Yet Another Illegal Alien Murderer

Article By Writer Michael Kraft Author: Michael Kraft
Published: September 19, 2007
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Phoenix veteren police officer shot in the face by deported and returned illegal immigrant murderer.
Dead police officer leaves behind wife and 3 and 5 year old sons.

No border wall, security or immigration law enforcement by our government has allowed this criminal to return and murder this police officer.

The police officer’s 2 children will grow up without a father because our country does not enforce border laws.

The Tucsoncitizen.com news gives these details of the murder:

“Phoenix police Officer Nick Erfle survived two bouts of cancer to put back on his uniform and patrol the city’s streets.
Tuesday, a jaywalker shot him in the face, killing him.

“The city of Phoenix, the citizens of Phoenix have lost another hero in our community,” Assistant Phoenix Police Chief Michael Frazier said, announcing Erfle’s death. “He died a hero doing the job he loved doing most.”

The gunman, an illegal immigrant who had been deported last year, fled after shooting Erfle, commandeering a stopped car at gunpoint and ordering the motorist to drive. About an hour later, a Phoenix police tactical team surrounded Erik Jovani Martinez, 22, on a west Phoenix street and shot him dead as he pointed a gun at the hostage. The hostage was not injured.

Erfle was the second Phoenix police officer killed since July and the third Valley officer slain this year. He was married with two children and a large extended family.

“This is another tragic day for the citizens of Phoenix.

We have lost one of our family,” said Dave Siebert, the city’s vice mayor. “This has happened way too many times in the city of Phoenix. . . . He was one of our finest.”

Martinez, who had three children, was a gang member with a history of drug abuse, police say.

He was convicted of theft in 2004 and served a short stint in prison in 2006. Immigration officials confirmed he had been deported in March 2006.

Details of the event:

“Police say Erfle, 33, and Officer Rob Rodarme were on patrol together around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when they saw three people jaywalking across 24th Street near Pinchot Avenue, interfering with traffic.

The officers stopped the three, a man and two women on Pinchot and asked for identification. Police rarely issue citations for jaywalking, telling people instead to just cross at a safer spot in the future, Sgt. Joel Tranter said.

The man didn’t have identification but gave officers a name and birth date that Erfle ran through a police computer. That search turned up a misdemeanor warrant from Tucson for shoplifting.

Police would later find out the man hadn’t given his real name. Martinez likely used an alias because he was trying to evade felony warrants for aggravated assault and false imprisonment, stemming from a 2006 domestic-violence incident.
But the officers, unaware of the felony charges, tried to arrest him on the misdemeanor warrant.

That’s when Martinez shoved Erfle to the ground, pulled a gun and fired multiple times - all in a matter of seconds.
“There was three shots, and there was a pause, and then one more shot,” said Bob Newnum, who lives nearby.
Rodarme chased the fleeing gunman but couldn’t return fire because the area was too crowded, Tranter said.

Police flooded into the area. Newnum said Erfle’s body was facedown across a sidewalk, with his feet partly in the street. Rodarme was kneeling over his partner, cursing.

“It’s a shame,” Newnum said. “I’m all choked up. I’m a real admirer of the police force. They go above and beyond all the time, and when one of them get hurts, it really bothers me.”

Roger Elliott, who works nearby, came outside after a maintenance man told him to call 911.

“Oh, my God, there was just blood all over the place,” Elliott said. “I can’t even describe it. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“There was no movement at all. . . . I’m sure he was dead.” ”

More here:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/63438.php

Nick Erfle murdered by illegal immigrant in Phoenix