The
community of Santa Cruz California is very sad, due to the fatal
shooting of two law enforcement officers on February 26, 2013.
When I heard this on the news, I thought in Santa
Cruz you never hear about police officers being killed like Oakland.
Santa Cruz has always been known as the ‘sleepy little town by the
sea’ with very little violence. Recently that has not been the
case. There have been some real violent crimes in Santa Cruz in the
month of February. On February 9, 2013 martial arts instructor was
fatally shot outside a downtown bar. February 11, 2013 a 21-year-old
UC Santa Cruz student was robbed of her backpack and shot in the head
while waiting for a bus. Law enforcement in Santa Cruz has always
been laid back. That laid back attitude got two officers killed by
Jeremy Goulet a very disturbed individual. He shot and killed
Detective Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker, a 28-year veteran who
was near retirement, and Detective Elizabeth Butler, a mother of two
young boys. They were the first law enforcement officers ever killed
in the department’s history. The two officers went to Jeremy
Goulet’s home to question him about inappropriate sexual advances
toward a co-worker at the coffee shop where he was fired from. Jeremy
was talking to the officer through a screened door. He left that
location and came out another ambushing the officers killing them.
After killing them Goulet took their weapons, car and officer’s
Barker’s body armor and fled. Twenty five minutes later law
enforcement officers found Jeremy Goulet. Exchanged gunfire with him
and fatally wounding him. Jeremy’s Goulet has had trouble in the
past. He was charge with alleged raps while in the military in 2006.
The Army dropped all charges. That was a big mistake on the
military’s part. While living in Oregon in 2008, he was convicted
on weapons charges and of peeping at a woman while she showered.
Goulet's father told The Associated Press that his son, who had
served in the military, was a ticking time bomb who had contempt for
police and the justice system. Well, I guess the bomb blew and
unfortunately it happened to be in Santa Cruz California. That is why
we need stricter gun laws because there are some very sick
individuals out there that don’t need to get their hands on guns.
My prayers go out to the families and the community of Santa Cruz.
LM
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