Post by wagonwheelfestival on Nov 9, 2010 19:57:05 GMT -8
YESTERDAY WE LOST OFFICER RYAN BONAMININO AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP FOR A HIT AND RUN! THIS YEAR AT WAGON WHEEL IT'S TIME TO GIVE BACK AND SUPPORT THIS OFFICERS FAMILY! All tickets purchased Saturday and Sunday at the box office by Police Officers, 50% of each tickets sold to an officer and his family will go directly to the family of the slain officer!
If you are a Police Officer, just simply show your badge or I.D. at the box office to purchase your ticket and 1/2 of your money for that purchase will go to Officer Bonaminino's family that day.
Along with this, Riverside P.D. will have a booth at the festival that was donated where donations can be made by all you country fans which will also go to the slain officers family!
Please call us if you have any questions regarding this, and please contact the Riverside Police Department if you have any information on this tragic event. Let's help bring this monster who did this to justice. Spread the word about the donations, come to Wagon Wheel and let's help support his family.
An intense search continues today for a truck thief who shot and killed a Riverside police officer after a short pursuit that ended with an exchange of gunfire in a Riverside park.
Officer Ryan Bonaminio, a four-year Riverside Police Department veteran who also served two tours of duty with the Army in Iraq, was shot shortly after 9:45 p.m. Sunday at Fairmount Park, near the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway offramp to Market Street, police Sgt. Dan Russell said.
Bonaminio, 27, was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m. at Riverside Community Hospital, according to the coroner's office.
The officer tried to pull over a big rig believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run crash near Market Street and the 60, Russell said. The operator of the stolen 18-wheeler failed to stop when Bonaminio initially signaled him to do so, and the officer followed the suspect to the entrance to the park, where he finally yielded, according to Russell.
But the unidentified man abandoned the rig and fled on foot, and Bonaminio ran after him, during which a gun battle erupted. Officers responding to the scene found Bonaminio on the ground, mortally wounded, according to Russell.
The suspect, who made it back to the truck and took off, was described as black, in his mid 30s to mid 40s, about 6-foot-1 to 6-foot-2, with a slender build. He was wearing dark clothes and a light-colored baseball cap.
The truck was later located a few miles away, according to police.
Extra officers were called in to aid in the search, and the area around the park was sealed off, but no arrests were made.
"Officer Ryan Bonamino's tragic death is a reminder to all of us in the law enforcement family that the supreme sacrifice of our service is also a cost borne by our loved ones, our families and our community," said Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz.
Bonaminio is the first Riverside police officer to die in the line of duty in about 10 years, according to Assistant Chief Chris Vicino.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a statement extending his condolences to the fallen officer's loved ones.
If you are a Police Officer, just simply show your badge or I.D. at the box office to purchase your ticket and 1/2 of your money for that purchase will go to Officer Bonaminino's family that day.
Along with this, Riverside P.D. will have a booth at the festival that was donated where donations can be made by all you country fans which will also go to the slain officers family!
Please call us if you have any questions regarding this, and please contact the Riverside Police Department if you have any information on this tragic event. Let's help bring this monster who did this to justice. Spread the word about the donations, come to Wagon Wheel and let's help support his family.
An intense search continues today for a truck thief who shot and killed a Riverside police officer after a short pursuit that ended with an exchange of gunfire in a Riverside park.
Officer Ryan Bonaminio, a four-year Riverside Police Department veteran who also served two tours of duty with the Army in Iraq, was shot shortly after 9:45 p.m. Sunday at Fairmount Park, near the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway offramp to Market Street, police Sgt. Dan Russell said.
Bonaminio, 27, was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m. at Riverside Community Hospital, according to the coroner's office.
The officer tried to pull over a big rig believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run crash near Market Street and the 60, Russell said. The operator of the stolen 18-wheeler failed to stop when Bonaminio initially signaled him to do so, and the officer followed the suspect to the entrance to the park, where he finally yielded, according to Russell.
But the unidentified man abandoned the rig and fled on foot, and Bonaminio ran after him, during which a gun battle erupted. Officers responding to the scene found Bonaminio on the ground, mortally wounded, according to Russell.
The suspect, who made it back to the truck and took off, was described as black, in his mid 30s to mid 40s, about 6-foot-1 to 6-foot-2, with a slender build. He was wearing dark clothes and a light-colored baseball cap.
The truck was later located a few miles away, according to police.
Extra officers were called in to aid in the search, and the area around the park was sealed off, but no arrests were made.
"Officer Ryan Bonamino's tragic death is a reminder to all of us in the law enforcement family that the supreme sacrifice of our service is also a cost borne by our loved ones, our families and our community," said Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz.
Bonaminio is the first Riverside police officer to die in the line of duty in about 10 years, according to Assistant Chief Chris Vicino.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a statement extending his condolences to the fallen officer's loved ones.