Dramatic footage showing a shootout between 2 police officers and a suspect in Middlefield, Ohio has just surfaced.
Officers Brandon Savage and Erin Thomas pulled over 42-year old James L. Gil Gilkerson for a routine traffic stop on March 10, 2013. While the cops ran his plates, Gilkerson suddenly exits his vehicle with a semi-automatic rifle and fires round after round at the two officers, who are still in their patrol car.
Savage and Thomas managed to return fire, killing Gilkerson in the process.
Officer Thomas, who had just been hired weeks before the incident suffered a gunshot to her hand. Officer Savage was shot in the leg. Both were treated and released from an area hospital.
James L. Gil Gilkerson
Authorities still have no idea why Gilkerson opened fire on the officers.
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