SWAT Losses It's First-A Brother

Remember how it use to be in the movies
where the brother always got killed first.
Well that scenario has unfortunately played
out in real life with the death of L.AP.D.
Officer Randall Simmons. Yes, he has become
the first officer ever killed since the elite unit
was put together back in the late 60's. Our
hearts go out to the family of this courageous
Brother!

In a tense overnight standoff, a man shot and killed a Los Angeles SWAT officer and seriously wounded another after calling 911 to report that he had killed three family members at a San Fernando Valley home, authorities said. A police sniper killed the suspect this morning, authorities said.

The sniper struck the man in the head about 7:30 a.m. as he tried to flee out a door, still firing his weapon more than 10 hours after the incident began, several sources with the Los Angeles Police Department said. By that point Randa, a fire had ignited at the home. Three males who police believe were related to the suspect also died.

One of the victims had been pulled from the home hours earlier by officers who thought he was still alive, police said. The rescue attempt was made as officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect -- who jumped up from behind a short interior wall and opened fire on them from a distance of 10 to 15 feet, police said. (Earlier in the day police said he had fired at them from between mattresses, but they later said those exchanges came after their officers were shot.)

LAPD Chief William J. Bratton said today that the shooter had two weapons, a shotgun and a handgun.

A woman who apparently was hiding inside the home came out shortly after 5 a.m. as tear gas was fired into it, police said.

After the canisters were fired, "a woman suddenly appeared from the rear of the residence," said LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore. "She was rescued. Our understanding is she was there during the earlier carnage of the people being shot and killed."





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