It is going to be a long deadly summer for law enforcement.
Via Cincinnati Com
The call came in at 9:03 a.m. Friday – an urgent description of a belligerent man with a gun.
Seven minutes later, a second call followed, and after that, the normally peaceful intersection of Roe Street and Whetsel Avenue in Madisonville descended into chaos.
When it was over, Cincinnati Police Officer Sonny Kim – a decorated and well-liked cop of 27 years – was dead. The father of three wasn’t supposed to be on duty Friday, but he’d been tapped to work overtime in a city that’s combating an uptick in crime.
Also killed was 21-year-old suspect Trepierre Hummons, who police said made those 911 calls on himself while pretending to be a simple bystander. He wanted to die at an officer’s hand, Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said, and had even texted friends about his plan.
Hummons left what appears to be a farewell message on his public Facebook page that read: “I love every last one of y’all to whoever has been in my life … you’re the real mvp.” The time stamp on the message was 8:55 a.m.[…]
The seeds of the confrontation may have been planted just after midnight Friday, about nine hours before the shooting started. Police say that’s when a woman filed a sex offense report against Hummons.
Hummons’ mother would later tell police her son was having trouble with his girlfriend and wasn’t behaving like himself. Early that morning, he’d sent an ominous text message to friends: “I really love you and thank you for all you’ve ever done for me.”
Hummons was no stranger to police. He spent three months in juvenile detention four years ago, when he was 17, after robbing a man’s home at gunpoint and then stealing his car. His adult record included numerous traffic tickets and a disorderly conduct charge.
Police said he also was a member of the Clutch Gang, which operates in Madisonville.
His mother, though, just wanted to find her son. She went looking for him sometime before 9 a.m. and found him in the street, shortly before Kim arrived.
As Hummons approached Kim, police say, Hummons’ mother stood between the two men and told Kim, “I’ll take him home.” Then her son drew his gun. And Kim – who was wearing an armored vest – drew his.