Officer Shot During Philly Holdup Dies

jarhed123 · #1 11-01-2007, 05:01 PM

Seems like open season on us out there. BE CAREFUL and kiss the wife and kids before leaving for work!!!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3806217

SparkSVT · #2 11-01-2007, 07:15 PM

http://odmp.org/officer.php?oid=19045

Philadelphia is a killing ground right now. P/O Cassidy died this morning after taking a bullet to his brain yesterday. The cops are being targeted by the thugs right now.

SparkSVT · #3 11-01-2007, 07:17 PM

http://www.domelights.com/forums/ind...howtopic=16393

ImEvil1 · #4 11-01-2007, 09:06 PM

Unbelievable...hope they get the guy soon.

SparkSVT · #5 11-02-2007, 12:49 AM

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=5737208

Philly cops are stopping EVERYONE looking for this guy. Here is a clip from our local news. Lots of tips coming in. This cop/family man/father of 3 children killer will be lucky if he makes it to trial. After shooting P/O Cassidy in the head he picked up Cassidy's gun and ran off with it. I hope he burns in hell.

Philadelphia is an absolute warzone.

FHP0665 · #6 11-02-2007, 08:20 AM

This speaks volumes about the SCUM that we have to deal with in society today. The "Wild West" mentality wasn't such a bad thing if you ask me. Sure you had your outlaw's, but the good outweighed the bad unlike now.

SparkSVT · #7 11-04-2007, 10:41 AM

According to some insiders they now know who it is that killed P/O Cassidy. Philly SWAT has been hitting houses all morning and I would expect that the scumbag will be in custody or dead by this time tommorow if not tonight. I personally hope they kill him.

FHP0665 · #8 11-05-2007, 07:54 AM

For fear of offending someone, it will probably play out like most of the rest. He will get caught, probably stand trail sometime in the next year, and if lucky, get the death sentence where he will soak up as much of our tax dollars waiting for it to be carried out in the next 25 years. After all, unlike the officer, he still has rights...

*sarcasm off*

This is how ALL cop killers should end up!

I think the Sheriff made the best public statement I've ever heard in one of these cases:
"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Judd said. "We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."

Basically "We ran out of bullets"

SparkSVT · #9 11-06-2007, 09:33 AM

THEY GOT HIM.

Suspected Cop Killer Caught in Miami9 a.m. news conference LIVE on 6abc.com!
by the Action News Team

PHILADELPHIA - November 6, 2007 - Police in Miami have caught the suspected killer of Officer Chuck Cassidy, according to sources. Security camera video showed John "Jordan" Lewis boarding a bus for South Florida during the weekend.

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Lewis was apparently arrested by U.S. Marshals and FBI agents at a homeless shelter in Miami around 7 a.m. this morning. It was about 10 blocks away from the bus station. Apparently, the bus driver was able to identify him and told authorities.

Police officials tell Action News they will be holding a 9 a.m. news conference at Police Headquarters in Center City.

According to investigators, the 21-year-old John Lewis purchased a round trip bus ticket in Wilmington, Delaware bound for Miami, Florida on Saturday night. Sources said when he arrived in Miami late Sunday night, he tried to cash the return ticket for cash. Lewis argued with the teller, who refused to refund his money.

The FBI had been searching Miami to try to find Lewis. Philadelphia police asked the FBI to add Lewis to its most wanted list.

Action News has also learned that Lewis worked at a Dunkin Donuts at Broad and Erie and at another one, part time, at Rising Sun and Roosevelt Boulevard, just a few doors from his mother's house.

Lewis' former co-workers that talked to Action News all said the same thing: they are stunned. He never struck them as the type of person who could kill someone.

"He didn't seem like the type of person that would do anything to nobody," said Tamara Hayes, a former co-worker.

"He was so nice," Kiani Clark said. "He was really nice. He didn't seem like the type that would hurt a fly."

Locally, investigators recovered two weapons during their search for Lewis on Monday, Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said.

Johnson told reporters during a late Monday afternoon news conference that the weapons were recovered while serving a warrant on an undisclosed location. Sources told Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist Monday night that police positively identified one gun as Cassidy's 9 mm Glock service semiautomatic taken after the shooting. The second gun does not match one owned by Lewis' mother and missing, but tests are still being done to determine if it is the murder weapon.

Sources also told Action News that Lewis appeared in Philadelphia court last Friday for hearing in an unrelated case, but that was more than a day before Lewis was identified as a suspect.

Police also seized a vehicle as part of the investigation just before 7:00 Monday morning. It is a blue Mercury Grand Marquis. Police were planning to search the car for evidence linked to Cassidy's murder.

A viewing for family and friends of Officer Cassidy will be held tonight starting at 6:00 at Givnish Funeral Home at 10975 Academy Road. A second viewing for the public will be held at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul starting at 7:30 am Wednesday followed by a mass at noon. Burial will be private at Holy Sepulchure Cemetery in Cheltenham.

The department has established a trust fund for Cassidy's family. (Click here for details)

Cassidy's death marked the second death of a city police officer in 18 months. In May 2006, Officer Gary Skerski was fatally shot in the neck when a man robbing a bar fired a shotgun out the back door. The killer, Solomon Montgomery, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison.

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FHP0665 · #10 11-06-2007, 09:58 AM

Nice to hear but this is exactly what I mean...

"The killer, Solomon Montgomery, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison."

He still gets a chance while the officer does not... Amazing! And they wonder why people continue to do it.