Officer Thought He Was Killed By Suspected Robber (Midterm)

Brooke Brady

March 6, 2019

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Orangeburg Police Officer Scared For His Life When He Saw The Suspect In Parking Lot

Carlos Vacanti sat down with me and told his side of the story on what happened in the parking lot. “I remember his eyes. They were cold, the eyes of a killer,” Vacanti said. He was very timid in the interview as he explained what happened. The suspected man has been stealing from parked cars since 11 in the morning according to police. 

“I smelled the gun powder and waited for the pain.” Carlos explained how he thought the suspect shot him when he stopped him. “There’s no doubt in my mind he wanted to kill me last night just because I stopped him,” the officer said in the interview. Vacanti and the suspect were in a police chase.

Officer Vacanti knew what the man looked like from the description he heard on the radio prior to when he saw the suspect. The suspect shot at the officer twice. The suspect was caught breaking into a home and Carlos Vacanti arrested him. The officer said he still smelled gunpowder the morning after, and he assumed that he was dead.