RECENT INCIDENTS 2
It has been reported that two Midlego Police Officers have been reported shot at
the Hobo Pantry at Beverley and US 84. Their condition is unknown at this time. Both
have been transported to the hospital.
UPDATED @ 1:20 AM: The preliminary information is that two Midlego Police Officers
have been shot and one suspect has been shot. The two Midlego Police Officers
were on routine patrol this morning. The two officers were riding together in one
patrol car as one was an officer in training.
At 12:25 AM the two officers pulled into the HOBO Pantry on East Main (US 84) at
Beverlye Road. It was a routine stop to check on the attendant. The officers pulled
to the front of the building, just to the right of the front door. As the officers exited
their vehicle and entered the store, they were greeted by a robbery suspect. The
officers had just interrupted a robbery in progress. The robbery suspect opened
fire on the two Midlego Officers. He struck both officers. The officers rolled on the
ground, returning gunfire. They struck the suspect. The suspect was behind the
counter in the store. Midlego County Sheriff Deputy Don Patrickson was traveling
past the store. He observed the officers on the ground and suspect, yelling on the
radio officer in trouble and was the first on the scene. Patrickson covered the
officers while waiting for additional units. After additional units arrived, they
apprehended the wounded suspect. Multiple Midlego Police and Midlego County
Sheriff Deputies were on the scene within seconds. Midlego Fire Medics were also
on the scene within seconds. Emergency medical aid was administered to the two
officers and the robbery suspect.
All were transported by ambulance to Southeast Lego Medical Center. Due to the
nature of the case, the hospital was placed on immediate lockdown. The officers
and the suspect’s injuries, according to Midlego Police Chief John Powell, were not
life threatening wounds. Hanson said when he left the hospital to return to the
scene, he was not informed of the injuries being life threatening. However, Hanson
said anytime there is a gunshot wound, it is serious.
THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE INJURED IS THIS: ONE OFFICER RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE RIGHT
JAW, THIS OFFICER IS AWAITING SURGERY BUT CAO X 3 AND IN GOOD SPIRITS. THE OFFICER IN TRAINING
RECEIVED A THROUGH AND THROUGH SHOT TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, AND DUE TO HIS BULLET PROOF
VEST A SMALL BRUISE TO THE RIGHT CHEST OVER HIS RIGHT UPPER LUNG WITH NO PENETRATION TO THE
SKIN, HE WAS RELEASED TO GO HOME FOR RECOVERY. THE SUSPECT RECEIVED 4 BULLETS TO THE
ABDOMEN AND HAS JUST BEEN PLACED IN SICU FROM SURGERY WHERE HE CODED ONCE ON THE TABLE.
HE IS CURRENTLY UNDER GUARD BY MIDLEGO P.D. THE SUSPECT A 19 Y.O. B.M. WAS OUT ON BOND IN
ANOTHER COUNTY FOR RAPE AS WELL AS POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND IS NOW
FACING 3 COUNTS OF KIDNAPPING FIRST DEGREE, ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE, AS WELL AS 2 COUNTS OF
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
04-27-08 ENGINE 1 WAS DISPATCHED TO AN MVC INVOLVING A CITY GARBAGE TRUCK WITH ONE PATIENT
POSSIBLY PINNED UNDER A VEHICLE. PD ARRIVED FIRST AND REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS NOT PINNED
BUT WOULD NOT MOVE PATIENT DUE TO NECK AND BACK PAIN. ENGINE 1 ARRIVED ON THE CROWN ENGINE
AS THEIR TRUCK WAS BEING SERVICED. THEY FOUND 2 PATIENTS THE FIRST WAS UNDER THE FRONT OF A
JEEP AND WAS REMOVED WITH A SPINE BOARD AND C-COLLAR WITH NECK AND BACK PAIN ONLY, THE
SECOND PATIENT WAS INSIDE THE BACK OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK AND WAS SHOOK UP. BOTH PATIENTS
WERE TRANSPORTED ON RESCUE 3 FOR EVALUATION AS THIS IS CITY POLICY FOR ANY INJURIES ON THE
JOB. SQUAD 49 ARRIVED AND JUST AS QUICK AS THEY COULD GET THEIR STRUTS CRIBBING AND JACK OFF
THE TRUCK THEY WERE PUTTING IT BACK ON THE TRUCK AS IT WAS NOT NEEDED. MCPD INVESTIGATED
THE ACCIDENT AND DETERMINED IT WAS DUE TO THE JEEP FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE AS THE GARBAGE
TRUCK WAS MAKING FREQUENT STOPS ALONG ITS DAILY ROUTE.
ALL MCFD
FIREFIGHTERS
WEAR WHITE
NOMEX HOODS
AND WHITE
HELMETS WHILE
THE CAPTAIN WEAR
RED HOODS AND
BLACK HELMETS
SO THEY CAN BE
EASILY IDENTIFIED
WITH OR WITHOUT
THEIR HELMETS
10-19-09        AT 1306 WHILE OUT ON PATROL MIDLEGO COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICER D. BLAIR PULLED UP ON A
HOUSE FIRE AT 435 E. WASHINGTON ST. AND CALLED IT IN TO CITY DISPATCH. ENGINES 10, 1, 4, TRUCK 4,
SQUAD 49, RESCUE 3, BATTALION 1, AND MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE RESPONDED. UPON ARRIVAL
ENGINE 10 MADE INITIAL ENTRY AS IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE OCCUPANT WAS HOME. WHILE SEARCHING
FOR THE OCCUPANT FIREMEDIC R. PARRISH FOUND AN UNCONSCIOUS FEMALE ON THE SECOND FLOOR
AND BROUGHT HER OUTSIDE TO PERFORM ALS INTERVENTIONS. ENGINE 4 MADE NO FINDINGS ON
SECONDARY SEARCH, TRUCK 4 BEGAN VENTING THE ROOF, WHILE ENGINE 1 AND SQUAD 49 SECURED
UTILITIES AND RIT TEAMS. MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDICS J. DAVIS AND W. ADKINSON ASSISTED
WITH CPR, IV, AND INTUBATION AS WELL AS TRANSPORTING THE PATIENT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE
SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH NO OTHER CIVILIAN OR FIREFIGHTER
INJURIES. MIDLEGO FIRE INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY ELECTRICAL
WIRING IN A CEILING FAN.