The 911 call that Capac (MI) Chief made released...this will send chills down you

[Hockey9019]

This will send chills down your body....


Read hitnrun posted the full copy of all

http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story...c-59f2cb2c7e3f


"Get me the fire department over here," said Hawks, shot twice while investigating a complaint against 50-year-old Ronald Burke. "I'm dying. I'm dying, man. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. Hurry, I can't breathe."

In a 1-minute, 11-second call to 911 obtained by The Associated Press from the St. Clair County Central Dispatch Authority through a Freedom of Information Act request, Hawks is reassured by a dispatcher that help is on the way.

"I know buddy. Hang on, Ray," Dave Ponke said. "They're coming Ray. We have help coming.

"Can you somehow get out of the way so he can't get you anymore?"

A panting Hawks replied: "If the police car pulls up here, he can get me out of the way. Tell him to pull up here. I can't move. I can't breathe.

"Hurry, I'm dying. I'm dying. Tell them to hurry!"

The 911 audio was one of several tapes released Thursday afternoon by the Dispatch Authority.

Hawks, 64, was shot twice with a .22-caliber rifle about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. St. Clair County sheriff's deputy Tim O'Boyle suffered a grazing wound to his head after two additional shots blasted through the windshield of his police car.

"Send backup! We're both hit. Send backup!" O'Boyle yells into his radio. "Chief's down ... in front of the house. I'm hit in the head."

On a second tape, O'Boyle can be heard saying the suspect had gone back into the house.

[Wolfman]

Definitely chilling. I will tell you what impressed me though - even though the Deputy is hit in the head and the first thing he says is that his Chief is down.

[Coastie 585]

Why did you remove the link?

[hitnrun]

Put the link back!


I'll do it:

Here's the chief on 911 with his cell

http://www.thetimesherald.com/assets...P106069417.MP3

Here's some citizens calling in that officer's are down:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/p...EWS05/80417033

Here's the county radio traffic of the event:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/p...EWS05/80417033

[Group9]

It emphasizes that even when at the scene, citizens often don't realize what is happening and their perceptions of what is happening are completely wrong. When the last caller says their is a county unit that is just sitting in the road but not doing anything, I am assuming that is the other officer who has been shot in the head and is calling for assistance.

[phantasm]

The cell phone call is so horrible to listen too. Sent chills up my back.

[greenhead]

I couldn't click on the links so I went right to the webpage. Here is an editorial from the paper. Those calls made me cry. I pray for a full and speedy recovery.
__________________________________________________ ___

Never take police work for granted

Sometimes, we forget how important police officers truly are. We take the jobs they do for granted. We lose sight of the fact that they constantly put their lives at risk.

What happened to Raymond Hawks is a painful reminder. The Capac police chief was shot at about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday and seriously wounded in the arm and chest. St. Clair County Sheriff Deputy Tim O'Boyle was wounded with a grazing shot to the head.

All this resulted after Hawks tried to stop Donald Burke of Capac for reckless driving.

Police said Burke drove his car into the driveway of his home at William G. Drive, and then went into his house. Hawks, who knows Burke, requested backup from O'Boyle and a tow truck to remove Burke's vehicle. When Burke emerged from the house, he allegedly fired a rifle at Hawks and O'Boyle.
O'Boyle was treated and released from Port Huron Hospital. Hawks, whose 64th birthday was Thursday, remains in critical condition. The community's prayers are with the police chief and his family.

Adversity is a time for heroes. Thank goodness, they came forward.

Tow truck driver Mike Thorpe pulled Hawks to safety by placing him on the flatbed of the truck. Neighbor Bill Klobnock and his friend, Monica Teem, used towels to apply pressure to Hawks' wounds.

Above all, Mike Pirrone merits the community's gratitude. The owner of Mike Pirrone Produce Inc., in Mussey Township called the sheriff department about midnight Thursday to ask that deputies check his property for the shooting suspect.

Burke was discovered hiding on the floorboard of a pickup truck on the property, less than a quarter mile from his home.

The shooting suspect's arrest closed a harrowing public safety crisis that put Capac at risk.

Law enforcement officials acted responsibly. Assuming the suspect still was in his home, at least 30 police units from a variety of departments staked out Burke's house Wednesday for several hours. When police eventually entered the home with an armored vehicle from Macomb County that evening, they discovered Burke had probably left before the police perimeter was first established.

Still, the caution they used was commendable. Despite the serious crimes Burke is suspected of committing, waiting him out was a far better strategy than risking additional injuries by storming the house.

No one knows what actually led to Wednesday's shooting. At least the suspect is in custody and the public has a renewed appreciation for the jobs police officers do.

[Hockey9019]

Put the link back!


I'll do it:

Here's the chief on 911 with his cell

http://www.thetimesherald.com/assets...P106069417.MP3

Here's some citizens calling in that officer's are down:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/p...EWS05/80417033

Here's the county radio traffic of the event:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/p...EWS05/80417033

Yeah, I took off my links because they were only tid bits and I knew they were getting the full ones released. Just imagine, his wife had to hear that and how hard could that of been? I'm just surprised the 911 authority just "released" the tapes so soon, and without someone doing a FOIA request

[Hockey9019]

Capac Chief back into a coma



UPDATED: Chief Hawks back in coma

Doctors have put Capac police Chief Raymond Hawks back into a medically-induced coma after unsuccessfully attempting to take him off a ventilator, a family friend said.



Hawks remains in serious as the result of a Wednesday shooting on Capac’s William G Drive. Police have identified his shooter as Donald Burke, 50, of Capac.



Burke was arrested early Thursday and is in Port Huron Hospital for what officials only will call a “heart-related” procedure. He has not been arraignment.



Doctors may again attempt to take Hawks off his ventilator later today.

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/p...EWS05/80421008

[greenhead]

Praying for a full and speedy recovery

[RemyG]

Burke was arrested early Thursday and is in Port Huron Hospital for what officials only will call a “heart-related” procedure. He has not been arraignment.

The only heart related procedure I can see them doing is inserting a heart, because he does NOT have one. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[tward]

I was just searching on articles for this shooting, and this thread was in the top several google showed.

Figured I'd toss an un-official update in here, I heard (word of mouth from family... I haven't confirmed it) that the chief did pull through and is no longer in the hospital.

I was watching this pretty closely when it first happened, since it all went down around 10 minutes from my home, in a small town with a population under 2000. :eek:

[Pookie44]

Prayers sent...