Prometheus 6

Link of note:

    The video of the news report (in case you want to see the perp). 

Virginia Police Say Gunman Was Targeting Them
By MARIA NEWMAN

The police in Fairfax, Va., said today that the teenager who opened fire outside one of their police stations on Monday, killing one detective and injuring two others, had recently been arrested on carjacking charges and was on a mission to hurt police officers.

The young man, identified as Michael W. Kennedy, 18, of nearby Centreville, Va., was heavily armed when he entered the parking lot of the Sully District Police Station in western Fairfax and began firing, the police said today.

He died in the exchange of gunfire with the police, law enforcement officials said at a televised news briefing this morning.

"He was very determined and he was intently targeting police officers when he went to that police station and he opened fire on police officers," saidMaj. Bob Callahan, commander of the Police Department's criminal investigations bureau. "I don't think there was any hesitation yesterday of what his intent was."

The detective who died in the gunfire, Vicky O. Armel, 40, was a nine-year veteran of the department whose husband is also a detective. It was the first fatal shooting of a Fairfax officer in the line of duty in the department's history.

Another officer, whose name has not yet been released, was also shot and was reported in critical condition today after undergoing surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital, officials said. The third officer was treated for minor injuries.