Psycho deputy goes on killing spree, kills wife, shoots cops

Why nobody should ever stop for a cop in a patrol car... Looking forward to the dashcam gun battles of cop vs cops.

VA Sheriff's Deputy Goes on Bloody Rampage

by NINA MANDELL
NY DAILY NEWS
May 30, 2011

An off-duty county sheriff's deputy killed his ex-wife and shot a state trooper before he was wounded during a bloody Memorial Day rampage in Roanoke, Virginia.

The chaos began when Jonathan Agee shot his former wife Jennifer at a Sheetz convenience store parking lot, WSLS 10 reported.

After he drove away from the scene, police issued an alert with information about his vehicle and an advisory to be on the lookout for him. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Matt Brannock spotted a car fitting the description and followed it, a police spokesman said.

As Brannock pulled up beside Agee on the highway exit ramp, Agee began firing at the officer, hitting him and causing him to take cover.

Agee continued driving and exchanged fire with two more state troopers before he was shot, police said. The troopers were not injured.

Both Agee and Brannock were airlifted to a local hospital, where Agee's injuries are being treated as life threatening, according to CNN.

"The focus of investigators right now is piecing together the exact sequence of events leading up to both shootings," said Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police superintendent. "This is a difficult day, needless to say, for Virginia's law enforcement community."

Jennifer Agee was taken to the same hospital where she later died, police said.

If he does survive his injuries, Jonathan Agee will face murder chargers. He has already been suspended from the Franklin County Sheriff's office without pay, WSLS-TV reported.

It was not clear what made the 32-year-old deputy snap.

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Deputy Jonathan Agee Guns Down Ex-Wife, Shoots State Trooper in Bloody Memorial Day Rampage

By Cory Zurowski in Police bungling, homicide
May 31, 2011

Jennifer and Jonathan Agee's marriage went in the dumper years ago. Though custody of their two children -- daughters, ages 6 and 12 -- would be divvied up equally with the eldest living with mom and the younger with dad, the arrangement never stopped being a source of tension...

On Memorial Day, it now appears that festering disquiet of five-plus years erupted into bloodshed.

Late yesterday morning, 30-year-old Jennifer Agee -- a part-time waitress and receptionist who along with her daughter lived at her mother's place in Salem, Virginia -- pulled into the parking lot of a Sheetz gas station. Her daughter road in the passenger's seat.

Right behind them was Agee's ex-husband, Jonathan, 30, a Franklin County sheriff's deputy. Jonathan was off-duty but still riding in his marked squad car.

Jennifer got out of her car. Her ex did the same -- but he was brandishing a rifle. Jonathan Agee raised the weapon and fired it several times. Jennifer absorbed multiple bullets.

She would later be pronounced dead upon arrival at Roanoke Memorial hospital. The Agees' daughter would be physically unscathed from the incident.

Authorities were notified of the shooting and a call went out identifying Jonathan Agee as the gunman. But he had bolted from the murder scene in his sheriff's car, following U.S. 11/460 toward Christianburg.

Agee was traveling along that road at around noon when Virginia State Trooper Sgt. Matthew Brannock spotted the fleeing suspect. Brannock turned on his squad's lights signaling Agee to pull over. Agee responded by flipping on his car's lights as well. A chase ensued.

Lights flashing, Agee sped on Interstate 81 heading north. Shots were exchanged. Two additional unmarked state police cruisers joined the pursuit. The gunfire multiplied.

Sometime during the chase, Agee was struck by law enforcement fire. His car came to a stop near Ironto.

Sgt. Brannock, shot by Agee in the barrage of bullets, suffered non life-threatening injuries.

Agee, who was shot multiple times by troopers, was airlifted to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was listed in critical condition Monday night.

Agee has already been charged with his ex-wife's murder. More charges are certain to follow, according to Roanoke Police Chief Chris Perkins.

Authorities have yet to say what exactly spurred Jonathan Agee's day of violence.

Comments

this is the same officer who was having what's been described as an "inappropriate" relationship with the current sheriff's underage daughter taking her along on drug stakeouts, etc. There is a LOT more to this story. A lot.

Wow thats insane. Too bad he wasnt able to take out more troopers! Shoulda spent more time on the range I guess. Oh well.

Again! Cops are disgusting. Who was it that said it was only a "few" cops causing the problems in america? This is a wide spread problem that needs to be dealt with. Not just a few. Go to youtube and watch the thousands of cop brutality videos. It is clear that this is an epidemic.

i see more and more of these corrupt ass cops in the US every day.

This guy was a worst candidate than me to be a police officer but he was...I wonder how many people have been charged by him with crimes and are incarcerated.

Justice would suggest we look at every case and review them all...but that wont happen.

God rest the soul of his wife (innocent or not; I am divorced).

This shit seriously scares me. Pima county swap murdering people...this guy killing his ex wife wtf is going on.

I heard the echoing of '...police states of America, police states of America in my ears...."

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Details of case emerge

June 2, 2011
By K.A. WAGONER
Franklin News-Post

The woman who was shot to death Monday at a Roanoke service station had sent numerous text messages to her ex-husband’s current wife alleging that she was having an ongoing relationship with him, according to an affidavit filed Wednesday in the Franklin County Circuit Court clerk’s office.

The affidavit for a warrant to search Franklin County Deputy Jonathan A. Agee’s home in Boones Mill asked to search for weapons, ammunition and any “notes, photographs, videos or other documents, notes or letters relating to recent communication between Jonathan Agee and his former wife,” including electronic devices.

Agee has been charged with murder in the death of his ex-wife, Jennifer Agee, who was shot to death around 11:30 a.m. Monday at a Sheetz in Roanoke.

Less than a half hour later, state police allege, Jonathan Agee shot Virginia State Police Sgt. Matthew Brannock, a Henry County native, on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County. Brannock was released from the hospital Tuesday and is expected to make a full recovery, according to a family member.

Other state police officers later shot Agee on an I-81 exit ramp. He was taken to a Roanoke hospital, where no information on his condition is being released.

According to the affidavit, Agee’s current wife, Julia Angell, told officers that Jennifer Agee had sent her “a number of text messages” recently, allegedly “advising her of an ongoing relationship between Jonathan Agee and his former wife.”

Angell also had overheard arguments between Jonathan Agee and his ex-wife that were “very heated in nature,” the affidavit said.

In addition to the murder charge, Agee faces a Franklin County charge of unauthorized use of a county police vehicle. He has been suspended from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office without pay, Sheriff Ewell Hunt said, adding that is in accordance with labor laws.

An investigation is ongoing into Agee’s actions after he left the Sheetz. According to state police accounts, he was traveling west on Route 460 when he was spotted by Brannock, who had received an alert about the shooting.

Brannock followed Agee’s vehicle onto the interstate. According to the affidavit, Brannock’s vehicle and Agee’s vehicle collided, and shots were fired at Brannock, who was wounded.

Agee left the scene “in his wrecked cruiser” and later was shot by two state police officers, the affidavit said.

The names of the two state troopers involved are not being released, Carpentieri said.

Agee has been a deputy with the sheriff’s office since 2004 and was a canine officer.

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Judge appoints Jonathan Agee an attorney

By SCOTT LEAMON
June 17, 2011

A Roanoke juvenile and domestic relations court judge appointed the Roanoke City Public Defender to represent Jonathan Agee, chief judge Joseph Clarke II wrote in an email to the media this afternoon.

Agee, a former Franklin County sheriff's deputy, is accused of first degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, Jennifer Agee.

Roanoke police believe Jonathan Agee shot and killed Jennifer Agee on Memorial Day at the Sheetz near the Roanoke Civic Center.

Agee's next scheduled court appearance is July 19th.