Terre Haute- Police officer shot, K-9 dog killed

[Benny]

Update on the individual involved. Looks like officer Long's death could have been prevented. Guy had a history and had served time before. Was sentenced to 12 years in 2005, but was released in 2010 according to the link below.

Shooter had long criminal history

Pathetic.

This POS should have never been walking free anyway.

If 3 felonies = death penalty in this country(as in you serve time, get out and commit another felony or group of felonies, then do it again, your third time you get a bullet), you wouldn't hear a peep from me.

Most everyone deserves a second chance, but that is ridiculous.

 

[DragonGunner]

Prayers sent for the family, a sad day.....

 

[Hanu]

There are a few pictures on the tribstar.com (Terre Haute's paper) of the hearse, followed by a line of police vehicles, taking Brent Long from the hospital to the funeral home. People are standing along the streets to show their respect. I hope his family gets some small bit of comfort from this display of support. Rest in peace, Officer Long.

 

[Magnum]

There were more details in this article for anyone that had questions like I did:

Police: Shooter took his own life » News » News From Terre Haute, Indiana

What a true tragedy :/

 

[jblomenberg16]

Wow...things went down hill in a hurry it sounds like. It will be interested to see what happens to the 5 other individuals listed. Kinda interesting Seely took his own life given that he was prepared to defend it by shooting Officer Long.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Kinda interesting Seely took his own life given that he was prepared to defend it by shooting Officer Long.

Typical cowardly behavior. If you are going to try to man up and defend yourself, defend till the very end. He took the sissy way out.

 

[Amattern]

I just heard that the westboro baptist church protesters will be protesting officer longs funeral. These people are a disgrace to the human race. To put officer longs family through this after all they are already going through.

TribStar.com - Mobile Edition : Westboro Baptist to protest at officer's funeral

 

[Clay]

I talked to the Indiana rep for the Patriot Guard a few days ago. They will be here for the event.

 

[NYFelon]

Typical cowardly behavior. If you are going to try to man up and defend yourself, defend till the very end. He took the sissy way out.

I understand your sentiment, but I'm glad he took his own life. What if he had managed to kill more policemen in his final standoff? Screw him. He shot himself and saved the taxpayers the money of trying his sorry butt.

 

[ReSSurrected]

Kinda interesting Seely took his own life given that he was prepared to defend it by shooting Officer Long.

He wasn't "defending" anything, he was on the offensive. Rather than surrender and face the repercussions of his actions, he became an aggressor and murdered someone. Realizing what he'd done, he took the coward's way out. Nothing defensive about it.

 

[beararms1776]

Very sad indeed.

 

[jblomenberg16]

He wasn't "defending" anything, he was on the offensive. Rather than surrender and face the repercussions of his actions, he became an aggressor and murdered someone. Realizing what he'd done, he took the coward's way out. Nothing defensive about it.

I should have chosen my words more carefully I guess, as I didn't mean that he shot Officer Long out of self defense. It was clearly an offensive move on his part.

I meant it to say that he was so willing to preserve his life (in that he wasn't going to allow himself to be caught and sent to prison) that he took the life of another individual by shooting him.


Sorry if my first post came out wrong...

 

[ReSSurrected]

I should have chosen my words more carefully I guess, as I didn't mean that he shot Officer Long out of self defense. It was clearly an offensive move on his part.

I meant it to say that he was so willing to preserve his life (in that he wasn't going to allow himself to be caught and sent to prison) that he took the life of another individual by shooting him.


Sorry if my first post came out wrong...

Meh, I knew what you meant and I'm sure 99% of everyone else did too, I'm just making sure there's no mistaking what this Ahole did.

 

[BE Mike]

Officer deaths seem way up this year. My prayers are with Officer Long and his family.

 

[UncleMike]

Officer deaths seem way up this year. My prayers are with Officer Long and his family.

LOD deaths by gunfire:
2008 = 40
2009 = 47
2010 = 59
2011 = 41 as of 7/17/11. With five and a half months left this year the total could easily double.

 

[rafterman191]

Guys, this happened 2 blocks from my house. I thought I was being a little over protective when I searched my backyard with a XD45 and a 12in Maglite two weeks ago because my wife woke me up saying there was someone in the backyard. Turned out there wasn't. Been thinking about Officer Long all week. RIP