Retired Lt. Shoots Burglars
- The retired Chicago Police officer who defended his Pottawattomie Park home from two burglars spoke out Wednesday to thank the Michigan City Police officers for their professional response and to talk about the aftermath of the shooting incident.
Edward Flynn, who lives in the 100 block of Pontiac Street, said he and his girlfriend were returning home in separate cars from Al’s Supermarket at about 8 p.m. Friday when his girlfriend entered the home through the front door and immediately left, saying there was someone inside the home.
- According to the police reports, Flynn shot the suspects with a .38 special revolver as the two suspects advanced towards him while he was pointing a firearm at them inside the home.
Flynn said the two were coming out of a dark area and “I wanted them to cooperate with my instructions, but they didn’t.”
Somehow, the lamestream media isn't covering how having a gun protected two people. Hmmmm.
Very well done Lieutenant. We hope retirement is still treating you well.
Very well done Lieutenant. We hope retirement is still treating you well.
Labels: good news
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
64 Comments:
See? The homeowner having the gun led to "gun violence"!
Time to ban em'!
OMG that's near my cottage, it's always been unwritten rule that the animal Dosnt go near the beach or cottage area and they in turn are left alone. This will send the proper message to them . We are nice but not weak
A good thing he's a retired LEO. A commoner doing the same thing would be in jail.
good job Eddie Flynn
Is that Flynn from 19 who coached at Loyola?
Is it the Lt. Flynn form 019 back in the 90's?
Worked for Lt. Flynn back in the day. What a prince to work for. Glad he came out on the winning end of this.
Kudos to Lt. Ed Flynn.
This is what Chicago desperately needs. Trained, law-abiding FOID card holders to light up some of these vicious predators. Who can argue that the violent mutts would be less inclined to prey on good people if they realized that a seemingly helpless victim can put them in the morgue?
It's common sense. In this FUBAR city, common sense is very uncommon because of the rat politicians.
revolversauras cops rock--- you young kids can keep playing with your space station guns--- if you can't hit them with 6 you better get your old job back----
Where is the rest of the story? Did they get the bad guys? Does he need more bullets? Are they feeding the fish in the lake????
Thank God foe the Lt. that it happened in Indiana, instead of this shithole.
Let's stop calling them liberals, or progressives or any other code word they're using now. They are socialists or communists. They know it and we know it.
The communist agenda to disarm Americans and destroy the Constitution is a real threat to freedom and liberty and it needs to be called out before it's too late.
Watch "Agenda - The Grinding Down of America" and open your eyes.
http://vimeo.com/52009124
My babies! My babies!
Marshaun and Ladell were just turning their lives around. They be good boys. Swear fo' God. They were just lost and went into the wrong crib.
Sarcasm/off.
Outstanding, Lt.
Glad that both of you are safe and unharmed in a red state.
"the media" can suck my asshole! They would prefer seeing a dead retired policeman rather than two dead jagoffs. Anything positive regarding firearms and the use of them will be ignored in the press.
If these mutts survive, their kin won't have to travel far to visit them in the Indiana State Penitentiary at Michigan City where they execute their condemned murderers.
God bless Lt. Flynn and his girlfriend for refusing to be victims of these scumbags.
When I retire and want to remain only an hour's drive east from the Chicago city limits, Indiana is looking awful nice.
QUESTION. If home prices are identical and you want to escape from Illinois, would it be best to live in Berrien Co., Michigan, Laporte Co., Indiana or southeastern Wisconsin?
According to lamestream media, cops have super-duper firearms training that civilians can't hope to match...and any civilian that wants firearms training must be paranoid.
Mayor Rahm told the Media to "Shut the Fuck Up about guns"!
Bad day for the burglars. Out of all the houses they picked that one to break into. Boy I bet they were shocked when Ed Flynn came home. You lose assholes!!!!
Is that "fall in Flynn" from the old 019? good job Sir. Glad to know you are still armed.
Kudos to the Lt. for a job well done.
off topic-mass transit being moved to merchandise mart within 6 months
An Old 020th District Ranger from the days of the TJO'S Edison Park sleeps safer with Ed Flynn in the 'hood.
Was he able to send 'em to the morgue with just a 38?
There was a much-celebrated case down in Florida recently, where a mother of two, who had fled with her children into an attic crawlspace, was able to a put about five or six rounds from a 38, into an Obama voter, at more-or-less point-blank range, yet the Obama voter was able to slither away on his own two feet and make it to a hospital.
Bottom Line: In the impending collapse of civilized society [coming soon to a neighborhood near you], folks need to be thinking about something more like a 44 Magnum or a 50 S&W.
Or, better yet, a 12-gauge, with some of those 1600 fps 00-magnum rounds from Hornady.
Love the phase: revolversauras cops rock. Why shouldn't intruders be shot anyway? When did it become okay for killer and thieves and rapists to enter our homes? What the hell is wrong with our judicial system that makes it wrong to defend ourselves?
Celebrate Homogeneity said...
A good thing he's a retired LEO. A commoner doing the same thing would be in jail.
1/21/2013 12:38:00 AM
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Not on my beat he wouldn't.
Typical ignorant media-fed civilian bullshit comment.
If a "commoner" had whacked the guy Cozzi wahacked, he wouldn't be sentenced to 6 years in federal prison, lose his job, and lose his pension either.
ignorant and wrong you are
Not on my beat he wouldn't.
Good for him
"revolversauras" - love it!
revolversauras cops rock.......
My "American Express" (.38 snubby w/ barami hip grip)...never leave home w/o it!
Anonymous said...
revolversauras cops rock--- you young kids can keep playing with your space station guns--- if you can't hit them with 6 you better get your old job back----
1/21/2013 02:29:00 AM
Easy Wyatt Earp, you can keep your six shooter. I'll keep living in the 21st with my "space gun.".
Yes, it EJ Flynn, from the 90's, Loyola Academy, ect; went to school with his son and got on right before he retired. And you have to right; a cops cop! He was always there to help you out. His father retired after making Capt back in the day if I'm not mistaken. Good to hear he still has it. He's one man with a gun I'd hate to go up against. Good shooting and watch your back still.
One of the guys had a sucking chest wound and the other had a mystery wound. They both (unfortunately for civilization) probably will survive.
From the link: "As for the burglary and shooting incident here, Flynn could not comment on whether he was hoping to only incapacitate the burglars in the shooting. He did say, 'If I could have hoped for something, I would hope that they would have never come into my home in the first place.'”
How grotesquely stupid is the person who even asked that question? You don't use deadly force "...hoping to only incapacitate the (insert appropriate criminal here) in the shooting." The LT(Ret.) answered correctly, might want to upgun to a .357Mag, though.
ECS
Do Not know you, But great job LT.
OT-to active and retired police officers, and everyone else, who covered a beat that included Division Street in the area populated by streets that began with the letter K. In the 60s, I worked for Steward Warner Electronics on 1700 N. Kostner. We use to go to a pizza place for lunch and also to buy pizzas. It was a tavern on the corner of the block on Division Street and one of the K streets, whose name I can't remember. Anyway, the tavern was called Al's Tap and Pizzeria. It was a tavern in the front of the place, and within view of the bar section you could see in the back that they had some tables and a chalk board on the wall listing a menu of foods they served at lunch. Does anyone remember this place, or the name of the owner, or if family members eventually went on to open another bar and/or pizzia place? They had the b-e-s-t pizza ever..haven't been able to find anything like it, and that was over 45 years ago. Can anyone help?
Ban Contact Cards and Anov's...
Some of our non-cop readers may be unaware of the fact that retired cops can carry firearms anywhere in the U.S. If they retire in good standing and qualify once a year. This law, HB 218 was signed by President G.W. Bush following 9/11 to put more armed and qualified first responders on the street. Also, prior to this federal law, the Daley Administration did everything possible to keep retired cops from having concealed carry. Upon your retirement they would send you a letter telling you that you were no longer the police and could no longer carry a firearm, and if you did you would be arrested. When HB 218 was passed, initially Daley tried to exempt CPD retirees, but it did not work. Also note, that Indiana is a Right to Carry state anyway. Great Shooting Lt., and note that one of the offenders has a bullet in his lung, it is inoperable, so he can spend the rest of his life with only one lung. A very happy ending.
Anonymous said...
revolversauras cops rock--- you young kids can keep playing with your space station guns--- if you can't hit them with 6 you better get your old job back----
1/21/2013 02:29:00 AM
Your comment just made the top 10 dumbest comments on the blog. Many old timers now cary semi-autos because they know the value of higher capacity and re-load time. Most bad guys also carry semi-autos now and we need a level playing field. Stop watching Clint Eastwood movies.
"...defended his Pottawattomie Park home from two burglars spoke out Wednesday to thank the Michigan City Police..."
There's a PW Park in Michigan City too? OK.
...but I see that the Neighborhood Generator is going to be inflicted upon us even in news stories covering other states.
"Look what my computer knows!"
Great. Can you find your ass with both hands?
>wink<
Great shootin' Ed!
It's Indiana.......you can do pretty much what you want except this state..... remember when Barry voted to prosecute homeowners for shooting suspects?
Nicely done LT.
No white wine spritzers for you!
No keeses for you!!!!
Lighthouse tap and a hearty handshake!
I wish the new buck bosses would meet and take a lesson from Lt FLYNN he was the best in 010. It didn't matter that he was the watch Commander. He was out there handling jobs with you.
Anonymous said...
An Old 020th District Ranger from the days of the TJO'S Edison Park sleeps safer with Ed Flynn in the 'hood.
1/21/2013 08:15:00 AM
Didnt know there were many of us old 020 rangers left. Yep the Thorndale Jag Offs
Celebrate Homogeneity said...
A good thing he's a retired LEO. A commoner doing the same thing would be in jail.
Obviously your an idiot. Any law abiding citizen who legal possesses a firearm could and should have done the same thing, and absolutely nothing would have happened to them. It's not against the law to protect yourself and your property. Now go back and watch the innaugeration ceremony !!!
Old Retired Guy
OT-to active and retired police officers, and everyone else, who covered a beat that included Division Street in the area populated by streets that began with the letter K. In the 60s, I worked for Steward Warner Electronics on 1700 N. Kostner. We use to go to a pizza place for lunch and also to buy pizzas. It was a tavern on the corner of the block on Division Street and one of the K streets, whose name I can't remember. Anyway, the tavern was called Al's Tap and Pizzeria. It was a tavern in the front of the place, and within view of the bar section you could see in the back that they had some tables and a chalk board on the wall listing a menu of foods they served at lunch. Does anyone remember this place, or the name of the owner, or if family members eventually went on to open another bar and/or pizzia place? They had the b-e-s-t pizza ever..haven't been able to find anything like it, and that was over 45 years ago. Can anyone help?
1/21/2013 01:29:00 PM
There is Elliot's at Kostner and Augusta if that what your talking about. Pizza joint still there but the tavern has been closed for years. Elliot still lives right there as well
Like I said not sure if that's the place your talking about or if its another one.
020 Rangers had roll call at Reggies. A little partying with the Regettes. Remember Marla??
When I retire and want to remain only an hour's drive east from the Chicago city limits, Indiana is looking awful nice.
QUESTION. If home prices are identical and you want to escape from Illinois, would it be best to live in Berrien Co., Michigan, Laporte Co., Indiana or southeastern Wisconsin?
Indiana taxes all retirement income and the individual counties also take a small percentage at varying rates. Michigan does not tax all retirement but does tax some. Not certain the ins and outs without doing the research which you could also do. Illinois is the best on that front but I don't expect that to last. Indiana is probably cheaper prices in general.
To 1/21 at 8:01PM...
No, the name of the place I'm referring to is Al's Tap and Pizzeria. I know it is no longer in business because I can't find them listed anywhere. I was hoping someone might have remembered this place during the 60s..they must have been at this location prior to that time, I'm sure. This place was definitely on the corner of Division Street and another street name beginning with the letter K, in the K section of streets. From what I can see on google, many buildings have been torn down and new construction built in their places, making my search hopeless.
Thanks for replying...doubt I'll find what I'm looking for.
Great job Eddie , I rememeber when you worked on my dads team.Wish you the best TM.
Years ago there was an Al's Tap and Pizzaria at Armitage and Karlov
LOL.. what I don't get is why with so many calling the Media LAME STREET MEDIA that MEDIA hasn't gotten the memo.. MAYBE if they started reporting BOTH sides an issue they would be filling BANKRUPTCY/selling/laying off workers so often,,
That's not "Blinky" is it.. That guy is a POS
Did he have the 38 on him or was it in the house??Sound like HR218 aka concealed carry(2nd Amendment)saves lives.
Al's Pizzeria was on the northeast corner of Armitage and Kedvale in Hermosa, er, St. Philomenas, were the best and the brightest of the Chicago Police Department hale from.
best pizza ever was 76th and halsted on west side of street, anyone recall??? great beef sandwiches to,,,
Bernie & Bettys Pizza 76 & Halsted
Great job. That's the "Chicago way."
Re: Al's Tap and Pizzeria..
To 1/22 at 5:17AM and 1/22 at 12:36PM, a huge T-h-a-n-k Y-o-u for your replies! Now, I'm trying to find out if Al's family opened up another tavern and/or pizzeria place after they closed the business on Armitage. I am going to contact St. Philomena's parish to see if they can help me track down Al and/or his family members. Was St. Philomena's an Italian parish back in the 60s, by chance? Any and all leads I can get is greatly appreciated. You guys are the best!
St. Philomenas'a an Italian neighborhood? Ha! Hermosa was an Austrian settlement with most families corming from the small farming community of Hannersdorf, near the Hungarian border in southwest Austria in the Burgenland region. The closest Italian neighborhood was Our Lady of the Angels. Everyones father worked at Schwinn except for mine who worked at Fillmore! Al's moved out and went out west-no, not to 015, somewhere near Addison or thereabouts. And by the late Fifties the area was as cosmopolitan an area as one could find anywhere. And there were NO racial and ethnic issues that I remember. Have fun at Al's.
Great job Eddie fromold 020thdist.tact guy.My dad would be proud of you ,Tim M.
Re: Al's Tap and Pizzeria..
To 1/23 at 11:42AM..
Thank you for all of the info! Many Italians moved to Bloomingdale and Addison. How I'm going to find Al's family and find out if they are in the pizza business today is a challenge I'm up to, and now to find a hook. I could contact the Catholic Churches in each suburb & hope I can post a message in their Church Bulletin, which I doubt, but it's worth a try. We had great memories of Al's pizza, and now let's see what I can find out! Again, thank you, officer, for fleshing out more of the story.
I heard something about sucking chest and I got all excited.
Then I heard it was a sucking chest wound.
I feel so cheated.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
His comment did not make the ten dumbest comments of all time.
I've seen you semi-auto guys shoot at qualifications. Can't hit shit.
When you know that you only have six to work with, you are more careful and patient, hence more accurate.
Besides, with my speedloaders, I reload just as quickly. I have seen a lot of full magazines dropped to the ground. I have seen a lot of stovepipes and jams with the semis.
Elliot's kicked ASS!
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