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The Murder of A San Antonio Police Officer - November 20 2021 - Todays True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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November 20th: Shooting of Benjamin Marconi (2016) The relationship between citizens and law enforcement has evolved over the last handful of years. And, not necessarily for the better. On November 20th 2016 a man was gunned down while on duty by an unknown assailant with very little motive. An attack that was just a drop in the bucket in a time where it was becoming dangerous to a person in blue.   Wikipedia, cbsnews.com, wbir.com, sanantonioreport.org, ksat.com, washingtonpost.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders.

0:31.8

When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.6

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

The relationship between citizens and law enforcement has evolved over the last years.

0:49.8

And not necessarily for the better.

0:52.9

On November 20, 2016, a man was gunned down while on duty by an unknown assailant with very little motive,

1:00.3

an attack that was just a drop in the bucket in a time where it was becoming dangerous to be a person in blue.

1:06.4

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:15.8

On November 20, 2016, Detective Benjamin Marconi was sitting inside of his patrol car just outside the San Antonio Police Department headquarters,

1:25.2

writing up a traffic ticket for a motorist he had just pulled over.

1:28.9

With his mind on his job, Detective Marconi did not notice that another car had pulled up behind him.

1:34.5

The driver then got out, walked up to the patrol car, and shot Detective Marconi in the head.

1:40.6

He then reached through the open window, shot him a second time, and then fled in his car.

1:45.7

It all happened so fast that no one really had any time to react.

1:50.0

And when the dust settled and he was rushed to the hospital, 50-year-old Benjamin Marconi was dead.

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