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Originally Posted by MMARSH

Jeff, Im not gonna get into this a whole lot, but I'm gonna address a couple of things...

Im sure plenty of people including you may have stressful jobs. But, other then those serving in the military, How many people do you think have seen or dealt with their co workers being killed by the hands of another in the course of thier job.....I'm not not talking car accidents, but murdered, shot in the face point ****ing blank, shot and killed on a T-stop, shot and killed going into a backyard after burglary suspect, even shot and killed entering a house serving a warrant. I could mention numerous other instances of co-workers who were shot and not killed.

Tell me Jeff, How many funerals have you gone to under those circumstances. Seriously, I can't tell you off the top of my head how many I've attended under those circumstances...People that I know and worked with.... Mike Gagen(TED) on this board was an Air Traffic Controller, stressful job for sure, but how many of his co-workers been murdered, how many have yours? I'm not making excuses for domestic violence or misbehavior by officers, those officers should be dealt with. But I don't appreciate you or anyone else dismissing the real stress and dangers that officers deal with. Of course the ones who do this, don't do this job....

I seriously doubt, that no matter how stressful your job is or most peoples job is, that they look in the mirror everyday when they are getting dressed and ask themselves if this will be the day that someone will try to kill me......

Of course, there will be some people on this board that think I'm being dramatic, but there are quite a few who know that thats the truth.

That is not dramatic, it is real life. We know that when we exceed the speed limit in our Porsches that we are taking a chance at...

1) Getting a ticket.
2) Crashing..
3) nothing happening at all but enjoying the ride..

Some one who hangs out with drug dealers & gang bangers knows that they are taking a chance at...

1)Getting arrested..
2)Getting shot by the Police..
3) Getting Robbed by other drug dealers or gang bangers..
4)Getting shot by other drug dealers or gang bangers..
5)Getting high & nothing else...



Wal-Mart Shooting: 2 Dead, 2 Deputies Hurt - CBS News

Wal-Mart Shooting: 2 Dead, 2 Deputies HurtOne Man Shot to Death by Deputies at the Scene; A Woman Dies Later in the Hospital
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A shootout at a Wal-Mart in Washington state left two dead and two deputies injured Sunday. In this Nov. 24, 2009, file photo, a shopping cart at a Wal-Mart store in Los Angeles, Calif., is seen. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

(AP) PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - Sheriff's officers say a shootout Sunday afternoon at a Wal-Mart in Washington state left two people dead and two sheriff's deputies wounded.
Kitsap County sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson says a man was shot to death by deputies outside the store in Port Orchard Sunday afternoon, while a young woman died after being taken to a Tacoma hospital.

Wilson says officers received a call about a suspicious person at the store. He says deputies tried to talk to the man, who then ran and began shooting. Three deputes, including the two wounded, returned fire.

Wilson says he doesn't know whether the two people who were killed knew each other.

The incident began at about 3:45 p.m. and few details were known, including what sparked the shootings, Boyer said.

Witness Victor Meyers told KOMO-TV that the first shot was followed by six more in rapid succession.

"I heard one shot, which I thought was a car backfiring, and then several more reported back, which I knew to be gunfire," Meyers said.

He said he saw a female deputy running toward a victim on the ground before he and other witnesses were hustled from the scene.

The store was immediately locked down, and customers weren't being allowed to leave.

"No one is allowed in or out until further notice by police," customer Mike Lambert told KIRO-TV by phone from inside the store.

Port Orchard is about 15 miles west of Seattle across Puget Sound.