FYI
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Folks, If we don't close the Borders it's gonna get real bad out there.I
contend we have no idea how many terrorists are crossing our Borders.THE
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE PROTECTION OF THE
LEGAL RESIDENTS AND THEIR PROPERTY. ]Archibald Wednesday,
January 16, 2002 Story
last updated at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Two Tampa officers shot during traffic
stop The Associated
Press TAMPA, Fla. -
Two police officers were recovering from gunshot wounds Wednesday after
they were shot with one of the officer's guns during a scuffle at a traffic
stop. Officers R.D.
Pemberton, 43, who was wounded in the right shoulder, and Larry Mitchell,
46, who was shot in the groin, were released from Tampa General Hospital
Wednesday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said. They
were shot with Pemberton's 9mm Glock service weapon after one of the suspects
wrestled it away from the officer. Also
shot in the scuffle is accused shooter Saul Garcia, 24. He was in stable
condition at St. Joseph's Hospital with wounds to his abdomen and leg,
police said. Two other
men, Jose R. Hernandez-Garcia, 20; and Bartolome Perez Chavez, 28, were
also in custody. The men were driving a van registered in Georgia, but
police do not know if they were living there. Saul
Garcia was charged with two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement
officer and one count of depriving an officer of his weapon. His brother,
Hernandez-Garcia, is being held on one count of aggravated battery on an
officer and two counts of resisting arrest without violence. Chavez
was not charged in the incident, but is being held by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service after police determined all three men were in the
United States illegally from Mexico. Durkin
said police do not know a motive for the shooting. There were no warrants
for their arrest and they were only being stopped for running a red light. The
shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when the two officers stopped
the van in north Tampa. The officer saw Hernandez-Garcia switch seats with
his brother and asked Hernandez-Garcia to get out of the van. As
they were escorting him to the police cruiser, Hernandez-Garcia began fighting
with Pemberton, police said. As Mitchell tried to assist, Saul Garcia hit
him from behind and knocked him to the ground, police said. Saul
Garcia took Pemberton's weapon and shot both officers, police said. Mitchell
was able to return fire, hitting Saul Garcia. The
two other men fled in the van, but were captured after crashing it.http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/011602/D7H30DC82.html
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