LAPD Officer Randy Simmons was killed in the line of duty this morning.
This tribute to him first appeared on the LA Daily News Friendly Fire Blog.
The first time I set eyes on Los Angeles Police Department Officer Randy Simmons, he was lifting a 200-pound man off the ground. In an enthusiastic bear hug.
Simmons, a large, gregarious rock of a man was warmly embracing a long-time friend, and fellow LAPD SWAT officer, who had graciously invited me to take a peek inside their fraternity, at the annual SWAT Dinner.
That was barely 10 days ago, No one in that room at the Police Academy, no matter how tactically cynical, could anticipate that less than two weeks later, Simmons would be the first man from the Metropolitan Divisions D Platoon, as SWAT is officially known, to die in a gun fight.
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