2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers
On April 4, 2009, a shootout occurred at 1016 Fairfield Street[2] in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, stemming from a mother and her 22-year-old son's argument over a dog urinating in the house.
[5] According to Pittsburgh Police Chief Nathan Harper, Poplawski was armed with a semi-automatic AK-47-style rifle, a Savage 67 12-gauge shotgun, a .22-caliber Mossberg 702 Plinkster semi-automatic rifle and two handguns (a 4-inch Dan Wesson Model 14 .357 Magnum revolver and a .380-caliber Bersa Thunder 380 handgun), protected by a bulletproof vest, and had been lying in wait for the officers.
[10] At 7:03 a.m., officers Paul Sciullo and Stephen Mayhle of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police responded to a 9-1-1 call from Poplawski's mother over a domestic disturbance.
[12] Almost immediately thereafter, the assailant switched to his AK-47, and Officer Mayhle was also shot multiple times, with a fatal bullet going into the head.
[5] Officer Eric Kelly, on his way home after completing his overnight shift, heard the call for help and arrived at the scene.
[16] Richard Andrew Poplawski (born September 12, 1986)[17] lived with his mother and grandmother in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Poplawski had previously enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, but he was discharged from boot camp after throwing a food tray at a drill instructor.
[20] After he returned home, he adopted two pit bull mixes from a local animal shelter, one of which would later urinate on his mother's carpet, triggering the April 4 shootings.
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[23][24] Poplawski had reportedly posted a picture of his tattoo, a "deliberately Americanized version of the iron eagle" to the website, as well as a link to a YouTube video of Congressman Ron Paul discussing with Fox News host Glenn Beck the rumored existence of FEMA-managed concentration camps.
[29] On April 6, Governor Ed Rendell announced that flags at all state buildings would be flown at half-staff until the end of the week.
Management in the Allegheny County 9-1-1 Center contend that the dispatcher meant to relay that no weapons were involved in the dispute.
The county's Chief for Emergency Services stated that the 9-1-1 operator had been on the job for less than a year, including training, and was placed on administrative leave and offered counseling.
He told police that he planned for the officers to kill him, but changed his mind and surrendered, hoping he could write a book in prison.
[32] In the hours after the standoff ended, during interviews with detectives, Poplawski bragged about his actions, telling them he thought he might have killed as many as five officers.
A county judge ordered police investigators, attorneys, court and jail personnel to not discuss the case with the media.
Poplawski's trial was originally scheduled to start on October 12, 2010,[41] but was delayed until April 25, 2011, due to a defense request for additional time to address the death penalty aspect of the case.
[45][46] Poplawski is currently incarcerated at SCI Somerset, a medium security prison on Pennsylvania, awaiting his administrative execution date by lethal injection.
