End of Watch

Senior Officer Brian 'O Toole of the Liberty City Police Department was killed in the line of fire today after a routine traffic stop turned ugly. At 08:00pm GMT, Lt. 'O Toole attempted to take a left turn into the firefly projects as part of his routine patrol route, as he was doing so, a grey admiral ran the red light running parallel to his cruiser and clipped the headlight, prompting the officer to turn around and pull the vehicle over.

The details of the driver came back with four counts of reckless driving and an expired license, not much else was known of the suspects background. At 08:15pm, Lt. 'O Toole approached the vehicle with caution and asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, as he did so, his passenger also exited and both occupants pulled semi-automatic weapons on the officer. He was hit twice in the leg as attempted to flee for cover, he managed to take down the driver but was sadly killed from a fatal headshot from the passenger. Local units were made aware of the situation via 'O Toole hitting his panic button as the gunfire ensured and thus raced to the scene.

The remaining suspect was taken down and paramedics attempted to revive the fallen officer. At 08:30pm, he succumbed to his injuries.

Speaking on behalf of the LCPD after this tragic event, Commissioner Francis McReary stated that "As we know, Hove Beach is every officers nightmare, it is filled with what we consider to be the scum of society. Drug dealers, Prostitutes and numerous crime syndicates, few officers dare to patrol in this area but the ones that do are seen as true heroes in my eyes".