I saw the obama reference somewhere also for the record,,,,cause it isn't in here either lol
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Latest AP update: > ------ > PITTSBURGH A 911 call that brought two police officers to a home > where they were ambushed, and where a third was also later killed > during a four-hour siege, was precipitated by a fight between the > gunman and his mother over a dog urinating in the house. > > The Saturday argument between Margaret and Richard Poplawski escalated > to the point that she threatened to kick him out and she called police > to do it, according to a 12-page criminal complaint and affidavit > filed late Saturday. > > When officers Paul Sciullo II and Stephen Mayhle arrived, Margaret > Poplawski opened the door and told them to come in and take her > 23-year-old son, apparently unaware he was standing behind her with a > rifle, the affidavit said. Hearing gunshots, she spun around to see > her son with the gun and ran to the basement. > > "What the hell have you done?" she shouted. > > The mother told police her son had been stockpiling guns and > ammunition "because he believed that as a result of economic collapse, > the police were no longer able to protect society," the affidavit > said. > > The mother told police her son had been stockpiling guns and > ammunition "because he believed that as a result of economic collapse, > the police were no longer able to protect society," the affidavit > said. > > Autopsies show Sciullo, 37, died of wounds to the head and torso. > Mayhle, 29, was shot in the head. > > A witness awakened by two gunshots told investigators of seeing the > gunman standing in the home's front doorway and firing two to three > shots into one officer who was already down. Sciullo was later found > dead in the home's living room, and Mayhle near the front stoop, > police said. > > A third officer, Eric Kelly, 41, was killed as he arrived to assist > the first two officers. Kelly was in uniform but on his way home when > he responded and was gunned down in the street. > > Kelly's radio call for help summoned other officers, including a SWAT > team. The ensuing standoff included a gun battle in which police say > Richard Poplawski tried to kill other officers. > > Poplawski is charged with three counts of criminal homicide and nine > counts of attempted homicide _ one each for the eight officers who > were shot at in an armored SWAT vehicle, plus a ninth who was shot in > the hand as he tried to help Kelly. > > Poplawski also was charged with possessing an instrument of crime: the > bulletproof vest he wore during the gun battle. The criminal complaint > doesn't say how Poplawski obtained the vest. > > Police Chief Nate Harper Jr. has said the vest kept Poplawski from > being more seriously wounded, but police have not specifically said > how many shots were stopped by the vest. > > A district judge arraigned Poplawski at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, an > arraignment court worker told The Associated Press on Sunday. > Poplawski was being treated there for gunshot wounds to his > extremities and remains under guard. Police and hospital officials > have not released his condition, though he is expected to survive. > > It was not immediately clear if Poplawski had an attorney. A > preliminary hearing, at which Poplawski could challenge the charges, > wasn't immediately scheduled. > > Poplawski is also charged with firing weapons into two occupied > neighboring homes and with recklessly endangering four people, two in > each home, with gunfire. No civilians were wounded. > > Police did not say why Poplawski fired toward the homes, but some > officers were seen going into nearby homes and perching on rooftops. > > Investigators continued to work at the home Sunday. A large piece of > wood covered the entire entryway, a picture window was shattered, > bullet holes could be seen in the living room walls and several bullet > marks scarred the facade and window frames. > > Police did not immediately release information on funeral arrangements > for the officers, though a memorial was held Saturday night outside > the police station where all three slain officers worked. > > Bagpipers played near a black wreath hung outside the station and an > Allegheny County 911 dispatcher did a roll call for the 11 p.m. shift > change. Various officers responded when their car numbers were called, > but there was silence when the names, unit numbers and badge numbers > of the slain officers were called out. > > Chief Harper radioed back in each instance that the officer had been > killed in the line of duty as hundreds of officers and other mourners > stood listening nearby. > > (This version CORRECTS name of officer to Paul Sciullo II, not Paul > Sciullo III, per new information from police.) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294086 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
