AZ Officer killed by suspected illegal immigrant drunk driver
Posted on Sunday, October 26 @ 13:36:42 EDT
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 Officer killed by suspected illegal immigrant drunk driver
October 25th, 2008 @ 10:30am
by Jim Cross/KTAR
A 25-year-old police officer is dead at the hands of a suspected drunk driver in the country illegally.
Officer Shane Figueroa was responding to a shots fired call at approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday when 50-year-old Jose Gonzalez slammed his pickup truck into the officer's car near 19th Avenue and Roeser Road.
"As we were interviewing him last night, he advised us that he was an undocumented worker from Mexico," said Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris.
"He has been booked into county jail. We are doing further investigation not only on the accident, but on the background of the individual [as well]."
There are four warrants for Gonzalez's arrest under a different name, two of which are for DUI. He was booked on charges including manslaughter and assault.
TOPICS - Illegal Immigration, illegal immigrants, police officer, death, drunk driver, Officer Shane Figueroa, Police Chief Jack Harris, undocumented worker from Mexico, manslaughter and assault, Jose Gonzalez
Gonzalez suffered minor injuries, while his passenger, described by police as an adult male, was seriously hurt.
Chief Harris and Mayor Phil Gordon held a 9 a.m. news conference at Desert Horizon Precinct. Gordon did not speak at the conference.
Figueroa had served less than three years as a Phoenix police officer. He leaves behind a wife and three-month-old daughter.
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Note: ALIPAC NOTE:
It is shameful that a death of a dedicate Law Enforcement officer could have been avoided had this illegal immigrants, never been in the country in the first place. Ourt laws need to be enforced and our obrders need to be scured. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family members of this fallen hero.
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