TPKeller2
Member
I caught the tail end of a police pursuit tonight, around 23:20. Apparently the suspect was chased into the Belmont Apartments on Cowan Boulevard, which is just about a half a mile from the new police headquarters. Just after I started listening, the call went out of officer down.
There was brief confusion, and a roll call was conducted. All other officers were accounted for. The wounded officer was taken to Mary Washington Hospital (about a quarter mile away) with a gunshot wound to the head and a "through and through" gunshot wound to the leg. AirCare was unable to respond due to weather conditions. It appears that a fog is settling in the area.
From what I could tell, off duty officers were brought in to relieve the officers who were involved at the scene, and several of the officers were audibly upset during their radio communication.
Our local press (Free Lance-Star) has demonstrated a pathetic lack of timely coverage of major incidents, so it is hard to say when additional information may become available.
Thoughts and prayers are with this officer and his family, as well as the rest of the Fredericksburg police force.
Theron
There was brief confusion, and a roll call was conducted. All other officers were accounted for. The wounded officer was taken to Mary Washington Hospital (about a quarter mile away) with a gunshot wound to the head and a "through and through" gunshot wound to the leg. AirCare was unable to respond due to weather conditions. It appears that a fog is settling in the area.
From what I could tell, off duty officers were brought in to relieve the officers who were involved at the scene, and several of the officers were audibly upset during their radio communication.
Our local press (Free Lance-Star) has demonstrated a pathetic lack of timely coverage of major incidents, so it is hard to say when additional information may become available.
Thoughts and prayers are with this officer and his family, as well as the rest of the Fredericksburg police force.
Theron