ROGUE GUNMAN KILLS OFFICER

A mass shooting spree takes the life of an on duty police officer and a gunman.
Shortly before sunset Bradley Thomas Arn responded to urgent calls about a gunman shooting randomly into the dark at people. At least 7 bullets riddled his car as he arrived on the scene. One bullet entered the back of Arn’s head. It killed him instantly. Less than a minute afterwards officers arrived on the scene.
The shooter started at 22nd/and Fredrick Streets, before he turned south towards Calvary Church. A total of four people were hit directly by bullets. One man was hit in his head by flying glass.
A police officer, whose name will not be released, fired a fatal shot at the shooter.
A passenger in the car behind Arn, Norma Guthrie, said that she, her daughter, and her boyfriend, George McGee, were driving behind Arn when they saw the shooter. They pulled up beside the officer so that George could try and tell him where the shooter was. Almost immediately their van was riddled with bullets. When everything cleared Norma said that she sat up and saw Arn slump over in his seat. “We heard gun shots, we ducked down. The police officer tried to get away and got hurt pretty bad. It busted our van window out and [the glass] got my boyfriend, George McGee,” a choked up Norma said.
Scared and teary eyed witnesses said that the shooter was running around randomly shooting at people and wore camouflage and had a Mohawk haircut.
Sarah Johnson was terrified and confused as she watched the scene from her kitchen window. “It sounded as if he was chanting some kind of religious incantation.” She said. “Then he hid behind a tree by the church and exchanged shots with the cops. After a couple second his head snapped back and he fell to the ground. It seemed to happen in slow motion.”
Police later said that the gunman’s pockets and backpack were overflowing with ammunition and he had a shotgun strapped to his back, along with a knife attached to his belt.
In the cross fire Jack Martin, Valerie Sharp, and Kenny Cordonier were shot and wounded.
Martin is 56 and was the worst off, receiving bullets to his chest, abdomen, and forearm. He is at the Harlem Regional Medical Center receiving extensive surgery. Doctor Kim Regal said that he will live, but will be in the hospital for a few days.
Valerie Sharp is a 28 year old elementary teacher and had shrapnel pierce her eye. She has been treated and released from the medical center.
Cordonier, an off duty fireman, was grazed on his arm and drove himself to the hospital. He, too, has been treated and released.
A resident of St. Joseph, Michael James, said, “I moved here because it was supposed to be safe. I never thought something like this could happen.”
“Officers are shocked to say the least. Having been through this before you go through the shock, you don’t believe it. It happens to other police departments, not us. In the 23 years I have been on the force, this is the first officer to die from a gunshot wound.” Commander Mike Turner said. Officials say that the last officer killed in the line of duty was in 1991, he was hit by a runaway car.
Turner pointed out that his men and women are trained for such an event and will pull through this ordeal.
Arn is survived by his wife and twin daughters. Details concerning funeral arrangements have not yet been decided on.
Another major press conference will be held tomorrow morning at 10a.m.