Rebecca
06-22-2000, 10:14 PM
Don first brought this sad news to us in another thread. Flagstaff is feeling the pain of it's first line of duty death. Officer Jeff may be the first, but he is still... one too many.
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*Police Officer Jeff Moritz
Flagstaff Police Department, AZ
Cause of Death: Gunfire
End of Watch: June 21, 2000
Date of Incident: June 21, 2000
Time of Incident: 0445 hours
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 4 yr
Suspect Info: Arrested later in the day
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Officer Moritz was shot and killed after responding to a noise complaint in an upscale neighborhood during the early morning hours. Several residents had called the police to report that a pickup truck was repeatedly driving up and down the street playing loud music. Officer Moritz responded and stopped the pickup truck. Several minutes later he made an emergency broadcast that he had been shot. A total of five shots were fired at Officer Moritz, who never drew or fired his weapon.
Several neighbors administered CPR and Officer Moritz was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was wearing a bulletproof vest but one round struck him in the left shoulder, severing an artery. The 17-year-old suspect fled the scene but was identified and later arrested after a short foot chase. Officer Moritz had been with the agency for four years and is survived by his wife and two-year-old daughter.
*as reported by the ODMP
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May God bless this man's widow and child... and may he rest in peace.
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*Police Officer Jeff Moritz
Flagstaff Police Department, AZ
Cause of Death: Gunfire
End of Watch: June 21, 2000
Date of Incident: June 21, 2000
Time of Incident: 0445 hours
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 4 yr
Suspect Info: Arrested later in the day
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Officer Moritz was shot and killed after responding to a noise complaint in an upscale neighborhood during the early morning hours. Several residents had called the police to report that a pickup truck was repeatedly driving up and down the street playing loud music. Officer Moritz responded and stopped the pickup truck. Several minutes later he made an emergency broadcast that he had been shot. A total of five shots were fired at Officer Moritz, who never drew or fired his weapon.
Several neighbors administered CPR and Officer Moritz was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was wearing a bulletproof vest but one round struck him in the left shoulder, severing an artery. The 17-year-old suspect fled the scene but was identified and later arrested after a short foot chase. Officer Moritz had been with the agency for four years and is survived by his wife and two-year-old daughter.
*as reported by the ODMP
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May God bless this man's widow and child... and may he rest in peace.
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