Police intercede… another dog shot.

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Posted: 1/4/2007 6:46:54 AM EDT

One dog to recover one dog dead… sort of.

www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3715981

Johnson City police kill gunman in shoot-out; gunfire sends restaurant employees, guests scrambling for cover
Published 01/03/2007 By KRISTEN SWING

Gunfire sends Lone Star employees, guests scrambling for cover.

JOHNSON CITY - A shoot-out between Johnson City police and a man wanted on out-of-state charges ended in bloodshed Wednesday afternoon.

Officers arrived at the Roan Centre parking lot, 1805 N. Roan St., minutes after 2 p.m. Wednesday to serve a warrant on Steve Rupard, 22.

Authorities had received word that Rupard, whose last known address was 1801 N. Roan St., was leaving his home and heading toward the shopping center.

"As they approached Mr. Rupard, he opened fire on the officers. There were several rounds fired at the officers from a semiautomatic handgun of some kind," said Johnson City Police Chief John Lowry. "It started in the parking lot proper and then moved behind the building. Two officers fired guns, to the best of my knowledge."

Rupard, who was wanted out of Pennsylvania for failing to appear on a simple assault charge and terrorist threats with the intent to terrorize another, was killed as a result of the shoot-out.

He died a short time after being transported via ambulance from the scene to an area hospital.

"One of our K9s, Tigger, was shot in the incident also. Tigger was released by his handler to try to apprehend the suspect," Lowry said. "He was shot in the front leg, and the bullet passed through and clipped an artery."

The police dog underwent surgery a couple hours after being shot and was expected to make a full recovery from his injuries, authorities said.

No one else was injured in the incident, despite the close proximity to several busy restaurants and businesses.

"I think the quick response from the police department and those officers probably saved an innocent bystander's life," said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Robert Denney, who is now heading an investigation into the incident. "They really did protect the public out there."

Authorities had yet to determine exactly how many shots were fired during the incident.

However, Lowry said he believes his officers "followed the use-of-force protocol" in returning fire at Rupard.

"They did everything they could to approach this situation safely," Lowry added.

Authorities would not immediately release the names of those officers who fired shots during the incident. No officers had been put on any kind of leave as of late Wednesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the police department was working to provide the officers with assistance to "lessen the trauma" of the incident, Lowry said.

The TBI was called in by District Attorney Tony Clark at the request of the Johnson City Police Department to conduct an investigation into the incident. That investigation is continuing, however no charges are expected.

Posted: 1/4/2007 6:49:02 AM EDT

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Ban Dogs...its for the Police

Posted: 1/4/2007 6:51:22 AM EDT

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Police Dog? Well, he'll be charged with attempted murder on a Police officer

Posted: 1/4/2007 6:52:32 AM EDT

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Try reading the story.

Posted: 1/4/2007 6:53:03 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/4/2007 7:03:53 AM EDT

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I'm surprised that doesn't happen more often. It's hard enough to hit a moving target without also having to avoid another smaller moving target. While I don't like the Roman-like practise of using animals to attack humans, in this case it might have saved lives by preoccupying the shooter so he wasn't able to return fire.z

Posted: 1/4/2007 7:04:45 AM EDT

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Try reading the story.

Try reading my revised comment.

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:14:20 AM EDT

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:16:29 AM EDT

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

Oh HECK no. That would start a 40-page thread about no-knocks.

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:20:25 AM EDT

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

Oh HECK no. That would start a 40-page thread about no-knocks.

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:20:30 AM EDT

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Police Dog? Well, he'll be charged with attempted murder on a Police officer

Bad guy is dead.

How can you murder a dog? Murder only applies to people.

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:22:10 AM EDT

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

No, you have it all wrong. All the police officer wannabe trainers on this site say that is the exact place to serve a warrant.

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:24:31 AM EDT

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Quoted:

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Try reading the story.

Try reading my revised comment.

The guy is dead - you still didn't read the story!

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:27:40 AM EDT

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Police Dog? Well, he'll be charged with attempted murder on a Police officer

Bad guy is dead.

How can you murder a dog? Murder only applies to people.

I never got that either. If you harm or kill a K-9, you get charged with assault or murder of a police officer, just as if it were a human being. WTF?

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:33:19 AM EDT

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Police Dog? Well, he'll be charged with attempted murder on a Police officer

Bad guy is dead.

How can you murder a dog? Murder only applies to people.

I never got that either. If you harm or kill a K-9, you get charged with assault or murder of a police officer, just as if it were a human being. WTF?

Because a K9 is a police officer they have thier own badge number you get charged for attemped murder of a police officer. And rightly so

Posted: 1/4/2007 8:59:01 AM EDT

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Police Dog? Well, he'll be charged with attempted murder on a Police officer

Bad guy is dead.

How can you murder a dog? Murder only applies to people.

I never got that either. If you harm or kill a K-9, you get charged with assault or murder of a police officer, just as if it were a human being. WTF?

Well you can be charged with assualt or killing a police K9 but the penalties are not the same as assualting a human police officer. You can receive the death penalty for killing a human not a dog.

YMMV. Laws vary by state.

Posted: 1/4/2007 9:05:22 AM EDT

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

If they had used this same procedure to apprehend David Koresh, then we wouldn't have so many tombstones with April 19 on them.

wganz
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Posted: 1/4/2007 9:12:58 AM EDT

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

No, you have it all wrong. All the police officer wannabe trainers on this site say that is the exact place to serve a warrant.

Seriously, the experts on here all claim that if only ATF would have arrested Koresh out shopping, there would have been no waco... Oh wait, it was a SEARCH warrant...

back to the discussion

Posted: 1/4/2007 9:15:35 AM EDT

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Quoted:

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It seems to me that if you have an address that IS being used for residence, that is the place to take the offender into custody, not a shopping mall during business hours. They are truly fortunate that no one else was harmed.

If they had used this same procedure to apprehend David Koresh, then we wouldn't have so many tombstones with April 19 on them.

wganz
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One more time.

Search Warrant and Arrest Warrants are two totally different pieces of paper.