Five Cops Wounded in Aurora
- Six people, including a gunman, died in a mass shooting at a manufacturing firm Friday afternoon, and five officers were struck by gunfire, officials said.
Authorities confirmed the shooter, Gary Martin, 45, was killed in a shootout with police. Police believe he was an employee at Henry Pratt Co. in the industrial park in the Chicago suburb, and said they did not know the motive.
Five victims didn't make it, but many others were saved by the police response.
God bless the victims, and best wishes for a speedy recovery of all the wounded, officers and workers.
God bless the victims, and best wishes for a speedy recovery of all the wounded, officers and workers.
Labels: officer injured, suburban
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
82 Comments:
Great job by APD and the assisting agencies. Did anyone notice that on FB and other social media that there was very little talk about this? Especially from your typical left leaning friends and pundits? I wonder why? Prayers to the families of the ones who were murdered and prayers to the officers for a quick recovery.
RIP to all and get better officers. I am sure this will be perfect optics for Jelly Belly and Smarme to use in his attacks on law abiding citizens.
That asshole spaulding couldn't help talking about how hard this is on him.
God bless the officers and their families.
If it was a white guy who committed these terrible crimes, he would have been a racist, white nationalist, nazi, kkk member, trump supporter and this would be non stop national headline news, but since it wasn’t. (Crickets, crickets) is anyone else tired of the double standard yet?
Of course the evil gun was at fault not the community member that pulled the trigger on what probably was an illegal gun. Cannot believe that Fox 32 had a picture of shooter on their wed site. So now the police shooting black man march can begin. Oh that's right this happened in Aurora so maybe no march or ghetto lottery law suit.
Prayers and thanks for the Officers, and prayers for the victims and all who loved them.
RIP of the officers and good people...
Wonder if the place was a "GFZ". From the news reports it sounds like the criminal worked there 15 years and was getting fired so typical moron response about being 'disrespected' and 'ya done me wrong' nonsense - let's go shoot dem mutherfuckas!
Sad, and unfortunately you can bet the Democrat morons will hop all over this for their "gun control" crap
Heard our new governor is going to ban all assault weapons in Illinois.
Problem solved.
I wonder if this guy was ever voted “Most Likely to Go Postal” by his fellow employees. Maybe that’s why he was being fired after 15 years. I’ve worked with guys like that, some of whom kept guns in their cars out in the parking lot.
My deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and prayers for the speedy recovery of those injured.
J B Pritzker's participation in the press conference was a complete farce. His phoney praise for law enforcement would be better spent if he stopped promoting his "reform" of the criminal justice system.
Retired.38 spl +P
Instead of bashing the Police, just remember what they did yesterday!
Because she shooter isn't white, liberals will squash this news quickly.
The first report I heard on WBBM AM really played down the situation. They were like three people at the hospital with non life threatening injuries, a couple of police injured but not shot. Later on when I heard the news, I thought it was two different shootings.
Best wishes as well to all involved injured, physically and emotionally, especially our first responders brothers and sisters.
The media and the affirmative action female Chief of the Aurora PD are hiding the fact that the shooter was black, and had a history of violence.
Thank You Officers. Get Well soon with no ill effects / life altering injuries.
Your selfless actions undoubtedly saved many lives. Your bravery stands in sharp contrast to the cowards in Palm Beach County Florida from a year ago.
And a Thank You to ALL the Police from the numerous jurisdictions who responded and rushed to the scene when the call of 'Shots Fired' went out over the air. It's Police like you and your brothers in blue who make this God-forsaken state livable.
Saw the aurora police chief on the news nothing short than true leadership and a class act unlike you ed and your merit hacks
Make her supt of the cpd
These must be the "bad" officers one can hear about in the lame-stream media. (Sarcasm)
I would never have such courage! Not in five lifetimes!
And they still kneel at football, huh?
NOT ILLINOIS. NOT LAW.
Very nice article on the pro-police show, Blue Bloods:
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2019/02/09/blue-bloods-boldly-defends-police-heroes-and-proves-blue-lives
I hear special is driving out to aurora to strip the aurora officers and kimesha im dumb fox wants to indict them hey kimesha kane county you idiot
god bless the victims and the aurora police officer true heroes
and big f-ckyou to barack , eric holder kimesha special ed and lorretta lynch
a friend cpd 016
To the idiot at message 2/16/2019 01:22:00 AM
Hey asshat this shooting has been widely reported in the media so stop whining..........and switch channels from Fox News.
It's Saturday morning at 9:30 and the Lead "Featured" story in the Sun-Times on-line is the Jussie Smollett nonsense, with a side mention of the mass shooting in Aurora. What a rag. Condolences to the families who lost loved ones, and speedy recovery to all law enforcement and others who were injured.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
RIP of the officers and good people...
Wonder if the place was a "GFZ". From the news reports it sounds like the criminal worked there 15 years and was getting fired so typical moron response about being 'disrespected' and 'ya done me wrong' nonsense - let's go shoot dem mutherfuckas!
Sad, and unfortunately you can bet the Democrat morons will hop all over this for their "gun control" crap
2/16/2019 04:42:00 AM
Yes it was, there is a sign on front door. BUT we all know convicted felons don't have to adhere to laws written for the masses.......This falls right into B.J.'s sorry J.B.'s hands....especially trying to ban laser sights....
Big prayers to those recovering, all families and friends in this terrible time, and the souls who’s life’s were shortened. May God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and his angel’s hold everyone in their arms.
Prayers legislators wake up and realize guns don’t have a brain, people do and they’re sometimes terribly defective with help needed. If warehouse employees weren’t law abiding, someone might have stopped this tragedy before it began. Every time you see a no gun sign, you’re entering a human target zone. Stop frequenting those establishments and demand self protection rights.
OT but encouraging to officers everywhere, a judge with a brain: https://dmlnews.com/report-judge-overturns-38-million-award-police-killing-baltimore-woman-2/
Be safe and fetal blessings with gratitude.
Timothy Martin Fallon - 16 Feb-09
Rest in Peace Brother
Black, convicted felon. Illegal possession of the firearm. But they still want to ban guns, because. His employer probably knew of the conviction. Government incentive to hire convicted felon? Don't warn fellow employees?
"Heard our new governor is going to ban all assault weapons in Illinois.
Problem solved."
Think he got balls to cone get them. I hope you all dont try.
rccio for supt
ther aurora chief zenman for first deputy
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Heard our new governor is going to ban all assault weapons in Illinois.
Problem solved.
2/16/2019 05:29:00 AM
Would have done a lot. Of good in this case. Guy used a handgun
Why no pictures of the murderer, not even his 8th grade graduation picture?
I despise the media and wish to see them get their just rewards.
There won't be a March in ghetto lawsuit. Seriously, focus on the loss of the friends and families of the victims.
Prayers for the families and friends of all affected.
Henry Pratt Company was a “Gun Free Zone.” Proudly posted on the front door.
The employees were all defenseless sheep for the slaughter.
In this next Election for Mayor, I will Vote for the person Who can Beat Prepwinkle the Commie Cop Hater even thou I may not like that person.
durin this tragedy pritzher made a television appearance. during which he stated that he had met with 1500 people in Chicago concerning violence. every officer, their friends and family need to call his office at 217 782 0244. inform him that the real cause of the violence are the actions of foxx and dart. demand he remove both from office. probably will not happen, but try anyway. have everybody call separately. flood his office with calls.
My many Prayers are with the wounded Officers and Their Loved Ones as well as All The Police Officers That constantly put Their lives on the line to Serve and Protect Us.The deceased ,the wounded and their Loved Ones also In my Prayers...Yes I think many many People,in fact just about everybody is sick,tired fed up with the man made evil that is growing and more evident every day in the lives of honest, hardworking, doing the right thing People that is no fault of our own. People speak up,People are tired of being the victims of other Peoples selfish foolish greedy games,its not right.
God Bless the Police.
Your Dimwit Democrat JB “No Jobs” Prickster was phony and insincere at the press conference.
The liberals tried and are trying to politicize the gun issue.
Murder is murder.
The mentally unstable assailant was jobless and sought revenge in a manner that LIBERALS DEEM AS EXCUSABLE with their restorative justice practices. They simply do not prosecute gun and violent crimes according to the laws as written.
The reports say the maniac was denied a CCL, IL FOID and a purchase.
Unfortunately and maybe rightly so someone else may be culpable for the sale if it’s ever determined.
The local and State liberals will continue their crusade to make it impossible or extremely difficult for a law abiding citizen to own firearms and ignore the root issue.
What if the man had a job, what if the community had jobs JB, Durbin Duckworth, and Rahm?
What would that do for ones self esteem?
Not everyone wants your welfare plan JB.
What if Chicago, Cook Co Illinois didn’t tax the shit out of small businesses and manufacturing forcing them out of state?
If they didn’t promote this global economy bullshit?
JB doesn’t know - he never had to worry about work a day in his life.
Chicago Cook County Illinois doesn’t have a gun problem, it has a Democrat problem.
A great heroic response by Aurora and all the supporting agencies.
Prayers for all victims and Police Officers . Excellent response by Police Officers.
Now , was the shooter a Democrat? Was he racist ? Two victims were white , not sure about the other three .
Did he vote for Democrats in 2008,2012,2016 ?
He never should have been issued an FOID card.
I wonder if this guy was ever voted “Most Likely to Go Postal” by his fellow employees. Maybe that’s why he was being fired after 15 years. I’ve worked with guys like that, some of whom kept guns in their cars out in the parking lot.
I watched the presser. He came into work carrying his weapon and opened fire immediately after being terminated. He knew what was coming and he planned it out.
He's got a felony in Mississippi that predates his IL FOID application, which ISP missed. It was only when he attempted to obtain a CCW that the felony conviction was discovered. The usual assholes in the peanut gallery tried to make hay out of that, and the PIO put the smackdown on that straight away.
Sad. The media frenzy is even sadder.
JB the Hut is gonna be all over this.. with his FOID being revoked etc. Question... if your DL gets suspended do the cops come and seize your car? No? More people are killed by cars
Guy got an FOID card and bought a .40mm legally, tried to get a concealed carry and was refused. Had 6 prior arrests? Somebody in Springfield got some splaining to do! Ask Pritzker what happened?
Wonder if Kim Foxx and Kwami are going to charge the officers for shooting the offender.
Sounds like he wasnt supposed to have the gun because of a conviction in another state. Can't enforce the laws on the books, though, it'd put too many reliably democratic voters in jail.
Heard our new governor is going to ban all assault weapons in Illinois.
Problem solved.
2/16/2019 05:29:00 AM
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It'll be hard to get mine once I love to Kentucky!!!
News reports indicate that when this guy showed up and walked in the door the emps were like uh oh, HE's here. This is not going to be good. Call the police.
Apparently his reputation preceded him as an asshole trouble employee.
Where is the news where ISP fucked up on his revoked foid?
Rules only for the White people again?
Have we become placid? 9 comments, where the hell are we! Wasn't much for the NYPD either.
This is a format for sending caring thoughts to our brothers & sisters. I get that we have been here too many times but the individuals and their families are beatup, grieving and lost in the cloud of pain. They need to know that CPD remembers each & every act of courage.
If we do not stand up for each other then we may as well call it a day.
To all that have given their lives, to their families. To my brothers 40 miles down the road & your families. To all those that responded in Aurora. I keep you close at heart & wish you peace, safety & justice.
from an old retired guy
best wishes to the officer involved.
and a big middle finger to Rahm Emanuel and JB Pritzker, and Arne Duncan.
on Friday the 15th, These two assholes was at some huggy feely socialist crap event called CRED, an anti violence movement by epic failing Obama boytoy Arne Duncan. Lots of babble about police accountability and helping gangbangers and ex cons find work. No talk about the mass rape and molestation of CPS students under Arnie Duncan's watch.
So what happens on the same day police are getting slapped around at this "CRED" anti violence event sponsored by Crain?
Four or five Aurora cops get shot. Five civilians are killed. By a gun toting criminal thug.
The same type of guy Arnie Duncan, Rahm Emanuel, Pritzker and their like called on employers to overlook their criminal backgrounds, especially felony convictions,and hire them.
How did that work out for that Aurora plant, guys?
Standby as Rahm and Pritzker uses this moment to push for mass outlawing , banning and seizure of the guns of honest owners.
Rahm will do ANYTHING for a VP or senator's spot.
Pritzker will do anything Madigan tells him to do.
Convicted felon with a permit? Article made it sound like permit issued after conviction. In any event his gun should have been taken away after conviction. This one is on the people that screwed up allowing access to gun. Another reason to allow guns in workspaces. Someone might have gotten him early. No gun zone do not work because the person intending harm will always ignore signs. Common sense, why is this so hard to understand? I always ignore signs unless metal sectors. Better safe than sorry. Also will not go into posted venues unless absolutely necessary.
Best wishes for the recovering officers.
Some of the public take the daily courage and dedication of LEOs for granted. They shouldn't.
Only good thing to come out of this is shooter is dead. RIP victims, get well soon to officers. Rot in Hell to pos shooter.
The police chief did a good job getting the facts laid out.
Then the politicians took over.
https://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2019/02/shooter-in-aurora-was-prohibited.html
Goofus on channel 2, 5pm news make the Chief sound clueless by saying she “couldn’t wrap her mind” around it.
Um, NO, and could YOU?!
The guy was already barred from possessing guns. He was convicted of a felony in 1995. However, the crack Illinois State Police didn't pick it up when the guy applied for an FOID in 2014. That's when he bought the gun he used. But when he went for a CCW, the ISP caught the felony and denied the CCW and revoked the FOID. I guess nobody thought it might be a good idea to check to see if he had bought any guns.
So the highly vaunted by liberals background check system didn't catch this guy when he bought the gun. Hmmm.... And we're supposed to give up our rights for it?
I was impressed by how well the Aurora chief spoke and handled the press. Chief marble mouth would have have made and ass out of himself.
person that had the aurora shooters CCW revoked , FOID revoked dropped the ball ,
gun should have been confiscated , shooter locked up
prayers for all victims and great police work
WTF time for a recall of JB
Great job hero’s. Hats off to those brave coppers
Blue collar workers going about their work day only to get shot and killed by some nut job.
God bless the victims and their mourning families.
If he had a FOID then gun purchase would have been registered. When CCW was refused there should have been record of purchase if he bought gun before CCW application. That should have been caught. If purchase was after the FOID should have been canceled and purchase nit allowed. If he bought gun Kong street then nothing other than another g7n on premises could have stopped him. Calling for police was to late only hope was a fellow CCW. Fact.
Active shooter jeans he is already shooting people. Only way to stop active shooter is to have a Gun available and be willing to use it. He is seconds away and police are minutes away. Your choice carry to protect yourself or become a statistic. Got my CCW how about you?
If only the felons were taught to read in the public schools then we would not be having these problems. He would have obeyed the sign. CPD this one and all the rest are on you for not teaching basic reading and comprehension skills.
I was there and ourvteam was inside during the shootout. Intense situation. The place is huge and it was a needle in a haystack. He had the upper hand because he knew the building. My team and another team located him in the northeast corner of the main machine shop/warehouse building. He was hunkered down by pallets. The team to our right engaged him and exchanged shots. Repeating flash bangs went off and the noise was deafening. A lot of multi-jurisdictional police departments were there and we did a good job coordinating for what it was. Chaotic situation. It sucked walking over he dead but we had to find the shooter. He slaughtered those poor people. If you have never been in that situation, it’s not anything like training. Nothing can prepare you for the adrenaline you feel. The firefighters with us looked terrified and they had reason to be, they had nothing to protect them except us. It was fucked up. It will be a while before I get those images out of my head seeing those dead that I could not help.
ISP troop
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Where is the news where ISP fucked up on his revoked foid?
Rules only for the White people again?
2/16/2019 03:35:00 PM
It’s up to the local jurisdiction to enforce it. He lived in Aurora.
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Where is the news where ISP fucked up on his revoked foid?
Rules only for the White people again?
2/16/2019 03:35:00 PM
It’s up to the local jurisdiction to enforce it. He lived in Aurora.
2/16/2019 07:07:00 PM
Big lawsuit from victims families and Officers shot! How could they screw this up imagine how many more out there?
Anonymous said...
Heard our new governor is going to ban all assault weapons in Illinois.
Problem solved.
2/16/2019 05:29:00 AM
From my cold dead hands!
I am a retired Cop but did my heart good to see the great response of brother officers to include a car from CPD, the word is that officers also responded from Wisconsin, which it so very admireable. Thanks to all, you proved what is right about the path we all took in live and which we proudly serve. The shithead did the state a service by dying cause now we don't have to pay for a public defender, and then the appeal and for the bastard to live the rest of his life in prison4
Guns don't kill, people kill. The liberals will blame the gun laws !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Takes real guts to do that. Well done to the LEOs.
The problem had many levels, those criticizing the ISP, blame Rauner, failure to staff the FOID section were well known. The lack of hiring has under his administration decimated all parts of the ISP. Try to call the phone number to the FOID section, it rings and rings because that Unit is horribly understaffed. Easy to see how this occurred that the shooter was able to slip through the cracks. As the previous troop posted, it was a large building, it was amazing the coordination between many agencies. We teamed up made up of groups from different agencies, went in isolated the shooter and stopped him. The images of the deceased laying in pools of blood will never leave our minds. Speedy recovery to our injured brothers and prayers to the families that lost loved ones.
Great job to all Illinois police officers involved in bringing this tragedy to a swift conclusion. We noticed that the news media all failed to mention the location was a "Gun Free Zone". Two things noted:
1) GFZ signs mean absolutely nothing to someone intent on committing murder (murder is already illegal, hence, no signs needed!); 4 of the 5 killed could possibly have been saved by a CCW, and 5 of 5 of the officers that were shot possibly would still be alright (Hint: Lawsuit against factory for posting the signs, but deliberate indifference in failing to provide adequate security after stripping away CCW rights to law abiding citizens who were there and- because they complied with the GFZ signage- were defenseless. Any good attorneys out there???
2) Nobody in media said anything about how they should prosecute officers for violating GFZ signs after the shooting started- that's when they WANT the police- and the guns- there. But until the tragedy occurs- after the fact- places like NFL stadiums, baseball stadiums PROHIBIT on duty, and both off duty and retired officers- from legally carrying their own protection.
All of you are true heroes and are appreciated each and every thankless day by the silent majority. Godspeed and a quick recovery to those injured officers!
SCC, Please allow me to make this 2nd Posting on this thread. I need to make a correction to my previous comment that's above before some Internet Hall Monitor nicks me for a blatant error.
In haste, I wrote: 'cowards in Palm Beach County Florida'. Well, as we know the cowardly Sheriff Deputy wasn't in Palm Beach County Florida, he was in Broward County (The Coward In Broward).
My deepest apologies to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Dept.
ps: To the IL State Trooper who was at the scene in Aurora yesterday and posted what he experienced, THANK YOU!
Great job by the hero police! It had to be a nightmare to follow the trail of dead bodies in search of the shooter!
Even with tons of training, that has to be horrific!
I just have a couple of questions and an observation. In everything I read, there is no reason given for why the offender was being fired? Why did they have to delay the press conference for the governor’s arrival? What the heck did he have to do with it?
On the wgn news program, they couldn’t just make the responding Police heros and leave it. They had to say that, it still wasn’t determined if the Police killed the murderer, or he took his own life.....WTF!
Condolences to the families, friends and coworkers of the innocent victims.
Prayers for all and wishes for a speedy, non life altering recovery for the injured.
All involved did a good job. The response was immense. I have a buddy who works for a department 20 miles away and they sent four in two marked cars, code three all they way out I-88 and they weren't the only ones headed west on 88. The first ones accomplished entry right away, took the fire and did not give up. They forced the shooter off attack and into a defensive posture, the coward that he was. It was well handled by the local police. The chief did a good job at the Saturday news conference and we are proud and with renewed confidence in everyone.
John D. - The reason the ISP didn't pick up was because no fingerprint is required for the FOID card. When he applied to the CCW, his prints had to be submitted.
I know this is late to post but God bless all the brave LEOs that ran towards gunfire. Thankfully no death but, unfortunately, there is sure to be life-altering injuries. I also pray for the victims. Generally speaking, citizens at a job site are just making a living, they deserve no violence as they are innocent and chose a life that doesn’t require them to be a victim of violent crime nor to react with violence when necessary. That is another reason why these mass shootings piss me off so much; because some pussy wants to use a weapon and go after soft, unsuspecting targets. That’s just cowardly and pathetic.
Again, job well done to our fellow LEOs that responded, you guys were amazing.
ps: To the IL State Trooper who was at the scene in Aurora yesterday and posted what he experienced, THANK YOU!
2/17/2019 06:43:00 AM
No need to thank me. I just wanted to share what I experienced. I have never experienced that and I know many other officers never will so I wanted to try to explain the best I could what it felt like. Complete and utter chaos that we tried to sort out. I’m just happy we found him relatively quickly and without any other officers getting hurt. The potential was there to have more of us injured but the good lord watched over us. That experience will forever be with me. All in all, pay attention in these types of training scenarios, it pays off. Training is the only thing we have that may give us the upper hand. I never thought I’d be in an active shooter situation, prepare and hopefully you’ll never need it.
ISP Troop
SCC, May I also post a second comment? I just posted but didn’t read the comments first. After reading comments from officers that were present, I wish I could’ve posted the below instead.
Regarding the following LEOs who were there, two of them posted the following:
“ It will be a while before I get those images out of my head seeing those dead that I could not help.
ISP troop”
And...
“The images of the deceased laying in pools of blood will never leave our minds.”
++++
First, you are both heros. I know it sounds cliche but please consider this: you put your safety, life and mental well-being aside and rushed to stop an evil monster. Fear, adrenaline, even hesitation and negative reflection of your performance is normal but it IS NOT a negating factor that what you did is heroic and exceptional. Rather than think of the loss of life, think that if you and your brothers did not respond, the carnage would have continued. You saved many more lives; lives that were lost BECAUSE OF YOUR ACTIONS. You did not commit an act of evil. You would do anything to stop it. That is heroic and commendable.
I have been on similar scenes, but you have to clear before even rendering aid to a wounded person, this is just the way it is. You know that so don’t ever think you were wrong or could’ve done it differently. The worst for me was responding to scenes of kids shot in crossfire incidents. I admit that I cried when I got home and thought, “why couldn’t I be there to stop this?” While praying I realized that we do not decide man’a actions nor do we know man’s intent. All we can do is act, with violence if necessary, to achieve resolution. I’m not saying God gave me the answers to my sorrow/guilt for not saving people, but it sure feels like it.
I hope my words can help you cope, even a little. If not and if you are ever struggling, remember to talk about it; EAP or whatever you call your mental health support team. Talk to family, friends and other cops, troopers, Sheriffs, etc. Even though I’m CPD, I would help any LEO that needed it. Just know you are never alone and you did the right thing!!!
7;06, I am praying for U and everyone at that scene. Thank you for what you were stuck with doing. Love and prayers to U all
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