Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Alexandria police officer who was shot last month is now walking and in intensive therapy.
Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy has left acute care to undergo rehabilitation therapy. “This is a miracle. I have seen recovery from a gunshot wound… I’ve been at this for 27 years. This is one for the books. It really is,” MedStar Washington Hospital Center Chief Medical Officer Janis Orlowski said at a news conference. Laboy is walking, alert, will say a word or two and recognizes his wife, Orlowski said, adding that the officer who was shot in the temple has up to 12 months of rehab therapy ahead of him. The Alexandria Police officer has been moved from MedStar's trauma center to the nearby MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, also on Irving Street in Washington, DC. Orlowski noted Thursday that in a remarks she made at a Feb…
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Vice President Joe Biden visited the Alexandria Police Department to pay his respects for the Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy, who was shot recently.
Vice President Joe Biden visited the Alexandria Police Department last Friday, meeting with first responders who were on the scene immediately after Officer Peter Laboy was injured in Old Town. The police department announced the news on its Facebook page. "Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to the Alexandria Police Department to meet with Officer Peter Laboy’s Motor Unit to express his condolences and wish him well," reads the post. Deputy Chief Blaine Corle told Patch Tuesday evening while attending an NAACP meeting at Charles Houston Recreation Center that Biden showed “genuine concern” for Officer Laboy and his family. Biden visited with the officers for about an hour, Corle said. “He was very personable and the visit was purely …
Monday, March 4, 2013
Officers seized bullets, a magazine and electronics from the Woodbridge home of Kashif Bashir, who is accused of shooting Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy.
City of Alexandria police officers confiscated bullets, a loaded magazine and electronics from the home of Kashif Bashir, the Woodbridge man accused of shooting Police Officer Peter Laboy last week during a traffic stop, according to court documents. Officers also seized a desktop computer, digital discs, three cell phones, a notebook and personal documents, including two passports. The search warrant filed in Prince William County Circuit Court on Feb. 27 requested permission to seize a wide variety of digital data, such as email and chat room records. Laboy responded to a call for a taxi stalking that occurred at South Asaph Street in Alexandria, and around 11:45 a.m., got "into a struggle." When another officer responded to the …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy remains in critical condition, according to the chief medical officer attending him. He suffered a 'catastrophic gunshot wound to the head.'
Peter Laboy was shot in the temple Wednesday morning and it’s “remarkable” he’s alive, according to the chief medical officer of Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Janis Orlowski. Laboy suffered a catastrophic gunshot wound to the head,” she said in a news conference in front of the trauma center in Northwest Washington, DC. “It’s remarkable he’s alive today.” Orlowski told reporters that she remained “cautious and concerned” about Laboy’s condition, explaining that after a brain injury of this type there is significant swelling around the injury about 24 to 72 hours later. “This is a difficult time to manage,” she said, adding, “We’re very experienced in this kind of injury.” Orlowski said Laboy has not regained consciousness, but he has…
The Alexandria resident allegedly was shot by Kashif Bashir, the driver of an Alexandria Yellow Cab minivan, during a routine traffic stop.
An Alexandria police officer remains in critical condition after being shot in the head Wednesday morning during a routine traffic stop, according to a police department statement. Motorcycle Officer Peter Laboy, 45, of Alexandria, was responding to a look out from the department for a yellow cab minivan for a minor offense. Laboy is a 17-year veteran of the department, working for the past six years as a motorcycle officer in the Motor Unit. The suspect is Kashif Bashir, 27, of Woodbridge, Va. He is in custody and has been charged with malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. He is being held without bond. Soon after Laboy approached the cab, the Department of Emergency Communications…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Officer stopped an Alexandria Yellow Cab minivan during a routine traffic check and was shot outside of Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy.
Update 8:30 p.m. — The Alexandria Police officer shot Wednesday morning has been identified as Peter Laboy, according to a statement from the Alexandria Police Department. Officer Laboy, 45, is a 17-year veteran of the department, working for the past six years as a motorcycle officer in the Motor Unit. The suspect is Kashif Bashir, 27, of Woodbridge, Va. He is in custody and has been charged with Malicious Wounding of a Law Enforcement Officer and Use of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony. He is being held without bond. Laboy was wearing a bullet-proof vest but was shot in the head, according to statements made at a police news conference Wednesday evening. Laboy was honored for his years of service to the department during the city’s …
doug redman
4:12 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Truly great news! more ›