[rhuber]

The officer was only 24. :'(

Video: Body cam captures moments leading up to killing of Ariz. cop

 

[Raptorboy69]

Horrible... RIP fine sir. That Police officer was as nice as they come. Killed for nothing. That A**#%&$ should have just shot himself.

 

[Fishinkeylargo]

Very sad!

 

[AOCM.RET]

Very sad indeed! But, is it possible the young officer was to casual. Should he not put the guy up against the wall and searched him? I don't know, I am not a LEO, maybe our LEO members can say. Not that it will change anything, but it could be informative.

 

[Sekol]

Oh my - I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. This is just so sad - what in the heck is wrong with people today that the can do this - committing suicide does not absolve these people of their crimes!

 

[daytonaredeye]

Horrible... RIP fine sir. That Police officer was as nice as they come. Killed for nothing. That A**#%&$ should have just shot himself.

He did. Ironically, looks like he shot himself with the officer's gun - six shots too late!

Agree, he seemed to have been too cavalier/relaxed with the suspect. I've never seen an officer even approach someone without first making sure the hands were visible - no matter the weather!

 

[kruizer]

A sad loss to our LEO community but no great loss on the part of the shooter.

 

[bamashooter]

Sad indeed. Of course hindsight being 20/20, lesson to be learned from this tragedy. In this day and age where anything goes including such an immense disregard for human life, two officers (minimum) responding to a domestic would be sop. Damned tragedy.

 

[Waltherfan01]

Shakes head. I pray for the officer's friends and family.

 

[brazostaurus]

Well, I'm not going to second-guess this young officer. He was doing his job, and some jerk ended his life. So sad. This right here is what every officer risks facing every day.

 

[30carbine]

Oh man poor guy and his family

 

[GhostHorse]

May God bless that officer's surviving loved ones.

Thank you to all of you who make up that thin blue line.

 

[Den46]

When talking to a suspect an officer is trained to always make them keep their hands in sight unless they have been patted down.

 

[treg]

RIP officer Stewart.

BTW - Officer Stewart was not killed by a .22 revolver, he was killed by the POS punk 28 year old Robert William Smith.

 

[rhuber]

RIP officer Stewart.

BTW - Officer Stewart was not killed by a .22 revolver, he was killed by the POS punk 28 year old Robert William Smith.

I was waiting for someone to catch that. :-[ Not what I meant

 

[MOONDAWG]

RIP my brother, prayers sent for family & friends...

 

[ICUKev]

So sad. I'm surprised he didn't ask the man to keep his hands outside of his pockets? Wish the officer could have shot him instead and lived to tell the story himself.

 

[garyh]

If somebody wants to take their life, I guess rat is up to them. However they do do need to kill somebody else and make another family suffer.