Police: 3 officers killed in Pa. shooting

PITTSBURGH - A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and lying in wait opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.
Police Chief Nate Harper said the motive for the shooting isnt clear, but friends said the gunman recently had been upset about losing his job and feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.
Richard Poplawski, 23, met officers at the doorway and shot two of them in the head immediately, Harper said. An officer who tried to help the two also was killed.
Poplawski, armed with an assault rifle and two other guns, then held police at bay for four hours as the fallen officers were left bleeding nearby, their colleagues unable to reach them, according to police and witnesses. More than 100 rounds were fired by the SWAT teams and Poplawski, Harper said.
The three slain officers were Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo III. Kelly had been on the force for 14 years, Mayhle and Sciullo for two years each. Another officer was shot in the hand and a fifth broke his leg on a fence.
Poplawski had gunshot wounds in his legs but was otherwise unharmed because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, Harper said. He was charged with three counts of homicide, aggravated assault and a weapons violation.
The shooting occurred just two weeks after four police officers were fatally shot in Oakland, Calif., in the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001. The officers were the first Pittsburgh city officers to die in the line of duty in 18 years.

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[11stealthninjas]

@NineMMAR15 spamming lol your a idiot.

[NineMMAR15]

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[11stealthninjas]

@NineMMAR15 YOUR A FUCKING IDIOT, I LIVE IN Pittbusrgh and know the guy in the fucking video, you dont know shit

[NineMMAR15]

What you will never hear from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, or any other media outlet is that Mr.Poplawski was dishonorably discharged from the Marines! There for he was not able to own those firearms legally.

[RayAir1]

Expect more of this because of the Great Depression 2.0 that we are in. People are losing it. Expect more of this.

[observingjews]

Another crazy krakow boxcar jew, named Poplawski killed 3 cops in Pennsylvania?

[Deee36]

Unblieveable this is an licentious and bigotted individual.