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United States News Title: Two Officers Killed, One U.S. Marshal Wounded In St. Petersburg Shooting ST. PETERSBURG - Two St. Petersburg police officers were shot to death and a U.S. marshal was injured early Monday in gunfire that broke out as police tried to serve a domestic battery warrant at a St. Petersburg home. ``Our community has suffered a loss today,'' St. Petersburg police Chief Chuck Harmon said during a somber press conference with Mayor Bill Foster outside Bayfront Medical Center. The St. Petersburg officers became the first killed during service since 1980. Harmon said the wives of both were notified and ``in shock.'' One of the officers had children. Police have not yet released the officers' names. The officers were shot Monday morning after approaching a home where suspect Hydra Lacy Jr. was being served a U.S. Marshal's warrant through a fugitive task force. A marshal who responded to the scene also was shot and is expected to survive. The shooting took place at 3734 28th Ave. S, in the Perry Bayview neighborhood. Authorities were serving the warrant for Lacy, a known sex offender, according to records. Officers arrived at the home to interview Lacy's girlfriend at 7 a.m. When it became clear the suspect was in the attic and armed, more officers arrived and gunfire ensued. An officer and marshal were hit first when they tried to arrest Lacy, Puetz said. Later, police attempted a rescue in which they pulled the marshal out and that's when one of the rescuers was fatally shot. That officer was eventually taken from inside the house and transported to the hospital. He was accompanied by a surgeon. ``It doesn't look good,'' Harmon said shortly after the last officer was taken away. At least six Florida police officers have been killed by gunmen since June - two in Tampa, two in Miami last week, and now two in St. Petersburg. As Harmon told a group of reporters that the two officers shot dead were married, Foster looked down to the ground. He grimaced and closed his eyes tight as tears streamed down his cheek. He grabbed a tissue from his pocket, took off his glasses and wiped his face. After the news conference, he told a reporter: ``I'm not doing very well. Not very well at all.'' At about noon, Foster went into another building at the hospital, saying he would talk more at the 4 p.m. news conference at the police station. ``I'm going to find a place to pray, he said. Rumors began circulating through the community shortly after the first officers were taken to the hospital. Early Monday, Pinellas Sheriff's Chief Deputy Robert Gualtieri made a dramatic statement at a previously scheduled meeting of the County Commission, saying, ``The one St. Pete officer is dead, and the other one is pinned down in the house and was shot several times.'' But at 10:10 a.m., police officials only said two were in critical condition and one was stable. Police spokesman Mike Puetz said Lacy was facing aggravated battery and two other felony charges and was being served a U.S. Marshal's warrant by a police officer. An officer was interviewing the Lacy's girlfriend, who told the officer Lacy was in the attic. When Lacy was approached, he began firing at the officer, Puetz said. A police SWAT team is at the scene, along with several police vehicles and ambulances wrapping around six blocks. Some Pinellas sheriff's deputies also are at the scene, as well as vehicles from other agencies, including a Tampa police armored vehicle. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Tea Party's fault.
Does anyone know if Glenn Beck has recently been sited in Florida creeping into people's bedrooms at night and giving them subliminal messages to shoot people in the head?
Well, [war's] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
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