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Politics : Stopping the North American Union

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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (49)9/19/2007 4:03:42 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire   of 111
 
Man who killed Phoenix officer had been deported
Erik Jovani Martinez is an ex-con deported in March.

09.19.2007
The man who shot and killed a Phoenix police officer before he himself later was fatally shot by authorities was an illegal immigrant, a federal official said Wednesday.
Erik Jovani Martinez, 22, was in the country illegally last year when he was arrested and convicted on sex charges, said Vinnie Picard, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
He said Martinez was deported on March 3 last year, and at some point re-entered the country illegally.
Martinez was stopped by Phoenix police Officer Nick Erfle on Tuesday for jaywalking on a busy central Phoenix street. Knowing he had a felony arrest warrant for aggravated assault, police said Martinez gave them an alias.
But that plan backfired when the alias turned up a different arrest warrant for shoplifting out of Tucson. When Erfle and his partner tried to arrest Martinez, a fight ensued, Martinez pulled a gun and fatally shot Erfle, said Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter.
He said Martinez then ran from the scene, jumped into a car stopped in traffic, and told the man inside to drive as he pointed a gun at him.
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