After the officers finished asking their questions, they told Lipman to lock his doors and stay in the house, he said. While one of the officers talked to Lipman, the other had his gun drawn, pointed outward, away from the house, Lipman said. They asked if he saw anything, and he told them about the "pounding" that he heard, which might have been gunshots.įinney: The loss of 2 more cops just hurts too damn much
He said he looked out the window and saw a police car with its lights on but not moving. He looked out the windows several times, and "each time, it was sitting there," he said.Ī few minutes later, about seven or eight police cars were in the intersection, Lipman said, and then he saw an ambulance.Īt about 1:45 a.m., two police officers rang his doorbell, Lipman said. The incident turned into a deadly shootout with a man described as a 'violent career criminal,' ABC7 reported. Dashcam video showed what appeared to be a routine traffic stop of a car that had three adults and a 2-month-old infant inside. Wednesday he heard something that sounded like "pounding on the house." A routine traffic stop that turned violent after two Florida deputies were ambushed and left one person dead was a perfect example of 'what is wrong with our criminal justice system,' the Brevard County sheriff said. He told The Des Moines Register that he saw a man standing next to the driver’s side window of a police vehicle at 70th Street and Aurora Avenue.īob Lipman, 70, who lives near where Beminio was shot, said sometime after 1 a.m. Urbandale resident Russell Cheatem, 52, also heard gunfire and looked outside the window of his home to see what was happening. Other officers told dispatchers that they too had heard shots. One caller, an off-duty officer, told dispatchers he had heard 15 to 20 gunshots.
Six hours later, dispatchers began getting reports of shots fired at 7000 Aurora Ave. Tuesday, Officer Martin began his 12-hour patrol shift. “We absolutely did not think it was going to happen here,” Parizek said. Five officers were gunned down in Dallas in July, and 10 days later, three officers were killed in Baton Rouge, La. this year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.Ī spokesman for the organization said ambushes of officers are on the increase in the U.S.
The two are now among 16 officers who have been killed in ambush attacks in the U.S. Martin was the first Urbandale officer killed in the line of duty. Beminio was the 23rd Des Moines officer killed while on the job.