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Court Junkie

Ep 67: The Fatal Bar Fight

Court Junkie

PodcastOne

Government, True Crime, News

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

On Saturday, November 16, 2014, police officers responded to the call of a bar fight at a local bar in Akron, Ohio. As they neared the scene, the call changed - an officer was down and in need of immediate assistance. When they arrived, they found an off-duty police officer lying in the parking lot. He had been shot twice, and the shooter was on the run.   Sponsors in this episode: Summersalt Swimwear - Crafted with 5x the strength and 4x the compression of an average swimsuit, Summersalt offers designer quality without the designer price tag. Get $10 towards your purchase using the code JUNKIE at summersalt.com. Lorena - Amazon Prime Video and Executive Producer Jordan Peele bring you Lorena: the new docu-series that shares Lorena Bobbitt's side of the story and investigates the headlines and press coverage 25 years later - Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.  Handy - the easy and convenient way to book home cleanings. To get your first 3-hour cleaning for $39 when you sign up for a plan, visit handy.com/junkie and use promo code JUNKIE during checkout. True Body Bra - An amazingly comfortable and supportive bra from True and Co. Save 15% now when you go to Trueandco.com/junkie and enter the code JUNKIE. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

At 1.56am on Saturday, November 16, 2014, Akron Patrol officer David Kraket responded

0:09.4

to the call of a bar fight at a local bar in Akron, Ohio called Papa Donz.

0:15.5

While he was on his way there, lights and sirens activated, an update came through the

0:20.2

dispatch.

0:21.2

The situation was now a signal 21, meaning an officer's life was in danger and help

0:27.6

was needed immediately.

0:29.8

An officer was down.

0:32.8

Officer Kraket was the first responder to arrive.

0:35.8

He pulled into the parking lot and saw a small group of people hovered over a man on the

0:40.0

ground.

0:41.5

He recognized the man as Justin Winebrenner, a fellow police officer who normally worked

0:46.9

the night shift with him, but who had been off duty that night.

0:51.5

Justin was lying on his back.

0:53.2

His eyes were open, but he wasn't conscious.

0:56.1

EMS was pulling up and so officer Kraket ran over to direct them to where Justin was.

1:02.5

As the paramedics tended to Justin, officer Kraket tried to assess the scene.

1:07.7

It was chaotic.

1:09.4

He went around asking any possible witnesses for a description of the shooter, and he was

1:13.8

trying to see if anyone else was hurt.

1:16.8

He was told that there were other people who had been shot and who were injured, still

1:20.6

inside the bar.

1:22.7

One handed him a pair of black glasses and said they were the shooters.

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