| OFFICER DOWN 2007 January - June |
| "No greater love hath any man than lay down his own life" |
| This page is dedicated to the Private Officers who gave their lives to protect others. |
| OFFICER DOWN January - June 2007 JANUARY 2007 LOS ANGELES CA. BRANDON WHITE, 21 WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE BREAKING UP A FIGHT AT THE TIME OUT TAVERN WHERE HE WAS WORKING NEW YEARS EVE SECURITY. HE WAS IN THE FINAL PHASE OF BECOMING A DEPUTY SHERIFF. A SUSPECT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER. MICHIGAN KEMBRY JONES, 30 WAS KILLED BY A ROADSIDE BOMB WHILE WORKING FOR A SECURITY CONTRACTOR IN IRAQ. SAN FRANCISCO CA. ALBERTO "CHITO" CASILLAS Casillas, who had been at a nightclub with his girlfriend was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting after he left the club. Police say that a vehicle pulled along side of Casillas and opened fire on him killing him immediately. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. UN-NAMED OFFICER While working on patrol at a housing complex on the north side of the city, a security officer was shot and killed. Police have not released the officers name and have no suspects at this time. VIRGINIA BEACH VA. UNKKNOWN OFFICER A PRIVATE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AFTER HE ESCORTED A DISORDERLY SUSPECT OUT OF AN ADULT CLUB FOR HARRASSING PATRONS. ANOTHER PERSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND AN OFF DUTY DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO STOPPED TO HELP WAS ALSO SHOT BUT SURVIVED. TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED NEAR-BY AFTER K-9 OFFICERS TRACKED THEM. TAMPA FLA CARL SHOAL, 41 A S/O WAS STABBED TO DEATH DURING A CONFRONTATION AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. NO OTHER DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE. HOUSTON TX. LUIS ALFONSO MANCILLAS, 23 S/O was working as an armed officer for Lake City Patrol at the Stafford Sports Club when he was shot dead on Sat. Jan 20th. Police are unsure if he was involved in a fight with a patron earlier and the investigation is underway. DENTON TX. 28 YR OLD OFFICER Police are investigating a shooting death of a security officer working at an apartment complex. Few details have been released. IRAQ 5 OFFICERS DEAD Four American private officers working special security protection in the Bagdad area of Iraq were shot in the head after their helicopter was shot down on Jan 24th. Blackwater Security USA now says it was their employees and helicopter. blackwater provides private protection for Embassy and other US government buildings and staff. OAKLAND CA DEMETRIO BALTAZAR 59 S/O was on patrol duty when he was shot in the head by a stray bullet from a gun battle a block away. Amazingly, Baltazar, an officer with Guardsmark, finished his shift and died after he went home. Police are looking for the suspects. FEBRUARY 2007 COLUMBIA S.C. JOHN D. ADAMS, 29 During a confrontation with a man at a local club, a security officer and the ex girlfriend of the man was shot dead in front of patrons. Police say that the man was escorted out of the club after a disturbance but returned moments later with a gun and opened fire, killing Adams and the woman and injuring at least one other person. LA MIRANDA CALF. REYES GARCIA, 28 While working security at a nightclub, officer Garcia asked several men who were drinking alcohol in the clubs parkinglot to leave the property. Local police say that the six men were gang members and several immediately pulled handguns and opened fire on Garcia killing him. No suspects have yet been arrested but police have several leads including a description of the get-away truck. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14TH, 2007 We are very sad to report that over the past 48 hrs, four private security officers including one off-duty Chicago police officer returning home from a security job have been killed in the line of duty. Those officers are; CHICAGO, ILL. JOSE VAZQUEZ, 34 Police say that Vazquez was shot and killed as he returned home from working a private security job, possibly a victim of robbery. When Chicago P.D. arrived, the fallen officers wife was by his side and his wallet and watch was missing and his weapon still holstered on his side. FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. JEFF SCOTT, 39 Private officer Scott was stabbed and beat by several suspects that he had confronted for loitering. Police are working several leads in this case. BALTIMORE, MD. HAROLD ROBINSON, 39 Confronted two suspects urinating on the floor at a nightclub and asked them to leave the premises. The suspects exited but returned minutes later and opened fire striking several patrons and killing Robinson. A second security officer chased the suspects and returned fire striking both who are not in custody. SECURITY OFFICER, IRAQ A 41 year old private security officer was killed on Sunday while working private protection in Iraq. The officers name and home state have not been released yet. MARCH 2007 COMPTON CA. BRYAN HAYNES 37 While on patrol of an apartment complex, S/O confronted a suspicous subject near an apartment. during questioning, the suspect pulled a handgun and shot and killed the private officer. Police are searching for the suspect. NEW ORLEANS, LA. MITCHELL PIERCE, 54 The retired deputy sheriff from Arkadelphia Arkansas was working private security at a FEMA trailer site when he was shot in the face and later died of his injuries. Two other officers came to his assistance but the suspect fled. NEW YORK CITY, NY JAMES PLOCIA, 37 After working his shift, Transit Security Officer Plocia was waiting for a bus in Brooklyn when he was shot and killed. Police say that it may have been a robbery or robbery attempt and an IPod may have been stolen. Police are asking for the community to help them solve this senseless murder. ALBANY, GA. JACK KEMP, 43 While on patrol at the Regency Club apartments, Kemp called 911 for police back up when he spotted a suspicous subject loitering around the apartments. Before police arrived the private officer wa sshot and killed. Kemp was a deputy coroner and emergency medical technician. APRIL 2007 KENT NY JOHN DORSETT, 42 While working for the Carmel School District, Dorsett was involved in a motor vehicle accident in which he was killed instantly. Dorsett had retired from the NYPD after having heart problems. During the week -end of April 28th 2007 three security officers were killed in the line of duty and a fouth is clinging on after he was brutally attacked while doing his job.............. SACRAMENTO CA. ROBERT ROOT, 68 Security officer Root is in critical condition at Sutter General Hospital after he was brutally assaulted after he asked several teenagers to leave a light rail train station because they were causing a disturbance. Root sufferred a broken jaw, broken nose and cheekbone. Root is employed by Wachenhut Security Corp. LAS VEGAS NV. NIGHTCLUB OFFICER A private security officer working at an area club called the 702 was killed late Saturday night (April 28th). Police have not yet released the S/O's name pending notification of next of kin. AUROA CO. NIGHTCLUB SECURITY OFFICER A club security officer was found at the La Cabana bar after police responding to a fight outside found him in the rear of the building with multiple stab wounds. Witnesses say he escorted several disorderly persons from the club minutes before. Police identified the S/O on Monday as 19yr old Jore Mora Jr. NEW YORK, NY JUAN DECARLOS VARGAS NYPD is investigating the death of the S/O who was found in uniform near a car lot. Police are unsure if he was actually working security at that location. MAY 2007 NORFOLK, VA. MICHAEL VENTURA Police are investigating the attempted robbery and murder of off-duty security officer Ventura as he walked to his car at the AJ Gator's sports Bar. Police say they are looking at footage from security cameras and may soon make an arrest. Ventura leaves behind a wife and two children, 4&7 years old. QUEENS, NY. AWALI KHOUROUPA, 52 A private officer who jumped onto a fleeing truck as the two shoplifters attempted to get away, has died of his injuries. Officer Khouroupa sustained multiple injuries and had been in critical condition for the past few days. Locals are calling him a hero for his actions to stop the thieves and city police have arrested a suspect in the case. JUNE 2007 SELMA, AL. STEVEN JAMES AGUERO, 35 An 18-year-old male is in jail today charged in Monday night's shooting death of a security guard at a Selma apartment complex. According to Selma Police, the guard — 35-year-old Steven James Aguero had stopped a fight between two women and was later confronted by several people who were upset with him because he had called police. Police said around 10 p.m., Aguero was shot in the chest as he stood next to a police sergeant who had responded to the scene. Authorities said Corey Pullom of Selma turned himself in yesterday and was charged with Aguero's murder. Selma Police Chief Jimmy Martin said additional arrests are possible. He also said Sgt. Tommy Webber was given time off because the shooting left him traumatized. SULPHER SPRINGS TX-- ISHMAEL DELACRUZ, 33 / ALLEN HAYES, 60 June 6th, 2007 Two Loomis security guards died Tuesday afternoon when their Loomis truck collided head-on with a semi truck on Highway 19 north of Sulphur Springs. The guards, sitting in the front passenger seat and the rear of the Loomis truck died. The driver of the Loomis truck was sent to a hospital in Tyler. “There was money everywhere,” said Hopkins County Sheriff Chief Deputy Rickey Morgan, whose department assisted at the accident scene. Highway 19 north of Sulphur Springs was closed for a few hours in the early afternoon. Department of Public Safety officials are at the scene this morning to perform accident reconstruction. Delacruz lived in Forney, Tx. and Hayes in DeSoto, Tx. PALM SPRINGS CA. WALLACE BROWN, 66 June 15th, 2007 We are very sad to report that 66 year old security officer Wallace Brown passed away today at the Desert Regional Medical Center where he was admitted two days ago after being beat almost to death while on duty at a construction site. The ex-marine was robbed, kicked, hit with rocks, stomped and gravely injured that day. Four suspects are currently in police custody facing murder charges. SALT LAKE CITY UTAH. STEPHEN ANDERSON, 60 JUNE 29 2007-----A correction officer who had taken an inmate to a routine medical appointment at the university hospital was shot in the head and killed by the inmate. StephenAnderson, 60 was shot by the suspect as they were in the hospital waiting for the appointment and the suspect then fled, stoled a car and was later involved in a police pursuit. Curtis Alliger was later captured and prosecutors now say that they will seek the death penalty for Alliger who has a heavily tattoed face and was incarcerated on unknown charges. More information will be made available to you as the story continues to unfold. |
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