Officer Israel Gonzalez was shot and killed during a robbery of the Arlington Trust Company in Crystal City. The robbers, a father and his two sons, by the last name of Tuller, had planned the robbery for months. After cutting the phone lines to the bank, the two sons entered, posing as phone company employees. They took the manager to a back room where they announced the robbery.
A customer became suspicious after the phone lines went dead and alerted Officer Gonzalez, who he had seen outside of the bank. In the meantime, the bank manager attempted to escape from the back room and was shot and killed. The suspects also wounded a teller who was in the room as well. As the three fled the encountered Officer Gonzalez and exchanged shots. Officer Gonzalez was shot six times and fatally wounded. However, he was able to return fire and wounded one of the suspects.
The three suspects and a fourth man drove to Houston, Texas, where they killed an airline ticket agent as they hijacked a plane to Cuba, where as fate would have it, Israel's father was enpl;oyed by the Havanna Police Department. They remained in Cuba for three years before returning to the United States and turning themselves in.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/5546-police-officer-israel-peter-gonzalez-sr#ixzz2q6Cl6i77
Source: Officer Down Memorial Page - www.odmp.org
A customer became suspicious after the phone lines went dead and alerted Officer Gonzalez, who he had seen outside of the bank. In the meantime, the bank manager attempted to escape from the back room and was shot and killed. The suspects also wounded a teller who was in the room as well. As the three fled the encountered Officer Gonzalez and exchanged shots. Officer Gonzalez was shot six times and fatally wounded. However, he was able to return fire and wounded one of the suspects.
The three suspects and a fourth man drove to Houston, Texas, where they killed an airline ticket agent as they hijacked a plane to Cuba, where as fate would have it, Israel's father was enpl;oyed by the Havanna Police Department. They remained in Cuba for three years before returning to the United States and turning themselves in.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/5546-police-officer-israel-peter-gonzalez-sr#ixzz2q6Cl6i77
Source: Officer Down Memorial Page - www.odmp.org
Officer Israel Gonzalez was shot and killed during a robbery of the Arlington Trust Company in Crystal City. The robbers, a father and his two sons, by the last name of Tuller, had planned the robbery for months. After cutting the phone lines to the bank, the two sons entered, posing as phone company employees. They took the manager to a back room where they announced the robbery.
A customer became suspicious after the phone lines went dead and alerted Officer Gonzalez, who he had seen outside of the bank. In the meantime, the bank manager attempted to escape from the back room and was shot and killed. The suspects also wounded a teller who was in the room as well. As the three fled the encountered Officer Gonzalez and exchanged shots. Officer Gonzalez was shot six times and fatally wounded. However, he was able to return fire and wounded one of the suspects.
The three suspects and a fourth man drove to Houston, Texas, where they killed an airline ticket agent as they hijacked a plane to Cuba, where as fate would have it, Israel's father was enpl;oyed by the Havanna Police Department. They remained in Cuba for three years before returning to the United States and turning themselves in.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/5546-police-officer-israel-peter-gonzalez-sr#ixzz2q6Cl6i77
Source: Officer Down Memorial Page - www.odmp.org
A customer became suspicious after the phone lines went dead and alerted Officer Gonzalez, who he had seen outside of the bank. In the meantime, the bank manager attempted to escape from the back room and was shot and killed. The suspects also wounded a teller who was in the room as well. As the three fled the encountered Officer Gonzalez and exchanged shots. Officer Gonzalez was shot six times and fatally wounded. However, he was able to return fire and wounded one of the suspects.
The three suspects and a fourth man drove to Houston, Texas, where they killed an airline ticket agent as they hijacked a plane to Cuba, where as fate would have it, Israel's father was enpl;oyed by the Havanna Police Department. They remained in Cuba for three years before returning to the United States and turning themselves in.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/5546-police-officer-israel-peter-gonzalez-sr#ixzz2q6Cl6i77
Source: Officer Down Memorial Page - www.odmp.org
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