Man dead after shootout in police headquarters near Detroit
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. A man killed Sunday in a shootout at a suburban Detroit police headquarters first tried to shoot an officer behind bulletproof glass before officers exchanged gunfire with him, police said.
One police officer was wounded in the shootout in Southfield, a city of about 73,000 north of Detroit. The injured officer was in stable condition Sunday night with a single gunshot wound in the shoulder.
Police Chief Eric Hawkins said investigators were trying to figure out why the gunman carried out the attack. The 64-year-old man had no known grievance with police.
"He didn't say anything," Hawkins said at a news conference. "The officers said he had a blank stare on his face."
Investigators didn't immediately know if the man had a criminal record and were in the process of contacting his family, the chief said. The dead man's name was not immediately released, but police said he lived in Southfield.
According to Lt. Nick Loussia, the confrontation began when the man entered the lobby of police headquarters and a desk officer asked if he could help him. The man then pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the officer, who was behind protective glass. The man pulled the trigger, but the gun did not go off, Loussia said.
The desk officer drew his handgun and told the suspect to drop his weapon, Loussia said. Other officers came to help and again ordered the man to drop his gun, Loussia said.
Instead, the man pointed his gun at the officers, Loussia said.
"The officers then exchanged shots with the subject. The first responding officer was shot once in the shoulder, the subject was shot several times," he said.
Hawkins said the wounded officer is 50 years old and a 25-year veteran of the force.
"He is conscious, alert and in good spirits," said the chief.
Hawkins praised his officers' actions in the shooting.
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But confused as to why more people did not take this storm seriously?
Why not get fuel before Sandy hit - there was plenty of time.
Why NY did not shut down for the entire week so workers had more elbow room to do their job.
Are we that money-grubbing that the bottom line in companies was more important than the catastrophe so many people faced?
Why was FEMA not in place before the storm hit - just in case it was as big as they forecast.
Why did FEMA close when it snowed "due to weather" when that is the very reason they were there in the first place.
Why did the Red Cross show up towards the end of the week when they also could have been prepared to help as soon as the storm passed?
Like Katrina but... Different Mayor. Different Governor. Different President.
Same old garbage.
He was stupid.
Ah, the Bible tell's us that it's okay to feel put upon, and lot's of good people in the Bible were wrongly treated (everyone?, at least every good person?,) but what the Bible also tells us is that when this happens to us we should go to God, to make our complaints known to him. And let him deal with the problem for us.
It's not part of the story of Job, but you know those bandits that raided Job's ranch and killed his farm-hands, I wonder how long they survived?, after all, they had completed their mission, why keep them around?
That's one cool thing about being a Christian, we're promised that we're never used and thrown away, and that everything that we do works to our good.