OT - Small Town Trajedy Here in Rainier Today

[Mike Rintoul]

We lost our Police Chief today. He was shot and killed in the line of duty. Details below. Prayers for his family, please.

Chief of Police Ralph Painter
Rainier Police Department
Oregon
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Biographical Info
Age: 55
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and wounded

Chief Ralph Painter was shot and killed with his own service weapon after responding to a burglary in progress at a local car stereo store at approximately 10:45 am. A struggle ensued when he made contact with the suspect and he was disarmed and fatally shot.

The suspect engaged other responding officers in a shootout before being wounded and taken into custody.

[kimwcook]

Prayers for the Chief's family, department and everyone else affected. That's tough. Being an LEO I know how quick situations can go south.

[jeepnik]

Prayers sent.

[86er]

Sorry to hear it. Prayers up.

[Ysabel Kid]

Prayers up for sure.

[Sixgun]

Deliberate death perpetrated upon anyone is bad. Upon a policeman is double bad in spite of what others may say that a "life is a life".
Its time like this we need to resort to "Gestapo tactics". Take the thing and simply hang him in the public square.
Our hearts go out to the policeman's family and I'm sure they will want justice while the thing's family is probably cheering him on.------------Sixgun

[RKrodle]

Prayers said.

[pwl44m]

I can't talk right now,Prayers have been said for Family and Dept. I feel like Sixgun, Leos hold a special place.

[rjohns94]

prayers up for sure

[Mac in Mo]

Saw that on the news. Prayers sent. As a former Leo myself and still having several in the family these incidents always hit home. It seems that these incidents are increasing in frequency, unfortunately.

To those Leo's on the board, stay aware, come home at the end of your shift, by any means necessary.



Kevin

[.45colt]

Prayers Sent. What a Shame.

[Hobie]

Prayers said for family and friends...

[Thunder50]

Prayers for his family and saddened at the loss of a fine man.

[Griff]

Prayers for the Chief's family, department and everyone else affected. That's tough. Being an LEO I know how quick situations can go south.

Likewise, although no longer active... it's a loss that shouldn't happen...

[Dave]

That is mighty rough. Glad they caught that murdering trash

[pharmseller]

I was in Portland when I heard the news.
A sad day indeed.
The needle is too good for this piece of trash.

P

[firefuzz]

Prayers up.

Rob

[C. Cash]

Very sorry to hear this and prayers going up for sure.

[Blaine]

Doom on cop killers....

[Rube Burrows]

I heard about this elsewhere and its a shame. I pray for the family and friends of the victim and hope that justice is served. My father was Chief of Police for many years in a small town in Alabama and as a kid it was one of my fears that he would have something such as that happen. Im thankful it never happened.

[piller]

That was murder, and the murderer deserves death. Prayers sent for the family and the other responding officers.

[Dave B]

Prayer sent for him and his family.

[CEMENTHEAD]

Prayers and condolences.........................

[2X22]

Prayers sent.

2x22

[OldWin]

Prayers and condolences. These things are a shame. I wonder how many of these officers lost their lives because they are afraid of violating these scumbags "rights" and hesitate. Ranks right up there with prosecuting out combat soldiers.

[Chuck 100 yd]

Prayers for our friends across the river. A sad day for sure.

Now today another shooting in Arizona.

And yet another call for more gun control to come I am sure. The liberal way to rid us from crime is to outlaw being a Victim. No crime report = no crime. Much easier than catching the bad guys !