Did A Lack Of Information Send Palm Spring Officers Into An Ambush?

By Bob Owens

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the murder of two Palm Springs police officers who were responding to a domestic violence call this past Saturday.

A domestic violence call that ended the lives of two California police officers last weekend was the kind of report that many authorities say they hate and fear the most.

For no matter how much training and experience officers receive, they often have little idea what awaits them when they approach the scene of such a disturbance.

“You never know all the facts until you get there. And you never know what’s on the other side of that door,” said Erroll Southers, a former police officer and FBI special agent who is currently director of the Homegrown Violent Studies Program at the University of Southern California.

Police say Palm Springs Officers Jose “Gil” Gilbert Vega and Lesley Zerebny had just asked John Felix to come out of his family’s home Saturday when he opened fire through the closed front door.

A neighborhood home surveillance system recorded the sound of dozens of gunshots echoing through the ordinarily quiet neighborhood. Its camera did not show the officers.

Vega and Zerebny were killed and a third officer was treated for a gunshot …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms