Deputy killed Marine out of fear for children's safety, officials say

February 10, 2012 | 10:31pm
A veteran Orange County sheriff’s deputy feared for the safety of two young girls sitting in a parked car when he shot and killed a Marine sergeant in a dark parking lot near San Clemente High School, authorities said Friday.

Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr. was shot early Tuesday as he started to get into the SUV where his two daughters -- 9 and 14 -- were sitting, authorities said. Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the department, said the deputy was fearful that Loggins -- who he said appeared to be acting irrationally -- was about to drive off with the girls.

"The real threat that was perceived was the safety of the children," Amormino said.

"The deputy formed an opinion that he had a deep concern for the children, that he would not allow Mr. Loggins to drive away with the kids," Amormino said.

A former commanding officer said Loggins routinely went to the school with his daughters during the early-morning hours to walk the track and read the Bible.

Amormino said Loggins was not armed and that it doesn’t appear the incident was alcohol- or drug-related.

The shooting is being investigated by the Orange County district attorney's office. The deputy, a 15-year veteran, is on paid leave, which is routine in officer-involved shootings.
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So why didn't this cop call for some back up for God's sake?

What a tragedy!  

happening too frequently these days....tazor then backup

judgement on the part of law these days is injuring and killing too many citizens these days.

yes, the law may be at risk.....but, a conclusion takes over and "not being able to go home

after my shift" becomes a reality.

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So why didn't this cop call for some back up for God's sake?

What a tragedy!  

BECAUSE HE/SHE IS TRAINED....in such matters.....

I am thrilled Police get to assassinate people just because. What one cop "sees" may be a whole world of biased and unclear thinking. I wonder if the cop was drug tested? No, that would never happen.


I would suggest that second degree murder charges be filed and that the cop get the gas chamber. He has no evidence that there was any reason to execute the man. Maybe he didn't like his race. Who knows. This was second degree murder. It was not manslaughter. He saw the man and he made a determination to execute him with some degree of pre-planned intent. If it were the other way around it would be charged that way. The badge does not make him innocent.

as I said in above *tic*....'trained'

Looks like all that praying really paid off

Quoted from A Better Rotterdam

Looks like all that praying really paid off

A unarmed Marine who defends our country is murdered in cold blood by a government official in front of his two children and all this low-life piece of human excrement can do is make a joke about him being killed because he is a Christian and otherwise deserves it? THIS is why I HATE DEMOCRAP PIECES OF sh*t LIKE YOU- "betterrotterdam."

You are filth. I hope no one murders you in front of your kids. Really. All that "lack" of praying will have then paid off, you piece of leftist scum.

Quoted from A Better Rotterdam

Looks like all that praying really paid off

You really are a piece of scum

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (KPNX) -- An Arizona man was shot to death by police Tuesday while holding his grandson.

Police say 50-year-old John Loxas was holding his grandchild in his arms as he walked around his Scottsdale neighborhood Tuesday night threatening neighbors and police.


"There were at least three officers in position to engage the suspect. At least one of the officers thought he saw something in the suspect's hands," said Sgt. Mark Clark.

Loxas was standing outside of his home with his grandchild still in his arms when Officer James Peters fired one shot to the head, killing the suspect.

Police say the 9-month-old boy was not injured during the shooting.

Officers also escaped unharmed.

Some neighbors are now questioning the officers actions.

Investigators say the officers on the scene thought Loxas was holding a gun.

Detectives did not find a weapon on Loxas following the shooting, but did locate several firearms inside the home.

Officer Peters, who fired the fatal shot, has been involved in seven shootings over the past decade.

Shoot first, ask questions later .. great mentality.

GFY! I ALWAYS back the law enforcement community AND First Responders! As to the Nayboobs - they suck..

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CULPEPER, Va. (WUSA) -- An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Culpeper, Virginia is contradicting the State Police version of the story.

Kris Buchele says he saw a Culpeper Town Police officer shoot 54-year-old Patricia Cook to death in the Epiphany Catholic School parking lot at around 10 a.m. Thursday, February 9.

Buchele is a carpenter who was working on the house next door. He says he heard loud arguing outside and looked through a window where he had a clear view of the school parking lot. Cook was in her Jeep Wrangler .

State police say Cook rolled up the window, catching the officer's arm inside, and then dragged him.

Buchele says it didn't happen that way. He describes an encounter which looked and sounded like the officer shooting a person a point blank range, not because he feared for his life, but because the woman did not obey his order to stop rolling up the window.

"He was right next to the vehicle. He had one hand on the door handle and one hand on his weapon. And she was rolling the window up. And they were exiting out of the parkng lot.

The window was half way up he said 'stop or I'll shoot.' I really didn't think he was going to do it. But she got the window all the way up and that's when he shot. And then she took a left out of the parking lot here and he stepped out in the street and fired five more times," said Buchele.