Park Ranger killed during felony stop

This is simply atrocious.

odmp.org/officer/21076-park…

And the nutcase is still uncaught

Wow, sad day.

she was a mother of 2 young ones as well.....

I guess the nutcase is the suspect in a triple shooting that occured earlier that day, then he fled to the park.

Kinda scary considerinng there's a bunch of people still in the park and unaware they may encounter someone with a screw loose.

How could he have possibly "escaped"?? For F's sake, he was being pursued for some time, they had set up a "road block", et al. AND he's within the Park boundary.
Sure look forward to hearing/reading about this one. . . .<

Umph,

There is no fence that houses the "park boundary." He could walk in most any direction and remain unseen in the forest.

Umph! wrote:How could he have possibly "escaped"?? For F's sake, he was being pursued for some time, they had set up a "road block", et al. AND he's within the Park boundary. Sure look forward to hearing/reading about this one. . . .<

The park is 388 square miles. Of mostly forested terrain. Without a fence!

I think I read that the roadblock was unrelated to the shootings. Still I question whether Park Service law enforcement rangers, even if armed, are adequately prepared to pursue someone who runs a roadblock, rather than calling in the police. Latest news is that the guy killed himself.

Very sad, my heart goes out to her husband and kids. That poor guy was on duty and had to hear her on the radio after she had been shot. How gut wrenching.

I was pulled over by a park ranger in Rainer last year, they struck me as legit law enforcement, capable of the same expectations as other law enforcement agencies. A long ways from Smokey the Bear with a gun. She was a seasoned officer.

Life is precious. Enjoy it as you live it with an open and seeing heart and help others to do the same.

This innocent woman's family needs your thoughts, compassion, and prayers or reflections.

I'm so sorry for her loss.

I have friends that are Forest Service LEOs. Park Service is no different. For training they attend the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia for 4 months and then go in the field to train with other officers before going on their own. You'd be amazed at the crap they have to deal with. Booby trapped marijuana fields, meth labs, drunken hunters, militias are all a part of it. And the fact that they work alone in isolated areas makes them extremely aware of their surroundings.

So yes they are qualified to do law enforcement work. That is their job.

Sad day is right.

Poor kids and husband. This is absolutely terrible.

Gunman is dead.

cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57…

"He apparently died after trudging into chest-deep snow while trying to elude snowshoe-wearing SWAT team members and other police who were on his trail."

Fitting end.

Without a doubt, the sickest part of this article:

"Unbeknownst to Ranger Anderson, the suspect was wanted for shooting four people in a nearby community the previous day."

Admittedly, the officer may have had her roadblock for something totally unrelated; for all I know it could have been something as benign as to prevent people from bringing wood out of the forest with them. However, the intra and inter agency communication needs to be at work here. First of all, if it was known by anyone in the state of Washington that a murderous gunman was on the loose, you'd think an all points bulletin would be sent out to all law enforcement with the pertinent information such as a physical description, vehicle, etc.

Secondly, if the Park Rangers had already attempted to stop this guy and he fled, you'd think that they would have let the other rangers in the park know, "Hey, guy who looks like BLANK driving a BLANK is on the run headed in BLANK direction." I'm not saying a more efficient distribution of this information necessarily would have changed the outcome, but am I the only one who sees a serious issue here? Not to turn this into a rant against law enforcement, but as the agencies charged with protecting the general population and enforcing the law, the ignorance never ceases to amaze me. A single female officer charged with stopping vehicles is given no information of a deranged gunman in her vicinity...This is arguably negligence and if I was a WA state attorney, I'd be talking to her family right now about a potential suit.

Condolences to the family of course...

TheBirdman wrote:Without a doubt, the sickest part of this article: "Unbeknownst to Ranger Anderson, the suspect was wanted for shooting four people in a nearby community the previous day." Admittedly, the officer may have had her roadblock for something totally unrelated; for all I know it could have been something as benign as to prevent people from bringing wood out of the forest with them. However, the intra and inter agency communication needs to be at work here. First of all, if it was known by anyone in the state of Washington that a murderous gunman was on the loose, you'd think an all points bulletin would be sent out to all law enforcement with the pertinent information such as a physical description, vehicle, etc. Secondly, if the Park Rangers had already attempted to stop this guy and he fled, you'd think that they would have let the other rangers in the park know, "Hey, guy who looks like BLANK driving a BLANK is on the run headed in BLANK direction." I'm not saying a more efficient distribution of this information necessarily would have changed the outcome, but am I the only one who sees a serious issue here? Not to turn this into a rant against law enforcement, but as the agencies charged with protecting the general population and enforcing the law, the ignorance never ceases to amaze me. A single female officer charged with stopping vehicles is given no information of a deranged gunman in her vicinity...This is arguably negligence and if I was a WA state attorney, I'd be talking to her family right now about a potential suit. Condolences to the family of course...

I think she knew the car was on the run, just didn't know who was behind the wheel. Sad either way

David Sahalie wrote:gunman was a vet... and the armed forces are still debating if PTSD is real.

They know it's real. What they ARE debating is the most effective way to keep the public from realizing how staggering the long term social cost of war really is.

Tragic story all around. Tragic that such awful acts were committed. Tragic that people who serve our country so often can't get the help they need when they get home. Tragic that there is no doubt someone working to bury these events alongside the dead so their memory doesn't make it harder to start another war later on, thus ensuring that society doesn't learn from our mistakes and will repeat them.

wendy weiss wrote:I think I read that the roadblock was unrelated to the shootings. Still I question whether Park Service law enforcement rangers, even if armed, are adequately prepared to pursue someone who runs a roadblock, rather than calling in the police. Latest news is that the guy killed himself.

Where I'm from the police officers aren't all that prepared to handle this kind of situation either. It's sad that the people that we expect to protect us get such little training and pay.

It's even more sad that things like this happen. Thoughts are w/ her family.

wendy weiss wrote:Still I question whether Park Service law enforcement rangers, even if armed, are adequately prepared to pursue someone who runs a roadblock, rather than calling in the police.

NPS enforcement rangers are police, with the same training and equipment, though they have a somewhat different job description and work environment. There are always issues with getting info from other agencies in a timely manner- here in Boulder there are often "officer safety information" messages broadcast on the dispatch channels, sometimes starting with a page tone to get people's attention- it's usually for armed suspects within a certain radius who are thought to be headed in our direction. Sometimes they'll also do a role call at the end of the broadcast to make sure everyone heard it. I have no idea what the protocol is in western WA.

May God bless Margaret Anderson and her family, friends and fellow officers who have to deal with this.

A bunch of us over at CascadeClimbers.com are brainstorming a way to set up a memorial fund for her. If you guys have any ideas please feel free to chime in.

It looks like mother nature took care of it Article Here

In the story it says "The suspect's body was found the following day about six miles from the initial shooting scene.

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