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Officer Patrick O'Rourke; West Bloomfield PD; MI; EOW: 09-09-12
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Police Officer Patrick O'Rourke
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Incident Details:
Police Officer Patrick O'Rourke was shot and killed while making entry into a home on Forest Edge Lane after responding to a domestic dispute and reports of shots fired inside the house. He and four other officers had responded to the initial call shortly after 10:00 pm. Several family members who had been in the home had exited it prior to the arrival of the officers and informed them the man inside may have committed suicide. The officers entered the home and made their way to the bedroom. Before entering the bedroom, they called out the subject's name, but were met with gunfire through the bedroom door and walls. Officer O'Rourke was sruck by the gunfire and was critcally wounded. He was transported to McLarenHospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. The subject was found dead inside the home the following evening following an entry by members of the Special Response Team. Officer O'Rourke had served with the West Bloomfield Police Department for 12 years. Officer O'Rourke is survived by his wife, four children, parents, three brothers and grandfather.
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace, Brother!! My Condolences to the Family, Friends and Co-Workers!!!
In GOD We Trust (All others get searched, then checked through NCIC) MODERATOR #10
IN HONOR OF OUR FALLEN |
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| Posted 9 months ago Condolences to the Family, Department, and the Community he served, on their tragic loss. Rest in Peace,Officer O'Rourke... You may now stand down.
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest In Peace Officer O'Rourke. My prayers go to your family and friends. |
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| Posted 9 months ago R.I.P. Brother |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace Officer O'Rourke. My thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to his family, friends and department. |
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| Posted 9 months ago Deepest condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Patrick O"Rourke. R..I.P. |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace Brother! Prayers of strength and support to family, friends and the agency for their loss... |
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| Posted 9 months ago RIP Officer O'Rourke. http://www.iamsorryivotedforobama.com/ How's that HOPE and CHANGE working out for you? What would you do for a Klondike bar? |
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| Posted 9 months ago RIP |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace. May God watch over your family and department. |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace Patrick O'Rourke |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace Brother ! |
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| Posted 9 months ago rest in peace. |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace Officer O'Rourke. Thank you for your service. My thooughts and prayers are with the family and the West Bloomfield PD. |
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| Posted 9 months ago RIP |
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| Posted 9 months ago R.I.P. Officer Patrick O'Rourke. PL MENTORING TEAM MEMBER "Don't underestimate the drawing power of the Garden State." From the film "Dogma" Trying to stay sane in an insane world... |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in Peace Officer O'Rourke. May God be with your family and friends. |
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| Posted 9 months ago Rest in peace Officer O'Rourke.... My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and co-workers.... |
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| Posted 8 months ago Rest in peace, Officer O'Rourke. my condolences to your family and the West Bloomfield Police Department. |
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| Posted 8 months ago Rest In Peace Brother !! |
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| Posted 8 months ago May this offlicer and all who know and love him find peace. Thank you for your service, sir. "I have a strict gun control policy. If there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it." - Clint Eastwood |
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| Posted 8 months ago My thoughts and prayers go to the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Patrick O'Rourke. May they find comfort knowing he performed his duties as a Law Enforcement Officer with pride, bravery, and integrity, he is at peace.
Rest in Peace Officer O'Rourke
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| Posted 8 months ago My thoughts and prayers go to the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Patrick O'Rourke. May they find comfort knowing he performed his duties as a Law Enforcement Officer with pride, bravery, and integrity, he is at peace.
Rest in Peace Officer O'Rourke
"God created man, Sam Colt made them equal. ..... " “No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.” ~ J. Edgar Hoover "The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair." ~ J. Edgar Hoover |
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| Posted 8 months ago Rest In Peace Brother! |
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| Posted 8 months ago RIP "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, they just know so much that isn't so..."
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| Posted 8 months ago Rest in peace, Officer O'Rourke...heartfelt prayers to family, friends, and co-workers during this difficult time... TasiaB. |
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| Posted 8 months ago Condolences to the family, friends and fellow officers. Thank you for your dedicated service. Gone, but not forgotten. R.I.P. Officer O'Rourke. |
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| Posted 8 months ago RIP |
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| Posted 8 months ago Our beloved Brother, as you now patrol the streets of Heaven, may you look |
