About a week ago Chief Steven Fleming fell off a ladder while working in the evidence room at the Gainesville Police Department. The Chief fought for his life for several days, but eventually lost the battle on November 1st. While his death did not occur in a way commonly associated with peace officer deaths, he died in the performance of his duties, nonetheless. I join hundreds of other Texans in offering my condolences to his family and to the officers serving under him. Chief Fleming leaves behind a wife and daughter. May the Good Shepherd comfort them as only he can.
In something I have never done before, I honor the memory of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Screening Officer Gerardo Hernandez. My own feelings about this agency's mission aside, I join millions of other Americans who are shocked and saddened that an unarmed officer (and indeed most people know that TSA Screening Officers are not armed) was so coldly targeted by the murderer, then shot again several times as he lay wounded at his post. The gunman is seen on video about to leave the fallen officer's vicinity, but upon seeing that the officer was still moving, turns around and calmly fires more rounds into the officer's body. Officer Hernandez is the only TSA screening officer to be killed in the line of duty in the entire history of the agency's existence. The shooter clearly came to LAX with sole intention of killing TSA screening officers, and it was only by chance that one TSA officer died, as several others were hit before the shooter himself was shot by police officers. I send my deepest sympathy to Mrs. Hernandez and her children, and to Officer Hernandez's fellow workers.
In something I have never done before, I honor the memory of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Screening Officer Gerardo Hernandez. My own feelings about this agency's mission aside, I join millions of other Americans who are shocked and saddened that an unarmed officer (and indeed most people know that TSA Screening Officers are not armed) was so coldly targeted by the murderer, then shot again several times as he lay wounded at his post. The gunman is seen on video about to leave the fallen officer's vicinity, but upon seeing that the officer was still moving, turns around and calmly fires more rounds into the officer's body. Officer Hernandez is the only TSA screening officer to be killed in the line of duty in the entire history of the agency's existence. The shooter clearly came to LAX with sole intention of killing TSA screening officers, and it was only by chance that one TSA officer died, as several others were hit before the shooter himself was shot by police officers. I send my deepest sympathy to Mrs. Hernandez and her children, and to Officer Hernandez's fellow workers.
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