Its been a bad couple of weeks for law enforcement in the United States.

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Been Around the Block
And here is the latest casualty...

Its been a bad couple weeks for law enforcement. Its also pretty rare that soemthing like this actually gets captured on video in the United States.

If you look closely, there is a blurred out rectangle in the footage, in front of the silver airsteam trailer. That is Deputy Hopper, shot once in the head/face region with a 12 gauge shotgun. She was caught by surprise by the suspect while photographing evidence on the ground outside of the trialer.

YouTube - Deputy, gunman killed, police officer wounded in standoff at trailer park in Enon, Ohio


Deputy Sheriff Suzanne Waughtel Hopper
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Ohio
End of Watch: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Cause: Gunfire
Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: 12-69
Deputy Sheriff Suzanne Hopper was shot and killed after responding to a call of a window being shot out at a trailer park in Enon.

While conducting a preliminary investigation, Deputy Hopper observed a footprint and took out a camera to photograph it. As she was taking photographs, a male opened the door to his trailer and fired one shot at Deputy Hopper with a shotgun, killing her.

Additional deputies and officers from area police departments arrived at the scene and surrounded the trailer. A standoff ensued in which dozens of shots were fired between the suspect and officers. A police officer from the GermanTownship Police Department was wounded and the suspect was ultimately killed during the shootout.

Deputy Hopper had served with the Clark County Sheriff's Office for 12 years. She is survived by her husband and two children.


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Visit Deputy Sheriff Hopper's memorial at www.ODMP.org
 
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