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COLLEEN WAIBEL
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/98killed.pdf
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 1998
A 44-year-old officer with the Portland Police Bureau was shot and killed at
approximately noon on January 27 while attempting entry to an alleged drug
house. The forced entry was initiated because police suspected that an occupant of
the house was destroying evidence by burning marijuana plants. As police were
making their entry, the assailant fired at least 17 rounds from a 7.62 x 39 mm
semiautomatic rifle through an interior door, striking three officers. The victim
officer, with over 6 years of law enforcement experience, was fatally wounded
when bullets penetrated her protective vest and entered her chest. Her two
partners, both also injured, returned fire as they were retreating. One of their
bullets hit the alleged shooter in the left upper chest area and severed his spine.
The 37-year-old male was then arrested and charged with Aggravated Murder and
numerous other offenses. He committed suicide approximately one month after
being incarcerated.
http://www.odmp.org/year.php?year=1998&Submit=Go
http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=15041
Officer Colleen Ann Waibel
Portland Police Bureau, OR
Date of Incident: Tuesday, January 27, 1998
Weapon Used: Rifle; SKS
Suspect Info: Committed suicide in jail
Officer Waibel was shot and killed and another officer was shot and seriously
wounded after attempting a drug raid on a house. Both officers, along with other
officers, had knocked on the front door and identified themselves as officers but
nobody answered. As they attempted to knock the door down automatic gunfire
erupted and Officer Waibel was struck above and below her vest and died on the
scene. The second officer's vest was penetrated by the armor piercing rounds and
she was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition and
underwent several hours of surgery. A third officer was shot in the hand and
wounded as he was returning fire in order to allow for the two wounded officers to
be extracted. The suspect, who had been shot and wounded, exited the house
approximately 2 1/2 hours later when several canisters of tear gas were launched
into the house. Officer Waibel is the first female Portland officer ever killed in the
line of duty. The suspect committed suicide in jail in late February, 1998, by
hanging himself with a sheet from his bed. Officer Waibel is survived by her
husband.
http://www.vpc.org/studies/980127.htm
Section Three: Selected Incidents of Law Enforcement Officers
Killed in the Line of Duty by Assault Weapons, 1998 Through 2001
Date: January 27, 1998
Location: Portland, Oregon
Assault Weapon: Norinco SKS 7.62mm rifle