CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — An undercover narcotics officer was mortally wounded by his own colleagues as he responded to an attack on his police station by a gunman with a death wish, their police chief angrily explained on Monday.
And while Officer Jacai Colson lay dying, the gunman’s two brothers coldly recorded Sunday’s firefight on their cellphones, Prince George’s County police chief Hank Stawinski said, tapping a podium and trying to contain his emotions.
The gunman, Michael Ford, dictated a “last will and testament” just minutes before his two brothers drove him to the station, where he began spraying bullets at passing cars and even an ambulance to draw officers outside, police said.
Colson also responded, wearing civilian clothes without body armor and leaping out of an unmarked car.
“Police officers run to disorder. They run to the sound of shots,” the chief said. “It’s my sad duty to have to share with you that, circumstantially, we believe the fired round that led to Detective Colson’s death was fired by one of his fellow Prince George’s County officers reacting to this.”
In the confusion, despite their restraint, one of the other officers’ bullets hit Colson, the chief said.
Four other officers fired their weapons, and it is not yet known who fired the fatal bullet, the chief said.
Colson, he said, demonstrated “extreme heroism” as he “drew fire to himself and in doing so was mortally wounded,” he said.
Colson was declared dead later in a hospital. Michael Ford, 22, was expected to survive, along with his brothers Malik, 21, and Elijah, 18. All three were arrested and will face dozens of charges between them, the chief said.
Stawinski said federal agents have determined that there was no larger plot behind the ambush.
“This appears to be the act of the Ford brothers, for their own motives. We have reason to suspect that the Ford brothers did not expect (Michael Ford) to survive his encounter with police,” the chief said.
The police union leader, John Teletchea, was livid that the suspects would coldly watch and record what he said their own cellphone evidence shows was an unprovoked and premeditated attack.
Colson, he said, “reacted to protect his fellow police officers and his community. And while doing so we had individuals videotaping, as if it’s a game, as if it’s something we’re going to put on YouTube and glorify.’
The chief said there were no outstanding warrants against the gunman, but that information conflicts with a sheriff’s report from Greenville, South Carolina, which said Michael Ford was being sought for allegedly assaulting his wife there the day before.
The attack at 4:30 p.m. Sunday disrupted a quiet, rainy afternoon in Landover, a suburb northeast of downtown Washington, D.C.
Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks called it “cowardice” and a “horrific act of evil,” promising an aggressive investigation and prosecution. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also are aiding police, spokesmen for the two federal agencies said.
Colson, who would have turned 29 this week, was a four-year department veteran who worked as an undercover narcotics officer. His football coach at Randolph-Macon College, where Colson played for one year, said he was “a great young man who was well liked and well respected.”
“He was just a great human being,” coach Pedro Arruza said. “He was a very positive, positive person and an upbeat guy, a good person to be around. He had a lot of friends on campus, everybody liked him. He was just a really high-character guy.”
Sheriff’s deputy Dominick Chambers, a friend from the police academy, said they celebrated their four-year anniversary as officers on March 12, the day before Colson was killed.
“He always wanted to be a police officer,” Chambers said. “Everyone is taking it real bad, real bad. I’m talking to my classmates, checking in on them. We’re not doing well.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/officer-dead-shooting-near-police-station-answers-sought-085346532.html
Our tax dollars at work. 🙂
Didn’t think this story could get any better.
Icing on the cake… 🙂
“Friendly fire”. What better way to quietly extinguish douchebags? “Dammit captain, he, unknowingly, stepped in front of that bullet.” “Bad timing, huh?”
This is what happens when your about to rat on other cops. This 4 year vet probably cut the stolen loot in his favor. Were talking narcotics cops here, can’t trust any of them.
“A well respected, well liked Human being”
Then why was he shot by his brethren? Story is full of holes…..
Apparently, the story isn’t the only thing full of holes, Mark…
Wash-rinse-repeat……..Its a good start. what a laugh it would be if we could
false flag this scenario all across the united of states and get similar results.
either he wasnt taking his cuts(serpico) or he was about to roll on his bro’s.
good riddance. unlawful for standing armies(police) in America.
friendly fire, that’s a funny term, like civil war…
“Six in the morning, police at my crib
Now my nights consist of two toothpicks and eyelids
The crucifix and vitamins, music that is pirated
New flavored food made of mutated hybrids
UH,,, they tell me that it’s not that bad
It f#cks you up good, but it’s not that bad
They hold on to these tales till it’s the dog that wags
God save us all if he lets the cat out the bag”
the next verse is my favorite.
“Who’s the one to blame for this strain in my vocal chords?
Who can pen a hateful threat but can’t hold a sword?
It’s the same who complain about the global war
But can’t overthrow the local joker that they voted for”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-trooper-pleads-guilty-shooting-unarmed-black-man-172056556.html
Check this dirt bags game out
Shoots a guy for doing what he’s told to do
Than while on leave him and his cop loving wife become thieves
Thin blue line sure has some shit running though it
Maybe they were just dropping him off at the station since he was wanted for assault? And perhaps once they saw what was happening, made the mistake of videotaping it. We could spin this story several ways.
*** “Everyone is taking it real bad, real bad. I’m talking to my classmates, checking in on them. We’re not doing well.” ***
Boooo hoooo…
You pigs never lose a wink of sleep over causing grief and misery to people by busting them for consensual “crimes” or otherwise violating their rights. Now you expect people to feel sorry for you? You can kiss my ass.
Good thing it wasn’t “UnFriendly Fire”.
He would have been shot in the face instead the back.
Silly b!tches.
Man… there sure have been a lot of cops getting shot lately.
They must be so paranoid now.
They’re going to the doctors to increase their dose of Ambien.
Just so they can get a couple hours sleep.
Well.. that’s after shaking down that hooker for a bj and cheating on their wife.
Total scumbags… good riddens.
Better re-route some Kleenex trucks to the area. Not for boo-hoo-hoo. (All the cops will have a day off to get the hand lotion out!)
Ohhh Flee, It’s not Ambien anymore … the whole Squad is on Soma now-days; isn’t everyone?
And just WHAT do you think Mrs Officer is doing while Hubby is off doing His Duty for God, Country and that fat Paycheck plus the Pension that they expect us to pay for?
I just hope she knows how to turn OFF the DVR and he doesn’t notice the missing hoursss …
At times KARMA is a beautiful thing now isn’t it?
Ohhhh that is just such a SHAME … but don’t they just Stand-by and watch us Blead-out after they shoot us even though they have extensive EM Training?
You remember, Bleeding, Breathing and Poison ???
I am literally crying giant Crocodile tears for those who Reap the craven depravity and indifference that they sow as to date I have no knowledge of nor do I recognize any legal duty, or moral obligation, to expose myself to the dangers and proximate damages that rendering such aid or assistance would or could necessarily implicate!
NOT my Job, NOT my Circus and NOT my Monkey …
YANKEE GO HOME … Sic semper tyrannis!