NYS Trooper Killed by friendly fire

[remo williams]

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 27, 7:38 PM ET

ALBANY, N.Y. - Friendly fire apparently killed a New York state trooper in a gunfight that erupted as he searched a farmhouse for a suspect in the shooting of a colleague, officials said Friday.
Trooper David C. Brinkerhoff was fatally shot Wednesday as he and six other members of the force's elite mobile response team searched a Catskill-area house where the armed suspect had holed up.
The 29-year-old and another trooper were shot by the suspect, Travis Trim, as the two entered the upstairs bedroom where the man had two guns, but it is one of the about 70 police rounds fired that officials believe killed Brinkerhoff.
"The fatal wound was made by a .223 (caliber) tactical round that was believed to have been fired by an MRT member," said acting State Police Superintendent Preston Felton.


Bad stuff this is, but I just saw this tonight. R.I.P.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_re_us/trooper_shooting

[onefast93z28]

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[Roids]

Damn thats bad to hear, especially with the last few cop killings we been having.:(

RIP to the recently perished and the one's who fell before him.

[Grey2Green10]

Very sad. These two MRT officers helped train the Law Enforcement Club at the USMA a few weeks back. It's really unfortunate that this happened; especially sad that it was friendly fire. They had a memorial table set up at the end of the Sandhurst course today for both of these brave men - RIP.