HERO COP GUNNED DOWN BY COLORADO LAMIST

HEARTACHE AGAIN. This time in Chatanooga, Tenn. Hero cop Sgt. Timothy Chapin was murdered by a two-bit thug on the lam from Colorado Saturday. But before Chapin, 51, hit the ground he likely saved his partner Officer Brian Blumenberg's life.
“Obviously it wasn’t his day to die today,” said Pat Blumenberg, Blumenberg’s mother, choking back tears.
Blumenberg said Chapin, a 27-year department veteran nearing retirement, saved her son's life. According to cops, Chapin was shot and killed as he responded to a pawn shop robbery. A second officer, Lorin Johnston, 45, was wounded during the gunfight. He was treated and released.

Police said the suspected triggerman is Jesse Mathews. Matthews was shot by pursuing officers.
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