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    Woman Charged in Border Patrol Agent's Death

    SELLS, Ariz. (AP) — A tribal police department has arrested an Arizona woman who they say was driving drunk when her car collided with the vehicle of a Border Patrol agent, killing him.

    Tohono O'odham police are charging 40-year-old Angela Mata of Sells with negligent homicide, criminal damage and driving under the influence, and say federal charges are pending.

    Police say Mata was driving on a dirt road on the southern Arizona reservation near the village of Topawa and failed to yield to the agent's vehicle as she approached Federal Route 19.

    Her car hit the agent's car, causing it to roll off the road. The agent was pronounced dead at the scene.

    The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Michael Gallagher, who worked for the Border Patrol for 3 years. He leaves behind a wife and two kids.

    Mata had non-life-threatening injuries and is in custody after failing field-sobriety tests.

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    Phoenix Police Officer Shot & Killed

    Phoenix officer shot, killedby Kevin Tripp, KTAR.com (October 19th, 2010 @ 7:28am)

    PHOENIX -- Police threw a dragnet over the state Capitol area Tuesday morning after a Phoenix police sergeant was shot and killed.
    The sergeant was on duty alone when he was shot between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Monday, said Sgt. Trent Crump.

    "I can tell you it is a fatal gunshot that the sergeant has sustained."

    He said officers are working to support each other. "They're difficult times and everybody will try to put aside - that's working this - will try to put aside those feelings, investigate this and do the job that we're doing out here."

    According to Fox 10 News, the incident happened near 18th Avenue and Jefferson Street.

    "They tried to contact him about 11 last night. When they couldn't get ahold of him, police started searching for him. They knew something was wrong," said reporter Alexis Vance. "Capitol police found his abandoned car near 18th Avenue and Jackson and got even more worried. Not too far away from the car, the officer was found shot to death."
    The officer was found in a dirt lot near railroad tracks in the industrial area. Sources said there was evidence of a struggle.

    Crump said authorities would not release the officer's name until later Tuesday.

    Police said they did not have much information to pursue in their search for a suspect. They did not know if he stopped someone or what could have led to the shooting.

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    Killer of Phoenix officer gets death penalty

    by Michael Kiefer - Oct. 19, 2010 10:53 AM
    The Arizona Republic

    A 23-year-old man who shot and killed a Phoenix police officer at a check-cashing store in 2007 was sentenced Tuesday to death.

    A Maricopa County Superior Court jury imposed the death penalty against Edward James Rose, who fatally shot Officer George Cortez as the officer was trying to arrest him.

    Rose pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in August, on the first day of his trial. On Sept. 13, the jury found aggravating factors to qualify him for the death penalty.

    On July 27, 2007, Cortez, 23, the father of two boys, answered a 911 call from a check-cashing store in the 8200 block of West McDowell Road, where Rose and his girlfriend, Norma Lopez, were reported to have tried to cash a forged and stolen check. The incident was captured on surveillance video.

    Prosecutors played moments of that video in court at Lopez's sentencing in April. She received 22 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

    In the video, Rose and Lopez can be seen standing at a teller's window as Lopez fidgets nervously. At that moment in the video, Lopez walks out of the store as Cortez walks quickly up to Rose and snaps a handcuff on his left hand.

    Rose then pulled a .40-caliber pistol from his waistband and shot Cortez twice in the head.

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    Manhunt on for killer of veteran Phoenix PD sergeant
    by Kevin Tripp, KTAR.com (October 19th, 2010 @ 12:16pm)



    PHOENIX -- A search is on for the killer of a veteran Phoenix police sergeant, shot while on patrol in the state Capitol area.

    The dead officer was identified Tuesday as 35-year-old Sgt. Sean Drenth, who has been on the force for 12 years and worked as a patrolman and on the neighborhood enforcement team.

    Drenth worked in the South Mountain and Squaw Peak Precincts and was awarded the Phoenix Police Department's Medal of Valour in 2003 when he rescued trapped residents in a burning two-story apartment building.

    Investigators are trying to determine what Drenth was doing in the minutes before he was shot to death Monday night about a block from the State Capitol building.

    Capitol Police found Drenth near his patrol car, about 11 p.m. Monday. They had joined the search after city police put out an alert that they had not heard from the officer.

    The sergeant, whose name was not released, was working alone in the Capitol area west of downtown Phoenix at the time of the shooting.

    Investigators said they had no information on whether the officer had stopped someone or what was going on just before the shooting. They hoped to obtain surveillance video from nearby businesses.

    Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon went to the scene after getting the call about 11 p.m. Monday.

    "A great officer was killed protecting us in the line of duty," Gordon told Fox 10 News. "He loved his job. I know him."

    Sgt. Trent Crump said everyone in the department was upset.

    "These are difficult times and everybody who's working this will try to put aside those feelings, investigate this, do the job that we do out here."

    He added, "We have a lot of officers and a great support group. And that support group has responded out here this morning to be with family, to be with friends. A lot of officers who have come out here this morning are here in support of other officers, colleagues, friends."

    Crump told 3TV that police but out broadcasts when they were unable to locate the sergeant late Monday.
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    Phoenix officer killed with own shotgun

    by KTAR.com (October 20th, 2010 @ 10:50am)

    PHOENIX -- A Phoenix police sergeant, killed near the state Capitol, was shot with his own shotgun, according to a report by 3TV.

    The television station quoted sources as saying the shotgun was left at the scene and that one of the officer's other guns was found a short distance away.

    The search continued Wednesday for the killer of 35-year-old Sgt. Sean Drenth, who had been on the force for 12 years.

    Drenth was found shot to death about 11 p.m. Monday after a Capitol police officer found his patrol car abandoned near 18th Avenue and Jackson, west of downtown Phoenix.

    Police said Drenth, who was patrolling alone, had been out of touch for about two hours before he was found dead.

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    Buckeye officer dead, another critically wounded in southwest Phoenix

    by Associated Press (May 1st, 2011 @ 4:23pm)

    PHOENIX — A police officer from the west Phoenix suburb of Buckeye has been killed and a second officer critically wounded in an early morning shootout that also left a suspect dead.

    Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson says the off-duty officers were working a private security job at a nightclub early Sunday. The officers got into an altercation that ended with gunfire.

    The wounded officer suffered multiple gunshot wounds. A second suspect also was wounded and is in critical condition. Police are looking for a third suspect who fled the scene.

    Thompson says the shooting happened just after 1 a.m. at a swap meet called El Gran Mercado that also has an open-air nightclub.

    The Arizona Republic identified the dead officer as Rolando Tirado and the wounded officer as Christopher Paz.
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    Buckeye officer `executed' during traffic stop
    by Jim Cross/KTAR (May 2nd, 2011 @ 10:33am)



    PHOENIX — A Buckeye police officer was executed -- shot from behind and killed -- while working a private security job, investigators said.

    Officer Rolando Tirado was killed and Officer Christopher Paz critically wounded outside the El Gran Mercado around 1 a.m. Saturday. The two were in uniform, but working a private security job.

    Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said the problems began when the officers stopped a car that was moving erratically. He said a passenger in the car, Cesar Leon, got out and killed Tirado.

    "Shooting him from behind," Thompson said. "He never knew what was coming."

    Thompson said Leon then was involved in a gunbattle with Paz.

    "Let me say this was a life or death gunbattle. Officer Paz was struck numerous times."

    Paz, who remained in critical condition Monday, shot and killed Leon.

    A second suspect was shot but survived. A third fled and remained at large Monday. Those suspects were not identified.

    Leon had a long history with police in California, Thompson said. He did not elaborate.

    Tirado had worked in law enforcement 11 years, seven of those with the Buckeye Police Department. He was married with two children.

    Paz had been with the department for four years.

    The El Gran Mercado is a swap meet that also has an open-air nightclub with a stage for concerts and a dance floor.

    Arizona law enforcement officers frequently work private security jobs or road construction safety assignments to supplement their income, Thompson said. They generally work in uniform.
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    Police: Man who fled scene of Buckeye officer's slaying found
    by Jackee Coe - May. 3, 2011 11:03 AM
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    Phoenix police have found a man who fled the scene of the slaying of Buckeye Officer Rolando Tirado Sunday morning, authorities said.

    The man, who has not been identified, was interviewed by detectives, Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said. Thompson would not say if the man is considered a suspect or could be facing charges.

    "He's considered an investigative lead at this point," he said. "At this time, the investigation is ongoing."

    Cesar Tomas Quiroz Leon, 27, fatally shot Tirado from behind about 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of El Gran Mercado, 1800 S. 35th Avenue, in Phoenix, where Tirado and Buckeye Officer Christopher Paz were working off duty as security, Thompson said.

    Leon was killed in an ensuing gun battle with Paz, which left him critically injured with multiple gunshot wounds to the shoulder, neck and lower body, he said. A second suspect also was critically wounded in the crossfire.

    A third man fled and Phoenix police found and questioned him. Phoenix police would not elaborate.

    Paz and the second suspect are expected to survive, Thompson said.

    Tirado and Paz were working off duty when they stopped a white Chevrolet Tahoe with dark-tinted windows that had been driving erratically in the parking lot, he said.

    While Tirado was talking to the driver, the front-seat passenger, identified as Leon, got out of the SUV, walked around the back of the vehicle and "executed Officer Tirado, shooting him from behind," Thompson said.

    "He never knew what was coming," he said.

    Leon then engaged in a "life or death" gunbattle with Paz that left him dead, Thompson said. Leon has an extensive criminal history, mostly in California.

    Tirado, 37, an 11-year police veteran and 7-year Buckeye veteran, leaves behind a wife and two children, ages 13 and 16. He worked as a SWAT crisis negotiator and a school resource officer at Youngker High School.

    On Monday, co-workers, students, school officials and residents showed an outpouring of support.

    About 250 students and staff at Youngker gathered around the flagpole in front of the school for a moment of silence. They set up impromptu memorials with flowers, cards, notes, balloons and candles around the flagpole, around a tree in the school's courtyard and at Tirado's office.

    Students, school officials and community members said Tirado had a passion for youths and helping them stay on the right path.

    "He was an advocate for the students," Assistant Principal Rob Roberson said. "He was constantly working with them. You couldn't describe him just as a police officer. He (worked) with them to make them better people, better individuals."

    The Buckeye Police Department has set up bank accounts for Paz and Tirado. People can make a donation at any Wells Fargo location to the Tirado Memorial Fund or the Paz Recovery Fund.



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    Sheriff: Suspect in officer's death was illegal immigrant
    by Colin Smith/KTAR (May 10th, 2011 @ 12:48pm)

    PHOENIX -- The suspect in the shooting death of a Buckeye police officer was an illegal immigrant who should have been deported years ago, authorities said Tuesday.

    The suspect, Cesar Leon, 27, was killed in the same gun battle that left Officer Rolando Tirado dead and Officer Christopher Paz wounded outside a Phoenix swap meet-party place on May 1. The officers were off-duty, but in uniform and working security at El Gran Mercado.

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Leon was in the United States on a visitors' visa and was a convicted felon who should have been deported when he was released from a Los Angeles County jail.

    "Many officers have been killed by illegal immigrants," Arpaio said. "Start checking the record. If they weren't here, these incidents wouldn't be occurring."

    The sheriff added that Leon was a known gang member with an extensive record.

    The executive director of the Arizona Police Association, Brian Livingston, said Leon was a known gang member in the Los Angeles area and asked why he was not deported when he was released earlier this year from a California state prison where he served time for violating terms of his green card.

    "We have to know and nobody in California is speaking up and advising us why it wasn't done the first time," Livingston said.

    "It was more than a mistake. This person should have been deported back in 2005 when his criminal activity originally started."

    Livingston said the attack on the officers may have been premeditated. He said the manner in which Tirado was shot was similar to the way members of Leon's gang were trained to kill.
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    We lost another great Deputy today:

    PHOENIX -- A Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot and killed while responding to a burglary call in the North Valley Sunday morning.

    Deputies responded to a medical plaza in Anthem at approximately 4 a.m. The burglar was in a van when deputies confronted him, according to the sheriff‘s office.

    The suspect opened fire with an automatic rifle, fatally shooting one of the deputies. Other deputies fired back and the suspect was killed.

    “It’s a sad day for law enforcement and for the people of Maricopa County that he’s trying to protect,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.

    Arpaio said William Coleman had been with MCSO for almost 20 years.

    Arpaio called Coleman an outstanding deputy and said he dedicated his whole life to law enforcement.

    Coleman, a resident of New River, leaves behind two young children in Arizona and other children out of state.

    "This tragedy is one more example of the danger that our brave members of law enforcement confront on a daily basis," Gov. Jan Brewer said. "We owe them our gratitude."

    Brewer ordered flags lowered to half staff until sundown Sunday.
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