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YOU GOT TO BE SHITTING ME!
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Sounds like they might got him..It was a toyota..
TAMPA - A Tampa police officer is dead and another is on life support after being shot this morning during a traffic stop.
A massive search is under way for the suspects – a man and woman in a red 1994 Toyota Camry.
The dead officer, Jeffrey Kocab, had been with the department for about 14 months, coming from the Plant City Police Department. Kocab, 31, leaves behind a wife who is nine months pregnant.
The injured officer, Dave Curtis, also 31, has been with the department for almost four years. The former Hillsborough County jail deputy has a wife and four sons, ages 9 years to 8 months.
"This is an unbelievable tragedy for these families and for the larger family of TPD and for the larger family of the city of Tampa," Mayor Pam Iorio said. "Our hearts are just breaking. It is so very tragic."
The incident began about 2:15 a.m. when Curtis pulled over the Toyota, which was missing a tag, near 50th Street and 23rd Avenue, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. The male passenger was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant out of Jacksonville for a worthless check, so Curtis called for backup and Kocab came to the scene.
It appears that both officers were shot in the upper body as they approached the passenger side of the Toyota.
The officers made no radio transmissions.
Six minutes later, someone called 911 to say two officers had been shot.
At a nearby Shell gas station, Chris Arline was walking her dog when she heard "pop-pop, pop-pop."
Arline, 49, said she walked north on 49th Street and saw a police officer performing CPR.
"This is terrible," Arline said. "They shot this man and left him for dead."
Curtis and Kocab were rushed to Tampa General Hospital. A steady stream of officers arrived at the hospital before dawn, some grim-faced and others hugging comrades.
Police Chief Jane Castor said both officers were on the midnight shift.
She said Kocab, a former Plant City Officer of the Year, was looking forward to becoming a father. His wife, Sara, is due next week.
In May 2007, Kocab told The Tampa Tribune that he loved "being able to bring my energy to the street. I love to get the bad guys."
Kocab is the second Tampa officer killed in the line of duty in the past year; Cpl. Mike Roberts was fatally shot Aug. 19.
"We're a very close family," Castor said outside Tampa General. "We're still reeling from the death of Cpl. Mike Roberts and to have such a tragedy as this is very difficult. We have the families upstairs right now and we've surrounded them with the TPD family."
Hillsborough deputies are helping search for the Camry's occupants. The driver is a black female. The passenger is a black man in his mid- to late 20s. He's about 5-foot-10 and 150 to 170 pounds. He has a 1-inch afro and was last seen wearing brown shorts, a white shirt, a black vest and white sneakers, McElroy said.
It's the second time in a week that officers have been shot during traffic stops in the Tampa Bay area.
Two Polk County deputies were shot early Friday in Lakeland after stopping a man riding a bicycle in an area plagued by thefts.
The officers' conditions are improving.
The bicyclist was killed at the scene.
Stay with TBO.com for updates.YOU GOT TO BE SHITTING ME!
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Originally posted by CarpetMuncher View PostSounds like they might got him..It was a toyota..
TAMPA - A Tampa police officer is dead and another is on life support after being shot this morning during a traffic stop.
Second cop has died as well.Member, National Sarcasm Society. Like we need your support.
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