy at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in downtown Philadelphia.
More than $153,000 has been donated as a reward for finding his killer.
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Re: Philadelphia cop shot while encountering holdup
That man is going to have a really, really tough time in custody, they are not going to be nice to him and that is an understatement.
Re: Philadelphia cop shot while encountering holdup
They got him. Fled down to Miami, tried to run like a chickenshit little bastard.
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Sources: Suspected Cop Killer Caught in Miami9 a.m. news conference LIVE on 6abc.com!
by the Action News Team
PHILADELPHIA - November 6, 2007 - Police in Miami have caught the suspected killer of Officer Chuck Cassidy, according to sources. Security camera video showed John "Jordan" Lewis boarding a bus for South Florida during the weekend.
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Lewis was apparently arrested by U.S. Marshals and FBI agents at a homeless shelter in Miami around 7 a.m. this morning. It was about 10 blocks away from the bus station. Apparently, the bus driver was able to identify him and told authorities.
Police officials tell Action News they will be holding a 9 a.m. news conference at Police Headquarters in Center City.
According to investigators, the 21-year-old John Lewis purchased a round trip bus ticket in Wilmington, Delaware bound for Miami, Florida on Saturday night. Sources said when he arrived in Miami late Sunday night, he tried to cash the return ticket for cash. Lewis argued with the teller, who refused to refund his money.
The FBI had been searching Miami to try to find Lewis. Philadelphia police asked the FBI to add Lewis to its most wanted list.
Action News has also learned that Lewis worked at a Dunkin Donuts at Broad and Erie and at another one, part time, at Rising Sun and Roosevelt Boulevard, just a few doors from his mother's house.
Lewis' former co-workers that talked to Action News all said the same thing: they are stunned. He never struck them as the type of person who could kill someone.
"He didn't seem like the type of person that would do anything to nobody," said Tamara Hayes, a former co-worker.
"He was so nice," Kiani Clark said. "He was really nice. He didn't seem like the type that would hurt a fly."
Locally, investigators recovered two weapons during their search for Lewis on Monday, Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said.
Johnson told reporters during a late Monday afternoon news conference that the weapons were recovered while serving a warrant on an undisclosed location. Sources told Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist Monday night that police positively identified one gun as Cassidy's 9 mm Glock service semiautomatic taken after the shooting. The second gun does not match one owned by Lewis' mother and missing, but tests are still being done to determine if it is the murder weapon.
Sources also told Action News that Lewis appeared in Philadelphia court last Friday for hearing in an unrelated case, but that was more than a day before Lewis was identified as a suspect.
Police also seized a vehicle as part of the investigation just before 7:00 Monday morning. It is a blue Mercury Grand Marquis. Police were planning to search the car for evidence linked to Cassidy's murder.
A viewing for family and friends of Officer Cassidy will be held tonight starting at 6:00 at Givnish Funeral Home at 10975 Academy Road. A second viewing for the public will be held at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul starting at 7:30 am Wednesday followed by a mass at noon. Burial will be private at Holy Sepulchure Cemetery in Cheltenham.
