[quote]LAKE CITY, Minn. — A critically injured Lake City police officer died Friday night after nearly two weeks in the hospital, a Mayo Clinic spokesperson said.
Officer Shawn Schneider, 32, was shot in the head Dec. 19 while responding to a reported domestic incident.
Alan J. Sylte, 25, fired at Schneider and returned to the inside of his home, launching an hours-long standoff involving more than 100 local officers, the Republican Eagle reported. Officials found Sylte's body that evening and medical examiners determined that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Several candelight vigils were held in Schneider's honor as he remained in the hospital following the shooting, and police were impressed with the community's remarkable ability to unite during the trying period, they told the Star Tribune.
"It gets difficult for people when they are stopped by [law enforcement officers], and we sometimes get a lot of negativity coming back toward us," Sheriff Rodney Bartsh said. "In times of crisis, when things are at their worst, the community rallied around us in a very overwhelming way."
Contributions to help Schneider's family can be sent to Alliance Bank, c/o Kathy Moyer, 105 E. Lyon Av., Lake City, MN 55401.[/quote]
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RIP. I may be attending his funeral, I'll take pictures if I do
so now it's 174 officers killed in duty during 2011?
Did you know him?
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;33991841]Did you know him?[/QUOTE]
Its customary that officers/workers from most-all other departments goto the funeral as a show of respect for the brotherhood (Police officers = Family).
[QUOTE=Valdor;33991840]so now it's 174 officers killed in duty during 2011?[/QUOTE]
arguable more than that, a good friend of my dad's died during duty of a heart attack / stroke / car crash while on duty, but the FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) are actually thinking of not honoring him with a ceremony because they think it "isn't in the line of duty".
[QUOTE=Saza;33991917]arguable more than that, a good friend of my dad's died during duty of a [B]heart attack / stroke / car crash[/B] while on duty, but the FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) are actually thinking of not honoring him with a ceremony because they think it "isn't in the line of duty".[/QUOTE]
he simultaneously had a heart attack, a stroke, and crashed his car, and they aren't giving him a ceremony wtf
[QUOTE=areolop;33991804]RIP. I may be attending his funeral, I'll take pictures if I do[/QUOTE]
Taking pictures will probably come off as quite rude.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;33991963]he simultaneously had a heart attack, a stroke, and crashed his car, and they aren't giving him a ceremony wtf[/QUOTE]
It could be unconfirmed. Maybe he had a heart attack and crashed the car, or maybe the car crash injured his heart and triggered a stroke?
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