Post by copperkid3 on Jan 19, 2016 15:35:27 GMT -5
Officer Thomas Cottrell was found dead without his service weapon or cruiser
just before midnight, according to the Knox County Sheriff's department.
It said dispatchers had received a tip-off from a female caller that Danville cops "were in danger"
because her ex-boyfriend Herschel Jones had "left with weapons and was looking to kill an officer."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/danville-officer-thomas-cottrell-shot-dead-weapon-cruiser-stolen-n498841
Dispatchers tried to reach the officer but were unsuccessful, the sheriff's office added.
Sheriff's deputies searched the village of Danville and found Cottrell's body behind a
municipal building 27 minutes after the initial call. The officer had been shot dead.
The suspect, Herschel Jones III, was later taken into custody following a "foot chase"
at around 1:36 a.m. after he was seen "running from a residence," the sheriff's office said.
Jay McDonald, President of Ohio's Fraternal Order of Police said in a statement
Monday morning that the organization was "devastated" by Cottrell's death.
"His assassination is the latest reminder of how dangerous police work is and how the police are targeted for violence.
The 25,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio will never forget that Officer Cottrell gave his life in the service of others," McDonald said.
just before midnight, according to the Knox County Sheriff's department.
It said dispatchers had received a tip-off from a female caller that Danville cops "were in danger"
because her ex-boyfriend Herschel Jones had "left with weapons and was looking to kill an officer."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/danville-officer-thomas-cottrell-shot-dead-weapon-cruiser-stolen-n498841
Dispatchers tried to reach the officer but were unsuccessful, the sheriff's office added.
Sheriff's deputies searched the village of Danville and found Cottrell's body behind a
municipal building 27 minutes after the initial call. The officer had been shot dead.
The suspect, Herschel Jones III, was later taken into custody following a "foot chase"
at around 1:36 a.m. after he was seen "running from a residence," the sheriff's office said.
Jay McDonald, President of Ohio's Fraternal Order of Police said in a statement
Monday morning that the organization was "devastated" by Cottrell's death.
"His assassination is the latest reminder of how dangerous police work is and how the police are targeted for violence.
The 25,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio will never forget that Officer Cottrell gave his life in the service of others," McDonald said.
