ABC News – by Mike LevineThe manhunt for a “cop killer” was expanded today to a nationwide dragnet to find the suspected bank robber who fatally shot a Mississippi police officer two days before Christmas, according to the FBI.
Tupelo Police Department officer Gale Stauffer and another officer were hit by gunfire Monday when they confronted suspected bank robbers during their getaway in the city.
As the officers approached suspects in a vehicle, which was stuck in traffic at a railroad crossing, at least one of the suspects opened fire at close range, according to an account posted online at the Officer Down Memorial Page.
The suspects fled, leaving Stauffer fatally shot and another officer critically wounded.
Stauffer “has made the ultimate sacrifice for his community,” Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton said, urging the public to help “so that the criminal or criminals responsible for this horrendous act can be brought to justice.”
After reviewing bank surveillance video from the robbery of a BancorpSouth bank in Tupelo, authorities are looking for a thin, possibly African-American man with light complexion, standing between 5-feet-9 and 6-feet tall, according to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
The suspect seen in the surveillance video was wearing khaki or cargo-style pants, white Converse tennis shoes, a long-sleeved jacket and a blue ski mask, the state public safety department said. A charcoal-colored, medium-sized sedan might have been used as a getaway car.
As part of the investigation, authorities also released a photo (shown below) of a “person of interest” standing in what appears to be a convenience store minutes before the robbery at the bank. Police did not discuss any possible connection to the bank shooting.
(Photo Credit: Mississippi Department of Public Safety)
More than 100 agents, officers, deputies and marshals worked through Christmas to track down the suspects, an FBI official said.
The FBI, BancorpSouth and others are offering more than $152,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI’s tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).
Stauffer was a combat veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard, and he had served with the Tupelo Police Department for eight years, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
He was married with two young children, the memorial page said.
ABC News’ Ben Krolowitz contributed to this report.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/12/cop-killer-manhunt-goes-nationwide/
Why does not the FBI and all other law enforcement get involved like this when a civilian is murdered? They (law enforcement) know that the job is dangerous when they took it. That is a quote from Super Chicken.
Sure was a chunky pig wasn`t he. Maybe the cops should quit eating all those donuts and start loosing some of that fat that most cops seem to have and then they may not be such a large target 😆 . Most cops seem to be on the fat/chunky side and are just a bunch of worthless eaters imoo.
Another fat, bald pig bites the dust. Market alert! Dump all of your Dunkin’ Doughnuts stock shares!
By the way, is it mandatory that you be bald, fat and ugly to be a pig? What a redundant question.
Seems so Millard, unless of course, they are undercover sneaky bastards.
This is to advertise their new powers of surveillance to track and capture a wanted man.
National Beta test.
sometimes i wonder how many hits or set ups take place within their own dept to justify what georgew is saying. i also wonder if what we’re being told even happened. even the pics we’re being presented with are always the same.
You are right mel, all those pictures do look like they are the same – fat cops with bald heads.
Was thinking the same thing.
No wonder they don’t like the proles to think.
Yeah, this looks like the other fat bald leo posterpig pic circulated with last msm release of a leo being shot.
“As part of the investigation, authorities also released a photo (shown below) of a “person of interest” standing in what appears to be a convenience store minutes before the robbery at the bank. Police did not discuss any possible connection to the bank shooting.”
Warning: Do Not go to Convenience Stores that are located within minutes to banks, because your picture may end up being broadcast to the public related to a bank robbery, INSTEAD of VIDEO of the robber/suspect/gunman from “THE BANKS VIDEO RECORDINGS”……………….
Hey RT, I miss ya kiddo – dang it.- give a ph call eh. I don`t want to bother ya by me callin` you ya know 😐 It is getting late fr me but give me a call tomorrow and I will get back to ya if I do not pick up eh. I got to call it a night so good night my freinds.
Will do Digger!
You don’t Ever Bother!
Don’t Even, Ever think that!
Been thinking about ya & hoping all is good!, didn’t want to pass my pissieness on tho, ya know. Feelin’ a bit better 😀
Talking with ya soon!
Going myself here soon too, have a good one Digger, twyl 😀
How about our wonderful NSA,They can spy on every single law abiding citizen,but they and state and local police can’t even identify a killer bank robber.That tells me they want to control the general population,and every day criminals isn’t their problem.We are their problem because there so many more law abiding citizens.The NSA and DHS could care less about hard core criminals.
While i dont condone robbing a bank to steal fake money, the killing of this cop does not hurt my heart.