Charges: Man Who Shot Officer Said: ‘I Hate Cops’
The suspect also got diverted to a drug treatment program to avoid prison for terroristic threats and assault in the 5th degree.
A man charged Friday with killing a Mendota Heights police officer and firing at others during an eight-hour manhunt allegedly told police, “I hate cops and I’m guilty,” according to court documents.
Brian George Fitch Sr., 39, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of Officer Scott Patrick. Prosecutors say he shot Patrick in the head, leg and abdomen as Patrick approached his car during a traffic stop Wednesday in West St. Paul.
Fitch was also charged with 10 other counts — including attempted murder, drive-by discharge of a firearm, and assault — after a shootout with police in St. Paul. Fitch was shot eight times.