View Full Version : Weld deputy Shot??? chase. not good
HBARleatherneck
11-23-2010, 13:32
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=165465&catid=339
Dozens of law enforcement officers are on scene after a Weld County deputy and a suspect were shot on Tuesday following a police chase.
Fort Morgan Police say it all began at 9:40 a.m. when a woman reported her black 2006 Nissan Altima stolen. Police put out a "be on the lookout" alert on the vehicle, which was believed to be headed west out of Fort Morgan.
A short time later, Wiggins Police spotted the vehicle at Interstate 76 and Highway 34 where a chase ensued.
9NEWS has a crew at the scene where the chase came to an end, at Coyote and Cedar Lanes in Evans.
Witnesses in Evans say they heard gunfire in their neighborhood and saw a sheet covering what appeared to be the suspect. They say they also saw officers performing CPR on a deputy who was then taken away in an ambulance.
The Colorado State Patrol, Greeley Police Department, Weld County Sheriff's Office and Evan Police Department are on scene.
Authorities are investigating a vehicle in a driveway, but do not have their weapons drawn.
Officials did not release names or conditions.
9NEWS will update this story as more information becomes available.
(KUSA-TV © 2010 Multimedia
Hmmm, I hope that guy is okay.
trlcavscout
11-23-2010, 14:17
Hope the deputy is ok, glad their was a sheet over the other guy.
hope the deputy is okay and comes through fine
HBARleatherneck
11-23-2010, 14:25
he is dead.
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20101123/NEWS/101129991/1051&ParentProfile=1001
Two unidentified women cry after a high-speed chase ended on Coyote Lane in Evans on Tuesday. A suspect and a Weld County Sheriff's deputy were both shot.
Eric Bellamy/ebellamy@greeleytribune.com
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Officers in Evans today cordoned off the scene of a shootout in which a Weld County Sheriff's deputy and a suspect were both shot following a high-speed chase.
Eric Bellamy/ebellamy@greeleytribune.com
A Weld County Sheriff's deputy was killed and a suspect was wounded in a shootout in Evans this morning following a car chase that at times exceeded 100 miles per hour.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Margie Martinez said the officer chased the suspect on foot and was shot by the suspect. Other officers returned fire and wounded the suspect. Both the wounded deputy and the suspect were taken to North Colorado Medical Center.
The Weld County Coroner's office said the officer died.
The chase began with a report of a robbery in Morgan County, said Greeley Police spokesman Sgt. Joe Tymkowych. Officers from several agencies pursued the suspect as the four-door black Nissan sped through Weld County, at times driving on the wrong side of the road to elude officers in Greeley and Evans. Officers at one point put stop sticks in the road to try to stop the vehicle, which crossed the county line at 10:35 a.m.
With smoke rising from the car, the suspect eventually stopped at 11:02 a.m. in a housing subdivision in the area of Coyote Lane and Cedar Lane, south of 37th Street and 35th Avenue. Tymkowych said it wasn't immediately known whether the suspect had any connection to the subdivision.
At least 25 police cars were on the scene after the shooting, along with an ambulance and a fire truck. Officers had the entire area cordoned off, and neighbors stood on their porches watching.
One woman who saw the chase said she heard about six shots.
Christina Goss, who lives about two houses away from the shooting scene, said she heard sirens and looked outside as the chase ended. She saw a man in a white shirt run from the car and then she heard a shot, with an officer falling to the ground. She said other officers who surrounded the car returned fire, and she heard five or six shots. The suspect then fell.
Goss said another officer covered his fallen comrade with his own body during the shootout until CPR could be started.
A spokesman for the Morgan County Sheriff's department declined to provide any details on how the incident began and referred all questions to Weld County authorities.
Fort Morgan Police Chief Keith Kuretich and Fort Morgan County Undersheriff Dave Martin would not release any information about the events that unfolded in their jurisdictions.
ghettodub
11-23-2010, 14:31
Just read that. Sad stuff
two shoes
11-23-2010, 14:32
Sad indeed, prayer said for family & friends...
trlcavscout
11-23-2010, 14:32
Man that sucks! I know alot of them, waiting for the name to be released. [Shake]
I hope they butt rape him with a splintered broom stick and drag him around town behind a car before beheading him and feeding him to the hoggs!
OgenRwot
11-23-2010, 14:45
It's too bad they didn't kill the POS.
Byte Stryke
11-23-2010, 14:46
My prayers and condolences go out to the family of the fallen officer.
May he rest in peace.
DeusExMachina
11-23-2010, 15:14
Damn. :( I was hoping it was the other way around. RIP
Way to sad and at this time of year.
I hope they butt rape him with a splintered broom stick and drag him around town behind a car before beheading him and feeding him to the hoggs!
^^^THIS^^^
hurley842002
11-23-2010, 15:20
My thoughts go out to the family, and RIP to the Deputy. Unfortunately, the POS will now be a hero in prison.
HBARleatherneck
11-23-2010, 15:21
if they want to give the dirt bag, a sporting chance, they could turn him loose in the pawnee, and let me sight my new/used rifle in. he could run as i zero my scope in.
and they could give me immunity.
and they could give me immunity.
I didn't know you were an illegal. Learn something new every day.
trlcavscout
11-23-2010, 15:25
I didn't know you were an illegal. Learn something new every day.
[ROFL1]
In going to that neighborhood theres a good chance the POS bad guy probably is.
HBARleatherneck
11-23-2010, 15:26
I didn't know you were an illegal. Learn something new every day.
i am an illegal. even after 8 years in the Corps, the Native Americans wont accept my grandparents documents from Ellis Island.
i just figured that if i capped a cop killer, somebody might want to prosecute me. i do so want to try though.
ChunkyMonkey
11-23-2010, 15:26
Sad news... I would say put that fvckr on chain leash and force him walk along the Afghan's deadliest highway to clear IEDs.
RIP to the deputy and prayers to the family.
RIP to the Deputy.
I don't mean to make light of the situation but I keep reading the title as "Deputy Weld"...
Byte Stryke
11-23-2010, 15:36
all non essential county operations have been "postponed"
Not to make it about me, but,
I will get a reschedule for my Interview next week.
Good reminder of 1 more thing to be thankful for this week (and every other week): warriors like that Weld Co Deputy. RIP and our prayers go out to your family. We can never thank you enough for your sacrafice.
Prayers, thoughts, and condolences sent out for our fallen protector and server...
As far as the POS who did the offense... no words can express my outrage and what I'd like have done to you.
OneGuy67
11-23-2010, 16:39
I hate the fact that I have a mourning band readily available to shroud my badge...
RIP, my brother.
HBARleatherneck
11-23-2010, 17:00
a whole lot of more details, and they differ from other accounts by the same people. some of it is WTF
The injured deputy was identified as Sam Brownlee by the Greeley Tribune. He told the newspaper in April that he had been with the department for five years.
7NEWS has learned the identity of the shooting suspect. He is Rueben Reyes, of Fort Morgan. http://tags.bluekai.com/site/1932
The Brownlee and Reyes were rushed to North Colorado Medical Center after the shooting. The condition of the suspect is not known.
Witnesses Describe Shootout
Sheila White was getting to ready to hang Christmas lights outside her home when she heard a car careening into her Evans neighborhood. She saw the black vehicle turn the corner and noticed that its front tire was flat and it was followed by several police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring.
The vehicle stopped and the officers yelled several times at the suspect to get out the car, White said.
"They had pulled guns, rifles, everything when they came around the corner and jumped out of their cars," White said. "That scared me so I immediately went back into the house. I didn't want to get hit by stray bullets."
"Immediately, the cops swarmed the car. There's about seven or eight cops all around the car with guns pointed at the driver," said Christina Goss, who lives next door to the shooting scene.
The driver, a young Hispanic man with a bald head, "reached into the back seat and all of sudden we heard gunshots, like five, six gunshots going off," Goss said.
"Someone grabbed the kid, they pulled him from the car…and slammed him down on the street. You could see his head bouncing on the ground," she said, adding that about five officers wrestled the driver to the ground.
"Right next to him was the cop that was shot," Goss said.
She said she saw another deputy used his body to shield the injured deputy's body during the shootout.
"Another officer straddled (the wounded officer), held a gun straight up in the air and fired a shot," she said. "I don't know if this was a signal that one of the officer's was done or what. But four or five more officers came running up."
Several officers took turns doing CPR on the wounded officer, who was bleeding badly, witnesses said.
The driver on the ground appeared unconscious, Goss said.
"They checked the kid that was lying on the ground. They grabbed the sleeve of his jacket and his arm was just limp," Goss said. "He was bald-headed and you could see there was no color in his head. He was lifeless."
After the ambulances transported the officer and suspect, she said, a state trooper who had treated the fallen officer "came into our house and washed the blood off his hands."
Goss said there was a jackknifed silver truck with a trailer at the scene. Two Hispanic girls exited the pickup truck and began crying when they saw the suspect, she said.
“They were just screaming,” Goss said.
"One of the girls that tried to stop everything was crying hysterically," White said.
Chase Exceeded More Than 100 MPH
The incident began as a domestic violence call around 9:40 a.m., said Fort Morgan police Lt. Darin Sagel.
The female victim told police that the suspect fled with her car. Fort Morgan police put out an alert for authorities to be on the lookout for a black 2006 Nissan Altima.
A Wiggins police officer spotted the vehicle on Highway 34, heading towards Greeley, Sagel said.
The Wiggins police officer and a Morgan County sheriff's vehicle chased the car from the west end of county, near County Road 2, to the Weld County border, said Morgan County Sheriff Jim Crone.
Crone explained that the officers continued the pursuit for 35 miles, at speeds exceeding 100 mph, because of "suspicious activity on behalf of the suspect."
He had told his family that he was suicidal and he wasn't going down without a fight, Crone said.
Shit I work less than a mile from the scene.
RIP
theGinsue
11-23-2010, 19:21
I pray for the blessings of peace upon this officers soul and for his family.
As wrong as it may be, I also pray that this POS not have a moment for the rest of his life that he doesn't suffer terribly.
trlcavscout
11-23-2010, 19:27
a whole lot of more details, and they differ from other accounts by the same people. some of it is WTF
The injured deputy was identified as Sam Brownlee by the Greeley Tribune. He told the newspaper in April that he had been with the department for five years.
7NEWS has learned the identity of the shooting suspect. He is Rueben Reyes, of Fort Morgan. http://tags.bluekai.com/site/1932
The Brownlee and Reyes were rushed to North Colorado Medical Center after the shooting. The condition of the suspect is not known.
Witnesses Describe Shootout
Sheila White was getting to ready to hang Christmas lights outside her home when she heard a car careening into her Evans neighborhood. She saw the black vehicle turn the corner and noticed that its front tire was flat and it was followed by several police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring.
The vehicle stopped and the officers yelled several times at the suspect to get out the car, White said.
"They had pulled guns, rifles, everything when they came around the corner and jumped out of their cars," White said. "That scared me so I immediately went back into the house. I didn't want to get hit by stray bullets."
"Immediately, the cops swarmed the car. There's about seven or eight cops all around the car with guns pointed at the driver," said Christina Goss, who lives next door to the shooting scene.
The driver, a young Hispanic man with a bald head, "reached into the back seat and all of sudden we heard gunshots, like five, six gunshots going off," Goss said.
"Someone grabbed the kid, they pulled him from the car…and slammed him down on the street. You could see his head bouncing on the ground," she said, adding that about five officers wrestled the driver to the ground.
"Right next to him was the cop that was shot," Goss said.
She said she saw another deputy used his body to shield the injured deputy's body during the shootout.
"Another officer straddled (the wounded officer), held a gun straight up in the air and fired a shot," she said. "I don't know if this was a signal that one of the officer's was done or what. But four or five more officers came running up."
Several officers took turns doing CPR on the wounded officer, who was bleeding badly, witnesses said.
The driver on the ground appeared unconscious, Goss said.
"They checked the kid that was lying on the ground. They grabbed the sleeve of his jacket and his arm was just limp," Goss said. "He was bald-headed and you could see there was no color in his head. He was lifeless."
After the ambulances transported the officer and suspect, she said, a state trooper who had treated the fallen officer "came into our house and washed the blood off his hands."
Goss said there was a jackknifed silver truck with a trailer at the scene. Two Hispanic girls exited the pickup truck and began crying when they saw the suspect, she said.
“They were just screaming,” Goss said.
"One of the girls that tried to stop everything was crying hysterically," White said.
Chase Exceeded More Than 100 MPH
The incident began as a domestic violence call around 9:40 a.m., said Fort Morgan police Lt. Darin Sagel.
The female victim told police that the suspect fled with her car. Fort Morgan police put out an alert for authorities to be on the lookout for a black 2006 Nissan Altima.
A Wiggins police officer spotted the vehicle on Highway 34, heading towards Greeley, Sagel said.
The Wiggins police officer and a Morgan County sheriff's vehicle chased the car from the west end of county, near County Road 2, to the Weld County border, said Morgan County Sheriff Jim Crone.
Crone explained that the officers continued the pursuit for 35 miles, at speeds exceeding 100 mph, because of "suspicious activity on behalf of the suspect."
He had told his family that he was suicidal and he wasn't going down without a fight, Crone said.
Man I hope it wasn't friendly fire? Something doesn't sound right about what the witness said.
trlcavscout
11-23-2010, 19:29
Shit I work less than a mile from the scene.
RIP
We just quit servicing that trailor park a couple months ago, but my dad lives about a mile away and his gf lives there.
HBARleatherneck
11-23-2010, 20:18
one dead piece of shit gang banger. yeah he died.
so at least we have that. we lost a good man. But, at least this piece of shit didnt go to prison and become some hero in some mexican prison gang.
Oh good. The car theft rings in this state have been out of control for years. This sounds like something else though.
HBARleatherneck
11-24-2010, 14:02
Weld sheriff's deputy was killed with his own gun
Deputy Sam Brownlee, killed in Evans on Tuesday morning by a reputed gang member, was shot three times with his own gun, according to Weld County Sheriff John Cooke.
“After the suspect's car was stopped,” Cooke said Wednesday, “he was removed from the car and there was a struggle. They were wrestling on the ground when the suspect got Sam's gun and shot him three times — twice in the chest and once in the head.”
The suspect died today after surgery......thanks doc!
PondPirate
11-29-2010, 17:15
Here are a few pictures from the funeral:
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293390.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293391.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293392.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293395.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293396.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293397.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293398.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293399.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293401.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293403.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad311/arfcomcache/RIP%20Deputy%20Brownlee/PB293402.jpg
-PondPirate
Just heard about this tonight from my brother, how sad. I'll bet a dime to a dollar that he had a glock in his holster. Suspect was able to take weapon and just pull the trigger to fire.
As to the officer that fired a round off into the air do you think this was a emotional thing? Does seem a little odd but who knows what someone may do in a high stress situation like that. Especially if it were the first time.
trlcavscout
11-29-2010, 23:51
Just heard about this tonight from my brother, how sad. I'll bet a dime to a dollar that he had a glock in his holster. Suspect was able to take weapon and just pull the trigger to fire.
As to the officer that fired a round off into the air do you think this was a emotional thing? Does seem a little odd but who knows what someone may do in a high stress situation like that. Especially if it were the first time.
It wouldnt matter what he had in his holster. I was wondering how he got the gun out of the holster so easy? Did he have his gun drawn?
Hell of a turn out, sad day!
theGinsue
11-29-2010, 23:58
A very sad day indeed.
I don't mean to detract from the solemn experience of the funeral but looking at the pics I can almost pick out every LEO present that served in the military by the way they are saluting. Some of those folks have absolutely no idea how to salute properly.
A very sad day indeed. ...
....Some of those folks have absolutely no idea how to salute properly.
Rgr... Are they saluting or shading their eyes from the sun?
RIP officer.
Wonderful pics, you can almost hear the silence...
KevDen2005
12-02-2010, 00:44
Great pics, it was the first Officer Funeral I have ever attended. Very Sad. There was about 200 patrol cars coming out of the south metro area with their lights on.
Indeed about the prior military. I am as well and I get annoyed at the people who don't know how to stand at attention or salute. Some PDs like Denver, Aurora, CSP, are very para-military through their academies so they know how usually
I'll bet a dime to a dollar that he had a glock in his holster. Suspect was able to take weapon and just pull the trigger to fire.
yeah if only the officer had been carrying a .38 caliber revolver, then that never could have happened. [Roll1]
theGinsue
12-02-2010, 07:47
Great pics, it was the first Officer Funeral I have ever attended. Very Sad. There was about 200 patrol cars coming out of the south metro area with their lights on.
While it is regrettable to ever need to attend such an event, it's absolutely humbling to see the outpouring of love and support from the LEO community at large (nationwide).
While I have my issues with the often inappropriate heavy-handed behavior of the CSPD, I have a great deal of respect for LEO's and the difficult, often dangerous, situations they're put in regularly. Sending off a fallen comrade like Deputy Brownlee in this manner shows such great respect for his service and his ultimate sacrifice. I'm happy that this sort of event doesn't need to occur very often. I just wish we could provide the same sort of tribute to each of our fallen servicemembers
I'll bet a dime to a dollar that he had a glock in his holster. Suspect was able to take weapon and just pull the trigger to fire.
You're right....It MUST be Glock's fault! (*not appropriate*)
OgenRwot
12-02-2010, 22:33
Just heard about this tonight from my brother, how sad. I'll bet a dime to a dollar that he had a glock in his holster. Suspect was able to take weapon and just pull the trigger to fire.
Because other guns have secret triggers that you push? You're a complete ass hat.
OgenRwot
12-23-2010, 16:07
Turns out it was a Kimber 1911 but thanks for being an ass.
Story here:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/26213523/detail.html
Full report here:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/download/2010/1222/26251414.pdf
DeusExMachina
12-23-2010, 16:26
That really sucked to read. :(
two shoes
12-23-2010, 16:51
I'll bet a dime to a dollar that he had a glock in his holster. Suspect was able to take weapon and just pull the trigger to fire.
Another beautiful theory, beaten senseless by a pack of ruthless facts.
BTW, you owe each of us a dollar as we had our dimes ready...
I'm surprised it was a 1911. Yea when a retard just grabs a gun from a holster during a struggle like I thought happened I figure retard wouldn't have time to release safety unless he is familiar with a 1911. Most people who I first show mine to don't know the safety from the slide release mag release etc. Sorry to the obviously butt hurt internet tuff guy
two shoes
12-23-2010, 18:21
I'm surprised it was a 1911. Yea when a retard just grabs a gun from a holster during a struggle like I thought happened I figure retard wouldn't have time to release safety unless he is familiar with a 1911. Most people who I first show mine to don't know the safety from the slide release mag release etc. Sorry to the obviously butt hurt internet tuff guy
Hahaha, I'm not hurt nor an internet tough guy. I just want my dollar. [Flower]
two shoes
12-23-2010, 18:25
I'm surprised it was a 1911. Yea when a retard just grabs a gun from a holster during a struggle like I thought happened I figure retard wouldn't have time to release safety unless he is familiar with a 1911. Most people who I first show mine to don't know the safety from the slide release mag release etc. Sorry to the obviously butt hurt internet tuff guy
To be fair, I was a little surprised too.
I wasn't referring to you. Oh and I wasn't blaming glock was wondering if the outcome would have been different with what if.... Notice how some people respond when they even think that you think badly towards glock in anyway......what's in that cool aid anyways
two shoes
12-23-2010, 18:38
.....what's in that cool aid anyways
I don't know but I just picked up my 3rd Glock... So it is better than that shit they served in Jamestown.
I'll stay on topic from here on out.
Limited GM
12-23-2010, 18:44
Not certain, but I dont believe any of the 1911 duty rigs I've seen were double/or more retention. Anybody confirm one way or another?
A deflected bullet off his badge? Maybe embroidered badges are in order . . . let the bullet penetrate the cotton to get stopped by kevlar rather than deflect and cause a fatal wound.
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