Marine killed after shooting officers

[Indie Media Magazine]

By PATRICK GIBLIN
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: January 11, 2005, 01:47:41 PM PST

CERES — It started as a seemingly simple and somewhat routine call Sunday night: a man was acting strangely at a liquor store.

Moments later, a burst of gunfire echoed through the normally quiet neighborhood. One Ceres police officer lay dying, another was critically wounded, and law enforcement was storming the scene by land and air.

Helicopters hovered above as police ordered people to go inside, lock their doors and turn off the lights.

Marine killed after shooting officers

[Erika]

1. Remnants of violence remain n/t

[LiberalVoice]

2. Amazing.

[dw]

3. In the end:

# Ceres police Sgt. Howard Stevenson, 39, was dead.

# Andres Raya, who police say seemed determined to die rather than return to Iraq, was dead.

# Ceres police officer Sam Ryno, 50, was hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. He was in critical condition Monday, and is expected to recover.

...snip...

"It was premeditated, planned, an ambush," Ceres Police Chief Art de Werk said. "It was a suicide by cop."

[babylonsister]

4. The Marine was the instigator BECAUSE

he didn't want to go back to Iraq? Many soldiers who have been to hell just might go a bit crazy and not want to return. Another tip of the iceberg thanks to ** . And sadly, stand by.


Edited to clarify

[juajen]

5. He was a child. Who in their right mind thinks 19, 20, or even21 year

olds are ready to be soldiers. It's barbaric. My hubby says they choose them young so it's easier to make killing machines out of them. They're destroying their minds. They can't deal. How horrible for those policemen and the family of the marine. Indeed, how horrible for all of us who have to deal with these poor kids when they get home. Who in hell makes the decision to take babies for cannon fodder?

[Oversea Visitor]

6. Sad

Only 19 years old ..... An Americans who rather die then go back to Iraq. When oh when are American parents going to stand up to see the hell that Iraq has become?