{"id":9279,"date":"2015-03-03T20:12:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T01:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2015-03-11T20:39:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T00:39:46","slug":"lake-wales-police-officers-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9279","title":{"rendered":"Lake Wales Police Officers Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>News agencies are reporting that two Lake Wales police officers have been shot while responding to an “active shooter” incident.\u00a0 The Lake Wales Police Department and Polk County Sheriff’s Office have a suspect in custody. \u00a0A PCSO spokesperson stated no one “was seriously or critically injured” at the call. \u00a0Neighbors on Hillside Avenue said there had been numerous gunshots from the area.\u00a0 I hope the officers will make a full recovery…<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n

Update: \u00a0This was a straight-up ambush. \u00a0Suspect John Goepferich called 911, saying there was someone shooting in his house. \u00a0When Ofc’s John Schwartze and Benjamin Metz arrived, they were hit by gunfire from Goepferich’s 9mm pistol. \u00a0In all, the suspect shot at 12 LEO’s. \u00a0Five Lake Wales officers returned fire, striking the suspect. \u00a0Ofc’s Schwartze and Metz suffered non-life threatening injuries, as did Goepferich. \u00a0Goepferich is facing 12 counts of attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer. \u00a0Good work by the officers surviving and prevailing in this cowardly attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News agencies are reporting that two Lake Wales police officers have been shot while responding to an “active shooter” incident.\u00a0 The Lake Wales Police Department and Polk County Sheriff’s Office have a suspect in custody. \u00a0A PCSO spokesperson stated no one “was seriously or critically injured” at the call. \u00a0Neighbors on Hillside Avenue said there had been numerous gunshots from the area.\u00a0 I hope the officers will make a full recovery… Randall Update: \u00a0This was a straight-up ambush. \u00a0Suspect John Goepferich called 911, saying there was someone shooting in his house. \u00a0When Ofc’s John Schwartze and Benjamin Metz arrived, they were hit by gunfire from Goepferich’s 9mm pistol. \u00a0In all, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-safety","category-street"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t