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Oklahoma burglary suspect drowns after jumping in pond while running from police
Tulsa police officers jumped into the pond to try to rescue the man but the water had little to no visibility and he never resurfaced

By Paul Best | Fox News
A burglary suspect jumped into a pond in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as he ran from police in the early hours of Thursday morning and drowned, according to police.

Officers were called to an apartment complex’s clubhouse in east Tulsa about a potential break-in at about 4:30 a.m. and found a shattered front door.

The suspect had apparently stripped off his wet clothing and was found naked inside an office area, where he was taken into custody.

“As officers were continuing their investigation, the suspect made a break for it, kicked open the back door of the clubhouse, then jumped over the patio railing and into the pond,” the police department said.

Officers jumped into the pond, which had little to no visibility, to try to rescue the suspect, but he went under and never resurfaced.

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Props to the po-po for going. More than I would have done, and they used to pay me to do it.

Man fatally shot after raising fake gun toward second man in Tampa, police say

Tony Marrero, Tampa Bay Times
A man fatally shot another man who had raised what turned out to be a fake gun toward him at a home in Tampa’s Lowry Park North neighborhood, police said.

Officers dispatched at about 11:30 p.m. to a call about shots fired on the 8500 block of North Hamner Avenue found a man in his late 30s suffering from gunshot wounds in his upper body, according to Tampa police. Officers provided first aid until Tampa Fire Rescue crews arrived and pronounced the man dead.

The shooter, a man in his mid-20s, stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators.

The shooter told investigators he was sitting in his car, parked in a friend’s driveway, when the other man parked his vehicle in the street, got out, put a handgun in his waistband, approached the shooter’s vehicle and knocked on the window. The shooter told police he lowered his window and the other man “yelled something unknown before raising the gun toward him,” a news release states.

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Never bring a toy, *sigh* You know. Darwin grins.

Deputy ‘an inch’ away from being killed before fatally shooting suspect, Hall sheriff says

WSBTV.com News Staff
Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch is releasing new details on a shooting involving a deputy that left a suspect dead.

Couch says the deputy found a man and woman standing outside of a car that was blocking F. Gilmer Road just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday night.

The deputy asked the man to turn around so he could pat him down for weapons. Instead of turning around, the man reached behind his back, pulled out a gun and opened fire on the deputy, the sheriff said.

One of the bullets hit the deputy’s magazine pouch on his duty belt, blocking him from being shot.

“Had the bullet strayed an inch, our deputy could have been critically injured, or even killed,” Sheriff Couch said in a statement.

The sheriff says the deputy then began firing back at the suspect, striking him multiple times. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity has not been released

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Even shot the deputy drew and put the shooter down. Just, damn. Today’s FGS Trifecta courtesy of our very own Gun Bunny. Go Navy!

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