Joe Durkin
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Joe Durkin
backed barrel bedroom chance door officers raise return ringing shoot shots shut slammed soon stop threat
Officers did not have a chance to return fire. As soon as the bedroom door started opening, he started to raise the barrel of the gun. The door immediately slammed shut and as the officers backed out to get some cover, shots started ringing out. They never had a chance to stop the threat and shoot the suspect.
chased mistake police run tackled took trying
He makes the mistake of trying to run from the home. And a police K-9 chased him down and tackled him and took him to the ground.
boulevard crossing kennedy sees traffic tragedy
He sees that they're crossing into westbound Kennedy Boulevard traffic and he was not going to let a tragedy happen.
detectives offer stepped
Once the offer was made for cash, detectives stepped in.
appears notices pull robbery starts trying until
It wasn't until the robbery was underway that it appears that he notices the cameras. And at that point, he starts trying to pull down the cameras, and he didn't disable them all.
brought forced tragic
We don't know if he forced her at gunpoint or if she brought him willingly. It's just a tragic set of circumstances.