Posted April 20, 2018 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Being a police officer is a job with inherent risks. Most officers understand those risks. Officers are killed responding to domestic disputes or pulling over dangerous people without even realizing it. It’s a tough job.

However, in Trenton, Florida, two police officers were apparently ambushed and murdered simply because of the badge they wear.

Sergeant Noel Ramirez and Deputy Taylor Lindsey, the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office deputies fatally shot in an ambush at a Chinese restaurant in Trenton, Florida, were remembered as “the best of the best” and officers who were men of integrity and loyalty.

A statement from the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Department indicated the shootings were completely unprovoked and that the deputies were executed through a window as they simply sat there eating a meal. The double shooting occurred in Trenton, Florida.

Ramirez was 30 and Lindsey was 25, Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz said at a press conference. Many details about the shooting have not been released because of the ongoing investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The sheriff called the gunman a “coward.” He was identified as John Hubert Highnote, 59, of Bell, Florida.

“They were God-fearing, and they loved what they did and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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