Tattooed faced freak kills a CO, goes on the run

AK-74me

AK-74me

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/corrections.officer.shooting.ap/index.html

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Authorities said a prison inmate out for a medical appointment wrested a gun from a corrections officer and killed him Monday, then led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen sport utility vehicle before his capture at a fast-food restaurant.

Curtis Allgier, whose wears a swastika and the words "skin head" on his heavily tattooed face, fired a shot in the Arby's that hit no one before a customer at the restaurant grabbed the gun, Salt Lake City police Sgt. Rich Brede said.

"It sounds like he was heroic, even though he's being humble about it," he said of the 59-year-old customer.

Allgier, 27, was captured in an office and taken to jail to await charges.

Allgier got the gun from corrections officer Stephen Anderson while he was in an examination room at the University of Utah orthopedic center awaiting an MRI for back pain around 7:45 a.m., university Police Chief Scott Folsom said.

The procedure requires an officer to replace metal restraints with a plastic "flex cuff," said Tom Patterson, director of the Utah Department of Corrections.

"There was some sort of altercation. The inmate got hold of the weapon and shot the officer," Folsom said.

Anderson, 60, a 22-year-veteran, was shot in the head, authorities said.

"This is one of the risks in the job we perform for the community," Patterson said. "Unfortunately the risk sometimes is our very lives."

Allgier forced two people out of a Ford Explorer outside the medical center, Brede said; neither was hurt.

Officers chased the SUV at speeds up to 100 mph. Two Salt Lake City squad cars crashed into each other while trying to cut off Allgier, Brede said, but there were no serious injuries.

Allgier's friend, Trisha Tower, said he called her while on the run to say he had shot an officer and was sorry.

"I didn't even know how to deal with that," she said at her Salt Lake City home.

Police pursuing Allgier placed tire spikes on Interstate 215, but he still was able to drive several miles before bailing out in the Arby's drive-thru lane, police said.

Police arrived at the eatery just as Shirley Smiley, 57, was outside after breakfast with her husband and son. She said she heard a "popping noise" from inside, and police yelled "Get down!"

About six other customers and three employees were inside the restaurant, Smiley said. At least one person was "struck with some object" but was able to walk out, bloodied around the head, Brede said.

Police did not identify the customer who wrested the gun from Allgier, saying he did not want to be identified.

KUTV said the customer was Eric Fullerton.

"Everybody's calling me a hero. I'm not a hero," he told the TV station. "I just did what I had to do."

Allgier had been at the Utah State Prison in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper on a parole violation. On June 14, he was sentenced to nearly nine years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm but had not been transferred yet to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The university serves as a regional medical center for Utah and has two hospitals and other facilities, including the orthopedic center. The corrections department routinely transports prisoners there for medical appointments.

It was not clear whether Allgier had a lawyer yet, and an attorney who represented in a recent federal criminal case did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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buddy999

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I think anytime there is a shooting that involves a police officer or a correctional officer at a prison where the officer dies, the individual involved in the shooting ought to get the death penalty when they are convicted of the shooting. The penalty should be automatic.
 
Charles

Charles

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Police did not identify the customer who wrested the gun from Allgier, saying he did not want to be identified.

KUTV said the customer was Eric Fullerton.

No good deed goes unpunished.
 
AK-74me

AK-74me

"Typical White Person"
litlbit332 said:
In the state of maryland it is not a crime to assault a corrections officer!!
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You can't come on here and say that without providing a link to that law or some other kind of proof.

There is no way that can be correct.
 
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litlbit332

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My husband is a corrections officer. It is a crime to assault someone however assault on a corrections officer is not a crime on the books in the state of maryland! Sorry if someone out there took that comment the wrong way. I wish everyone would realize the dangers that corrections officers face on a daily basis.
 
AK-74me

AK-74me

"Typical White Person"
litlbit332 said:
My husband is a corrections officer. It is a crime to assault someone however assault on a corrections officer is not a crime on the books in the state of maryland! Sorry if someone out there took that comment the wrong way. I wish everyone would realize the dangers that corrections officers face on a daily basis.
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Provide a source of this. I've searched and can't find any law stating that it isn't against the law to assault a CO in MD.

ETA- I think you are a little confused, there is no specific law that distinguishes between assaulting an LEO and a citizen, that however dosen't make it legal to assault LEOs.
 
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Charles

Charles

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litlbit332 said:
My husband is a corrections officer. It is a crime to assault someone however assault on a corrections officer is not a crime on the books in the state of maryland! Sorry if someone out there took that comment the wrong way. I wish everyone would realize the dangers that corrections officers face on a daily basis.
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Is what you are trying to say is that it is not a "listed" crime to assault a particular person? It is not a crime to assault litlbit332? If that is what you are trying to get across, it is some odd logic.
 
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litlbit332

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What I am trying to say is that it is a crime to assault a police officer just because he/she is an officer. If someone assaults a corrections officer it is charged as an assault not an assault on a law enforcement officer. The last officer assaulted by an inmate locally got 24 hours for assault. Had that corrections officer been a deputy the inmate would have been charged with an assault on a police officer which carries a stiffer penalty.
 
Charles

Charles

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litlbit332 said:
What I am trying to say is that it is a crime to assault a police officer just because he/she is an officer. If someone assaults a corrections officer it is charged as an assault not an assault on a law enforcement officer. The last officer assaulted by an inmate locally got 24 hours for assault. Had that corrections officer been a deputy the inmate would have been charged with an assault on a police officer which carries a stiffer penalty.
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25 Hours?
 
Charles

Charles

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Except for the hours part, that is a much better explanation of what you meant. I agree there should be a stiffer penalty for assaulting any LEO.
 
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