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08-24-2014, 12:58 PM
By Mark D. Wilson, Valentino Lucio | August 23, 2014 | Updated: August 23, 2014 10:48pm
The Chief of the Elmendorf Police Department was killed during a traffic stop Saturday, the Bexar County Sherriff's Office reported.
Michael Pimentel was gunned down just before noon near South First Avenue and East Ninth Street, where he conducted the traffic stop, Bexar Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said.
Pamerleau said the suspect, identified as Joshua Lopez, 24, is in custody. He is to face a charge of capital murder of a police officer. Pamerleau said the Bexar County Sheriff's Office has taken over the investigation of the incident.
Details surrounding the traffic stop were not disclosed, but there was an active graffiti warrant out for Lopez, Pamerleau added.
Pimentel was shot twice, once in the shoulder and once in abdomen, said Sgt. Jason Burchett, who's now the Elmendorf's acting police chief. He added that the suspect suffered from mental illness.
"I know the chief has passed away, and our city attorney and our city administrator will be preparing a statement for the media," Ortiz said, adding that she didn't want to elaborate. "It's like a nightmare for all us."
Sean Salter, CEO of Airlife, said his dispatch office received a request for transport from the Harmony Volunteer Fire Department and Acadian Ambulance Service at 11:39 a.m. and arrived at the scene 20 minutes later.
"He (Pimentel) had a gunshot wound and was severely injured," Salter said.
Pimentel is the fifth law enforcement officer to die in Texas this year, said Steve McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Three of the five were killed by gunfire.
Thirteen officers died in the line of duty last year.
"Every day police officers throughout the state risk their lives to protect their communities, and tragically sometimes they make the ultimate sacrifice," McCraw said. "On behalf of the Department of Public Safety, our thoughts and prayers go out ot the family of the chief."
Check back for more on this developing story.
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Twitter: MDWilsonSA
Express-News staff writers Sig Christenson and Scott Huddleston contributed to this report.
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The Chief of the Elmendorf Police Department was killed during a traffic stop Saturday, the Bexar County Sherriff's Office reported.
Michael Pimentel was gunned down just before noon near South First Avenue and East Ninth Street, where he conducted the traffic stop, Bexar Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said.
Pamerleau said the suspect, identified as Joshua Lopez, 24, is in custody. He is to face a charge of capital murder of a police officer. Pamerleau said the Bexar County Sheriff's Office has taken over the investigation of the incident.
Details surrounding the traffic stop were not disclosed, but there was an active graffiti warrant out for Lopez, Pamerleau added.
Pimentel was shot twice, once in the shoulder and once in abdomen, said Sgt. Jason Burchett, who's now the Elmendorf's acting police chief. He added that the suspect suffered from mental illness.
"I know the chief has passed away, and our city attorney and our city administrator will be preparing a statement for the media," Ortiz said, adding that she didn't want to elaborate. "It's like a nightmare for all us."
Sean Salter, CEO of Airlife, said his dispatch office received a request for transport from the Harmony Volunteer Fire Department and Acadian Ambulance Service at 11:39 a.m. and arrived at the scene 20 minutes later.
"He (Pimentel) had a gunshot wound and was severely injured," Salter said.
Pimentel is the fifth law enforcement officer to die in Texas this year, said Steve McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Three of the five were killed by gunfire.
Thirteen officers died in the line of duty last year.
"Every day police officers throughout the state risk their lives to protect their communities, and tragically sometimes they make the ultimate sacrifice," McCraw said. "On behalf of the Department of Public Safety, our thoughts and prayers go out ot the family of the chief."
Check back for more on this developing story.
mdwilson@express-news.net
Twitter: MDWilsonSA
Express-News staff writers Sig Christenson and Scott Huddleston contributed to this report.
http://www.chron.com/about_us/article/Officer-critically-wounded-following-shooting-5707898.php#comments