Robbery Suspect Kills Cop

 Officer Steven Green, left, was was killed on February 3, 2012 while transporting robbery suspect Lawrence Wallace Jr. Officer Mark Johnson, right, was wounded in the manhunt for Wallace.

A robbery suspect in Alabama fatally stabbed a police officer and injured another before escaping  in a stolen patrol car this Friday. The whole ordeal started started early Friday when Lawrence Wallace Jr. was in a store. Wallace, was was carrying a lighter and lighting fluid. He stormed the front counter of the store and demanded money, said Ashley Rains, one of the spokeswoman for the Mobile Police.The cashier  tried to open the register, while Wallace jumped on the counter and began spraying lighter fluid on the floor, starting a fire.An off-duty police officer just happened to be shopping at the store and tackled Wallace.Wallace was taken to Mobile's metro jail, where he was somehow was able to stab and kill Officer Steven Green. Wallace made his escape in one of the jail`s patrol cars.At some point during his get away, Wallace abandoned the police car and hid under a home. He shot another officer in the arm as police tried to approach him. The officer was treated and released from a hospital.After a standoff, Lawrence Wallace Jr,24, was shot and killed.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/04/justice/alabama-officer-killed/index.html?hpt=us_c2