Limon CO Officer shot and killed

[ChesCopPodz]

Limon CO is the definition of small town (1700 people). One of it's biggest forms of revenue is travellers, as it is where US Rt 24 splits off of interstate 70. There is no east/west interstate into CO Springs, so anyone coming to CO Springs from the east gets off the interstate at Limon, and takes Rt 24 in to town.



This is a half hour down the road from my house, and is a very pleasant little town.



Police Officer Jay Sheridan | Limon Police Department, Colorado



Police Officer Jay Sheridan
Limon Police Department
Colorado
End of Watch: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Committed suicide

Officer Jay Sheridan was shot and killed as he and other officers
served a fugitive arrest warrant at approximately 6:10 pm.

As the officers entered the mobile home where the subject lived
the man opened fire on them, fatally wounding Officer Sheridan.
Two other officers on the scene remained in another room in the
home and called for assistance.

The subject was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
later in the evening after a SWAT team made entry into the
home.

Officer Sheridan had served with the Limon Police Department for
six years. He is survived by his wife and child.

[greg72982]

Goes to show you it really can happen anywhere. I get tired of people telling me there isn't much danger where I work because they are small towns.

That's three now in the past month killed serving a warrant. Time to reconsider tactics or just a tragic coincidence? I guess it's all a matter of opinion.


RIP

[retdetsgt]

Goes to show you it really can happen anywhere. I get tired of people telling me there isn't much danger where I work because they are small towns.

No kidding. The chief of a little town near Portland was killed by some puke last January.

Rainier's police chief shot and killed during struggle | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News - Portland, Oregon - Portland, Oregon | Local & Regional

Ranier has about a 1600 population.

In 2008, a father/son duo put a bomb in a bank trying to do a robbery. A OSP trooper and one of the city officers was killed. It has a population of about 20K.

Bomb explodes at Woodburn bank, killing a police officer and OSP bomb technician | OregonLive.com

[greg72982]

I tell people it can happen anywhere there's people.