Omaha police officer killed in shootout just hours before going on maternity leave

[Jeff]

How sad is this, our police force may have some bad apples but when something like this happens it brings what they do everyday to reality.


A 29-year-old police officer who had put off maternity leave after giving birth prematurely to a daughter in February was being mourned Thursday, a day after she was gunned down in a shootout with a fugitive.
Kerrie Orozco, the first female officer from Omaha's police department to die in the line of duty, had only recently given birth to a daughter, and also was stepmother to two children ages 6 and 7, according to authorities. She was pronounced dead at Creighton University Medical Center shortly after the 1 p.m. shooting, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said at a hospital news conference. Schmaderer said the suspect, 26-year-old Marcus Wheeler, also died at the hospital.


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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/21/police-officer-suspect-killed-in-omaha-shooting/

[darin]

That is horrible.

But Jeff - "The Police" don't have bad apples. "WE" have bad apples. Society does. WE are our police force. Stop blaming "The Police" or "Society" because we populate society for better or worse.