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Two police officers in West Memphis, Arkansas were shot and killed during a traffic stop on May 20, 2010. Police identified and killed two suspects, identified as Jerry Kane, Jr., and his son, Joseph Kane. The two were later identified as members of the sovereign citizen movement.〔("Deadly Arkansas Shooting By 'Sovereigns' Jerry and Joe Kane Who Shun U.S. Law" ), by Dan Harris, ABC News, July 1, 2010.〕 ==Details== Around 11:36 a.m. CDT, West Memphis police officer Bill Evans initiated a traffic stop on a white Plymouth Voyager minivan that was travelling on Interstate 40 eastbound toward Airport Road. According to a spokesperson for the Arkansas State Police, Officer Evans was "running drug interdiction", and the vehicle had license plates from Ohio. Sergeant Brandon Paudert provided backup for Evans. Upon Paudert's arrival at the scene, Evans attempted to frisk Jerry Kane. Suddenly, Kane turned and attacked Evans in a scuffle down an embankment into a ditch. At that moment, Joe Kane emerged from the passenger door of the van and opened fire with an AK-47 variant. Paudert ran to the rear of Evans' police cruiser and returned fire with three shots from his .40-caliber handgun through the windows and taillight of Evans' cruiser, in an attempt to hit Kane firing from the other side. He then took cover behind the hood of his cruiser which was parked directly behind Evans' cruiser. Kane then fired multiple shots from his AK-47 variant through the hood of the car, striking Paudert in the head with a ricochet. Both officers were fatally wounded; Paudert, 39, died at the scene, and Evans, 38, died at the hospital. The suspects returned to their van and sped away. A FedEx driver from Houston witnessed the shooting and called 911; neither officer could make an "officer down" call.〔 As officers of other Arkansas law enforcement agencies — including the State Police and Fish and Game Commission — began searching for the suspects, Crittenden County Sheriff Dick Busby and Chief Enforcement Officer W. A. Wren stopped a minivan believed to be the suspects' at a Wal-Mart Supercenter.〔 Authorities also searched many vehicles on I-40 for the suspects.〔 Busby and Wren were then allegedly shot by one or more of the suspects, leading to a shootout.〔 Dozens of other officers surrounded the van, and the Kanes were shot to death. Busby was shot in the arm, and Wren in the abdomen; both were taken to The Regional Medical Center (in Memphis, Tennessee) and survived.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 West Memphis police shootings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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