Man shot, killed after attacking Dallas hospital officer

[Lucky45]

09:32 AM CDT on Saturday, November 3, 2007
From WFAA-TV Staff Reports

A pursuit that started at a southwest Dallas hospital early Saturday morning ended with the suspect's death.

Investigators said two police officers from Methodist Charlton Medical Center, in the 3500 block of Wheatland Road, chased the man from the hospital parking garage to the nearby Rosemont at Hickory Trace apartments at 5:20 a.m.

There was a confrontation with the suspect, who got into a hospital squad car and attacked a female officer.

The suspect was shot and killed by the one of the Methodist officers at the scene.

Neither officer from the Methodist Health System Police Department was belived to be injured, but both were taken to Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Oak Cliff for a checkup. Their names were not released.

The suspect's identity was not available, and the hospital had no immediate comment.

This is like the second case over the weekend where the suspect somehow gained access the shooter's vehicle. What do others have planned to prevent such "negligence" (too strong???) from occuring to you.

Sidenote: What happens to a LEO administratively, if a suspects gain control of the assigned vehicle??? Just wondering?

[seamusTX]

I never leave my key in the ignition. I take it out automatically, without thinking about it.

- Jim

[srothstein]

Sidenote: What happens to a LEO administratively, if a suspects gain control of the assigned vehicle??? Just wondering?

It depends on the circumstances and the department. If the officer really did get sloppy, and someone else got hurt or the BG got away, it could be firing. If the officer did what was normal and expected, and the BG got the car anyway, probably nothing. SAPD had to start putting a separate bar across the window in the cage between the seats because so many small and agile prisoners managed to get the cuffs around their ankles and then climb through the window and get the car. Most of the time, nothing happened to the cops, but a few got suspended when they left the keys in the ignition with a known car thief/escape risk.