This just makes me sick:
Suspect captured after 2 Tulsa police officers shot, critically wounded
by KTUL staff
Monday, June 29th 2020
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The Tulsa, Okla., officers who were shot and critically wounded overnight Monday, June 29, 2020, after a traffic stop are identified as Sgt. Craig Johnson and Officer Aurash Zarkeshan. (Photos: Tulsa Police Department)
UPDATE: Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin asked Monday afternoon for community support as two of his officers fight for their lives – shot in the line of duty during an overnight traffic stop.
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“I’m imploring you, I’m asking (you), to pray,” Franklin said. “And I’m also asking for each and every one of you to take steps to support first responders, support your law enforcement, support all of those doing the jobs that you don’t want to do.”
Police Chief Wendell Franklin speaks Monday, June 29, 2020, during a news conference about the shooting of two officers following a traffic stop in Tulsa, Okla. (KTUL photo)
The officers who were shot and critically wounded were identified as Sgt. Craig Johnson and Officer Aurash Zarkeshan.
Johnson has been part of the department since 2005 and was assigned to the Mingo Valley Division as a graveyard supervisor.
Mayor G.T. Bynum said Johnson has two boys.
Zarkeshan was a new officer, just completing his training last month.
“He was out on patrol on his own for less than six weeks,” the chief said.
Franklin said the shooting suspect, David Ware, got away with the help of an accomplice, who was found and arrested in Broken Arrow. That man has been identified as 29-year-old Matt Hall.
This Tulsa County Jail booking photo from Monday, June 29, 2020, shows David Ware, who police say shot two Tulsa, Okla., officers following an overnight traffic stop.
“This hits home, and it hits home pretty hard for us in law enforcement,” the chief said.
He pleaded for compassion and unity from the community.
“I stand before you today, with two officers that are fighting for their lives. We need this community to come together,” Franklin said. “It’s not just Tulsa. As a nation. Because we won’t have what we have without the presence of law enforcement. Law enforcement is ingrained in this culture and has to be.”
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UPDATE: An arrest affidavit released by the District Attorney's Office provides new details of the events that led up to the shooting of two Tulsa police officers.
According to the affidavit, 32-year-old David Ware was pulled over around 3:20 a.m. near 21st and Memorial in a 2007 Chevy Cobalt with expired paper tags.
The officers' body camera videos reveal Ware argued with police when they told him they would have to tow the vehicle. Ware refused to get out of the car and began arguing with the two officers, saying they were violating his rights.
The argument with Ware escalated, lasting approximately three minutes before one officer attempted to tase him, but Ware tore out the taser prongs and continued arguing. The officer again attempted to deescalate the situation by using pepper spray on Ware, but he continued to refuse to get out of the car, according to the affidavit.
Both officers then tried to pull Ware from the vehicle, but he fought them and grabbed a gun from under his seat before firing on the two officers. Ware shot at each officer several times, according to the arrest affidavit.
After both officers were down, Ware stepped out of the vehicle and stood over one of them and fired three more shots. He then fled the scene and got into a red Jeep SUV.
The Police Department said one of the officers is unlikely to survive, and the other is "unstable," according to the affidavit.
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UPDATE: Tulsa police say David Ware is in custody.
Ware, the man suspected of shooting and critically wounding two officers, was captured in the area of 31st and Garnett
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