maybe 1 day the hunter will become the hunted

manslaughter. no bs, just manslaughter.

I ran a trucking biz before I retired. So, you have a driver that has one, two, three fatial accidents, let alone five! All not his fault. Perhaps, but highly likely that there will be another. Time for a job change!

So anyone can call and claim you have a weapon and the cops will shoot you? This man shot a man holding a child and there was no danger. You "thought" he had a weapon. Why did no one else fire? He put the childs life in danger. Sounds like someone is trigger happy

Arizona is the new Texas. Of course another crony saw the suspect with something in his hand, fricking liar.

Just another group of good old boys covering up for one another. Congratulations on your 6^th kill. Now will someone get the feds to investigate since the fricking state of Arizona is to incompetent?

If this guy lived in Portland OR they would have made him chief of police by now.

Well, I think this story is somewhat yellow journalism in the fact that they headline is designed to outrage the reader. They see 5 previous killings and just assume this is a Dirty Harry wannabe. The fact that he was on SWAT means that he (and his team) will be called for the hottest calls. We don't know all the facts yet. One does have to wonder about being so quick to use deadly force-if for nothing else the risk of injuring the child- either by a richocet or drop. If the the man had in fact had a weapon we'd all be saying..OK, quick decision..good call. The fact that he didn't surely raises some questions. However, the grandpa knew he had F'd up. He's going to the door with grandson in hands hoping to show the cops he's a good guy and to distract them.

I've got a degree in CJ from UT and spent 5 years being both a PO and Deputy Sheriff in Ft. Worth (saw more S as a PO..BTW)..stuff like this actually led me to give it up. FTW cop buddy of mine was brought up on murder charges. Don't think he really did anything wrong..but it got "political" and the Dept offered him up. No sir, not for me..rather get shot than go to prison.

Don't know if this guy is a Dirty Harry or not. Obviously, he needs to be looked at long and hard. But, if he's a good cop, don't offer him up just cuz the Dept brass doesn't have the balls to stand by him. If he's a cowboy..get rid of him.

This is a murderer with a badge. Any person in authority in that department who can't see that is stupid. They should have been asking strong questions after the second killing. All a thug with abadge has to say is "I thought I saw something in his hand" and they get away with murder 6 times going on 7. This guy will kill again. How do I know? Because he likes it. At this point it should be the police department itself that is indicted.

First off, I have no love for the police. They can't be trusted to be your true friend and will rat on anyone, even other cops for doing the same things they are guilty of. Cops are liars....... they will say anything to you to get you to confess to a crime. But....... they do have a difficult job to do and some do the job well. The officer in question had been on the S.W.A.T. team. If you don't already know, these are the guys who are called when there is a "no win" situation such as a criminal holding hostages at gunpoint. They are specially trained for these situations and frequently are called upon to save people by killing their captor. Apparently this officer was very proficient at his job...... he was called to duty and did what he had to do. Now, for the latest situation............ He was called out on a case where a man threatened his neighbor with a gun, while carrying a child. The accused gentleman answered the door with the child in his hands and at least two officers thought he had a gun in the other. When the guy turned the cop thought he was going to shoot either him or his fellow officers, so he killed him with one shot and did not injure the child. Seems as though (from the information given) the officer did what any reasonable person would do, he protected himself and his fellow officers the only way he could. I do not see that he did anything wrong. I am sorry for the death of the child's grandfather......... but he should have known the police would be wary of him if he brandished a cocked gun at his neighbor (as had been reported). Upon hearing the police tell him to come out he should have sat the child down and stepped outside with his hands in the air. If he had done that he would have still been alive.......

Boy, capital punishment for holding your grandchild...sounds like a shoot first think never cop who doesn't have the temperment to protect and serve....

So let me see, A grandpa is babysitting his grandson, goes for a walk and kicks a trash can.

A pissed off neighbor calls the cops with some story and they go over this grandpa's house and shoot him in his own house with out any corroboration of the story.

So in Arizona if you want to have someone murdered you just call the police with some story and the deed is done for you and it doesn't cost you a cent. Oh, they found a gun in his house! Wonder how many households in Arizona have guns?

This cop and the neighbor should be brought up on murder charges, no if, and's or but's. I'm not a bleeding heart liberal, quite the contrary but this story makes me sick to my stomach. The death penalty by firing squad for kicking a trash can.

Cops are a bunch of gun happy murderers with a licence to kill, and the government is there to sweep it under the rug.

Protect and serve my ass.

The law needs to be changed, no firing unless fired upon. If you dont have the guts for that rule, get out of the job. The public doesnt need you or want you.

6 out of 7, not bad. Give this proud American a raise. The grandpa should've dropped the baby on the ground: his own bad I guess.

I say nice shooting. We need more like him.

You are all missing the point. "ex swat member" If he is that good a shot, why is he an ex swat member.

Killing an unarmed man, no matter what someone said they thought they saw him do, isn't justice by any means.......the cop needs to be off the force and working at McDonalds SERVING PEOPLE!

Maybe if the state of Arizona wasn't besieged by illegal aliens backed by murderous drug cartels and then disallowed to enforce their own laws voted in by the people of Arizona, with zero help from the Feds who do not allow them to prosecute these illegals, the police might not need to be so quick on the trigger.

given any oppurtunity to trample on your rights, on any given day, in any given community in these supposedly

UNITED states there aint a %$#&* pig out there that won't shoot you in the back, the head, wherever! Are'nt

99.9% of all police shootings justified,with a track record like that why not shoot,nothing is going to happen to them anyway.No I'm actually wrong about that,they get a couple of days off with pay.Oh yeah and the local media will spout off how they are hero's just defending themselves in a dangerous occupation,the danger actually is this:any time, on any given day, in any given community in this country if you come into contact

with the police(nazis) you are the one in danger,you have a real good chance of losing you life.

Cops are the worst! Arrogant and pig headed, cops love the power the guns provide. Cops are cowards-without a gun they are helpless.

Internal investigations are circuses and the police propoganda machine is firing on all cylinders.

I wish citizens had more review power over cops.

He's not a Cop, he's a Pig Serial Killer and the Chief of the Scotsdale Pig Foce is complicit in the murders commited by the killer he supports.

Sorry, but killing an unarmed man is cowardly. He answers the door with a baby in his arms, unarmed. Deadly force because they "thought" maybe he had something in his hands besides a child. I've met several people that really enjoy killing people. They get a real thrill from it. Obviously this cop is one of those kinds of people. And don't go calling me a liberal and making excuses because I disagree with giving guns to cold blooded killers. Having a badge is no excuse. Besides if you really want a dangerous job, work construction. You're 6 times more likely to die on a construction site than you are being a policeman.

the cop should be removed from police work period. What on earth was he thinking putting that baby in the line of fire? I don't care if he is a marksman 6 time's over he had no business putting that baby in the line of fire!!

ummmm here is a statistic that may put this in perspective. In the entire country, that means the ENTIRE country, only 1.3% of all officers have EVER fired thier gun during the course of an ENTIRE career. This man has KILLED 7 people?! I think something may be a bit off kilter here. For all those trying to turn this into a liberal/conservative argument please put a cork in it and let's discuss the truth of it. There is something not right about this story, albeit we do not have all the facts but given that of the tens of thousands of officers, not counting swat teams and ATF agent, even PULLING a gun out is rare let alone shooting it let alone killing someone and this guy is averaging just under a KILL a year?! Not right, not right.

I think the title of this artice should have read "Police officer saves grandchild". This officer is putting himself in harms way for the good of his city. I don't see anything in here that would say otherwise.

I just think that this guy just loves the thrill of killing, he's tasted blood so he'll kill again no problem.