Airport shooting at CLE.

[coogebeachhotel]

Just heard that some guy went nuts at the United ticket counter in CLE. The guy took an officer's weapon and shot the officer before he himself was tuned up.

 

[Ty Webb]

He obviously wasn't at the El Al counter.

 

[Blucher]

Yep, it's on cnn.com Thankfully the cop that was hit seems to be doing all right. On a side note he tried to buy a ticket on Delta, got into an argument with the counter person and went to UAL instead and bought a ticket to Chicago before he decided to really change his day.

-Blucher

 

[1st Overnite]

Did the guy go on the shooting spree because he was upset at the airlines? Or was he upset about being in CLE? That might do it for me.

 

[densoo]

Delta agents refused to sell him a ticket and called the police because they saw him as a threat. While the police were responding from within the terminal he went over to the United counter. There, the police arrived and the incident escalated. Officer wounded critically, man fatally.

 

[Blucher]

"The patrolman was shot twice in the chest but was in stable condition, authorities said. Another officer was treated for a bite to his neck by the suspect, Police Chief Michael McGrath said"

 

[pipejockey]

Just heard that some guy went nuts at the United ticket counter in CLE. The guy took an officer's weapon and shot the officer before he himself was tuned up.

Unconsionable for an officer of the law to have his weapon taken from him. What kind of training are police getting these days? That officer should have pulled his trigger long before letting that clown get his gun. How embarassing for him. I hope he is put on desk duty for the duration of his career! He apparently is not competent to carry a firearm amongst the public.

 

[tinpusher101]

I am surprised that no FDSO stepped up to join in on the action

I mean - aren’t you guys just inching for some action

 

[GCAP]

I am surprised that no FDSO stepped up to join in on the action

I mean - aren’t you guys just inching for some action

FFDO
itching
Another example of the low IQ set being attracted to aviation these days.

 

[VAPOR]

agreed

Unconsionable for an officer of the law to have his weapon taken from him. What kind of training are police getting these days? That officer should have pulled his trigger long before letting that clown get his gun. How embarassing for him. I hope he is put on desk duty for the duration of his career! He apparently is not competent to carry a firearm amongst the public.

but I think getting shot twice is pretty good punishment

 

[VAPOR]

disregard

I said disregard, can't you read?

 

[densoo]

GUNFIRE AT HOPKINS

Police officer wounded, attacker killed at airport
Friday, April 28, 2006 Gabriel Baird
Plain Dealer Reporter

This is what happened, according to police and city officials:

Kenneth Calloway -- a 38-year-old Cleveland man with a lengthy criminal record that included serving time for drug trafficking, aggravated burglary and felonious assault -- drove to the airport about 10 a.m., pulled up to long-term parking and told an attendant to park his car.

The attendant explained to Calloway that he wasn't a valet. The attendant later told police that Calloway appeared confused.

Calloway went into the terminal and tried to buy a ticket from Delta Air Lines but angrily walked away without one. It was not made clear why he was angry.

He moved to the United Airlines counter, where he quarreled with a ticket agent while buying an 11:52 a.m. ticket to Chicago, Safety Director Martin Flask said.

Ticket agents called police about Calloway. Veteran officers Walker, 52, and Daniel E. Kelly, 50, confronted Calloway in an alcove across from the ticket counters. Calloway wrestled with the officers, bit Kelly's neck and took his 9 mm pistol.

Calloway then shot Walker.

The bullet entered Walker's chest, went through a lung and lodged in a muscle in his back, doctors said.

Patrolman Gregory Cornett, 38, a 14-year police veteran, arrived and shot Calloway, who died at Fairview Hospital.
Walker was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where he was in critical but stable condition late Thursday.

Officials from the airlines declined to comment.

Operations continued at the airport with only minor interruption after the shooting, said airport Commissioner Fred Szabo. About 50 Cleveland police officers are assigned to work at the airport.

Patrolman Steve Walker had a brush with death Thursday when a man with a lengthy criminal history shot him in the chest before being shot to death by another officer.

"It's a tragedy," Police Chief Michael McGrath said. "You feel for the officer, the family and the community."
Walker was not wearing a bulletproof vest.

Officers are supposed to wear body armor when they are on patrol. It was not clear why Walker was not wearing his vest, said Lt. Thomas Stacho, a police spokesman.

Plain Dealer reporters Damian G. Guevara and Joe Guillen and news researcher Cheryl Diamond contributed to this story.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
[email protected], 216-999-4141

 

[sluminginpit]

The arrogance and lack of compassion on this site just continues to amaze me! All some can say is the cop should have prevented this, not allowed his gun to get away! Give me a break! The cop was almost killed, you don't know how big the guy taking the gun from him was, what he was on or anything else about the situation! Learn before you make yourself look like uncaring idiots!

 

[Phaedrus]

GCAP: Spot on.

 

[pipejockey]

The arrogance and lack of compassion on this site just continues to amaze me! All some can say is the cop should have prevented this, not allowed his gun to get away! Give me a break! The cop was almost killed, you don't know how big the guy taking the gun from him was, what he was on or anything else about the situation! Learn before you make yourself look like uncaring idiots!

No, I am not an uncaring idot! But I am not a bleeding heart either. This was a trained law enforcement officer and he lets the biggest taboo of law enforcement happen...he gets his gun taken away from him. If the guy was the second coming of the the terminator, you don't let your gun get taken away from you. This seems to be a recurring event. Remember at an Atlanta courthouse just recently, some clown on trial takes another officers weapon and proceeds to bust out and escape what should have been a well gaurded courthouse.

One point in the officers defense though, is that with all the bleeding hearts out there trying to defend the criminal element, many officers are reluctant to draw their weapon and actually USE IT!!! For fear of it being unjustifiably considered an unjust shooting.