PD LODD - Ft. Meyers, FL - 07/18/08

Battalion9 · 07-18-2008, 11:19 AM

Fort Myers officer, suspect die in shooting

Originally posted on: Friday, July 18, 2008 by NBC2 News
Last updated on: 7/18/2008 9:21:40 AM

FORT MYERS: A police officer was shot to death at Main & Hendry streets in downtown Fort Myers early Friday morning.

Major Doug Baker says the officer died while responding to a call about a disturbance in front of the pizza shop on Hendry Street at 2:03 a.m.

Witnesses say that disturbance was a domestic dispute between a man and a woman, and the officer stepped in to break up the fight.

Authorities say the man pulled a gun and started shooting. The officer died at the scene.

Baker said a total of five officers were at the disturbance call.

The suspect also died, but Baker was not able to say who shot the man.

Witnesses say they heard two shots as the officer was trying to break up the fight. Then they saw the officer lying on the ground.

Other witnesses say at least eight shots were fired, but police have not confirmed any of those details.

vafd105 · 07-18-2008, 11:25 AM

r.i.p.

gareee · 07-18-2008, 03:06 PM

R.i.p.

urdoingitwrong · 07-18-2008, 03:27 PM

Dang I wish the perp stayed alive to be caught,convicted,and suffer the chair,(Florida is the last state to use the electric chair)

old254A · 07-18-2008, 03:54 PM

i live here and found out on Rant about it

SBHWMF · 07-18-2008, 05:19 PM

R.i.p.

FRIES205 · 07-18-2008, 05:54 PM

r I P

Battalion9 · 07-19-2008, 03:54 PM

UPDATE: Police identify suspect in officer shooting
By WINK News

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Fort Myers Police Officer Andrew Widman was killed early Friday morning.

Fort Myers Police say Officer Widman was shot in the face when he was responding to a domestic dispute on the streets of Downtown Fort Myers.

Officer Widman never had an opportunity to fight back.

Other police officers quickly responded to the shooting.

The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Abel Arango of Naples.

Fort Myers Police says the suspect led police on a short foot chase through the Fort Myers RiverDistrict. The gunman fired at the other officers while leading them on the chase. Police officers then returned fire, killing the suspect.

30-year-old officer Andrew Widman had only been with the Fort Myers police department for a little more than a year, joining the department after working as a missionary. He was married, with three children between the ages of 2 and 5.

doitallboy · 07-20-2008, 12:54 AM

Rest in Peace