3rd Suspect Nabbed In Deaths Of 2 Ga. Cops
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Authorities arrested a third suspect and searched for at least one other man Friday in the killings of two police officers gunned down as they worked as off-duty security guards at an apartment complex.
William Maurice Woodard, 26, was arrested at a traffic stop, DeKalb County Deputy Police Chief Mike Burrows said during a news conference.
The DeKalb Sheriff's Office issued warrants Friday charging Woodard and Mario O'Brian Westbrook, 31, with murder. Burrows said authorities are still looking for Westbrook.
DeKalb County Police officers Ricky Bryant Jr., 26, and Eric Barker, 33, were killed early Wednesday in an apparent ambush in a parking lot at the Glenwood Gardens apartment complex.
Two other men already arrested, Herbie DeShawn Durham, 32, and Deanthius Jamal Johnson, 28, were charged with two counts of murder.
Residents say drugs, prostitution and gunfire are common at the apartment complex in a suburb six miles east of downtown Atlanta.
Police have not released a motive for the killings and have declined to say if there are other suspects.
Both slain officers were married fathers and were wearing their uniforms when they were shot. They were hired in December as part-time security to prevent break-ins, said Teofil Taut, the owner of the 176-unit complex who also lives in one of the buildings.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. William Maurice Woodard, 26, was arrested at a traffic stop, DeKalb County Deputy Police Chief Mike Burrows said during a news conference.
The DeKalb Sheriff's Office issued warrants Friday charging Woodard and Mario O'Brian Westbrook, 31, with murder. Burrows said authorities are still looking for Westbrook.
DeKalb County Police officers Ricky Bryant Jr., 26, and Eric Barker, 33, were killed early Wednesday in an apparent ambush in a parking lot at the Glenwood Gardens apartment complex.
Two other men already arrested, Herbie DeShawn Durham, 32, and Deanthius Jamal Johnson, 28, were charged with two counts of murder.
Residents say drugs, prostitution and gunfire are common at the apartment complex in a suburb six miles east of downtown Atlanta.
Police have not released a motive for the killings and have declined to say if there are other suspects.
Both slain officers were married fathers and were wearing their uniforms when they were shot. They were hired in December as part-time security to prevent break-ins, said Teofil Taut, the owner of the 176-unit complex who also lives in one of the buildings.
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"MAY GOD BLESS THE MENS FAMILY FOR THE REST OF THIR LIVES NOW AND FOREVER AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!"
Why are you sure that your God will do this? You talked to him last night? God is responsible for all the good things that happen to us? Who is responsible for the bad things? Is that "God''s will" too?
Don''t criticize black people if you''re white. Don''t hit them with any unpleasant facts or hard reality. You''ll be accused of being a racist. Oh yeah. If you''re black, don''t say anything critical about black people. Even if it''s true. Black people don''t like anyone criticizing them, be they black or white.
No, Native Americans are the poorest and have an unemployment rating double that of any other group. On top of that, they were victims of genocide, and are now societal outcasts. How many Native American millionaires do you see playing professional sports for example? Ignorance is a sorry way to go through life my friend.
Now they are getting killed on their second job. This should NEVER BE NEVER!!!
MAY GOD BLESS THE MENS FAMILY FOR THE REST OF THIR LIVES NOW AND FOREVER AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!
If you got layed off, fired or? would you flip burgers if you had to to get through? would you move or do what it takes to feed and care for your family or would you stand in the unemployment line and put in applications for job you are not qualfied for to suck money out so you didn,t have to work
"The Blacks are also the Poorest and have an Un Employment rate DOUBLE that of Whites..."
That excuses everything that black people do? We should just let them run wild? That gives you the right to kill police?
Some black men seem to make it. Hold down jobs. Not get into trouble with the law. Become policemen. Officers in the military. Lots of black people in Civil Service. Whatever. What''s so special about them? Why didn''t racism/bigotry/The White Conspiracy knock them down for the count?
A single (cheap) bullet at point blank should be delivered between the eyes of each and everyone of them.
Time to take the trash out!
Always interesting to see people blame the police or act like every officer is corrupt & racist. "The police are just as bad as the criminals. Blah, blah, blah." As if the police were forcing black men at gunpoint to do all the things they do. Can never be the black man''s fault. Oh no. It''s the racist police, courts & prisons. Stopping innocent black men on their way to the library & shoving them in the back of a police car for no reason whatsoever. Sniff.