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Police Station Shooter's Motive Was 'Suicide By Cop'

By "eAdvocate"

1-25-2011 Michigan: 4 Officers Shot Sunday; 2 Still Hospitalized DETROIT -- Local 4 has learned that Detroit police believe the motive behind the 38-year-old man who opened fire inside a police station Sunday, wounding four officers, was to be killed. "There's nothing in this that makes sense, at all," Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee told reporters during a news conference on the case. Godbee said Monday that the motive was unclear. However, Local 4 learned on Monday that there is an ongoing sex crime investigation involving the gunman, who police said was Lamar Deshea Moore. The ongoing sex crime investigation, coupled with the fact that Moore entered the station armed, has led police to believe he walked into the station on Sunday with the intent of being shot and killed by officers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).