CAPE COD COP SHOT DEAD BY NOTORIOUS AND VIOLENT CAREER CRIMINAL

Man Charged In Cape Cod Police Officer Murder Had 111 Prior Charges

CBS Boston
April 13, 2018

BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts -- The man charged with killing a Yarmouth Police officer has an extremely long criminal history and he will be back in court Friday to face a murder charge.

Tom Latanowich, 29, of Somerville, shot officer Sean Gannon as officers were serving an arrest warrant at a home on Blueberry Lane in Marstons Mills Thursday afternoon, police said.

Gannon died. He was 32 years old. His K9 partner, Nero, was seriously wounded and will have surgery Friday.

Latanowich was arrested after a long standoff with police at the home. He will be arraigned in Barnstable District Court Friday. Yarmouth Police described him back in 2016 as “a notorious and violent criminal with 111 prior criminal charges.”

Gannon had been with the Yarmouth Police department for 8 years.

His cruiser is now parked outside the station with black bunting hanging from the side. Flags are also flying at half-staff in his honor.

“We’re going to miss him terribly, our department is going to miss him terribly,” said Police Chief Frank Frederickson. “Sean was a wonderful, wonderful young man and I’m not just saying that, the sky was the limit for him.”

A long line of police cruisers from across the region lit up the procession route Thursday night as Gannon’s body was brought from Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis to the medical examiner’s officer in Sandwich.

“Sean Gannon was a man of honor, hard worker and his reputation was absolutely impeccable. The world is a lesser place without him in it,” Rep. Tim Whelan, a retired state trooper, told WBZ-TV.

Several people stopped by the Yarmouth Police station Friday to pay their respects to the fallen officer.

Gannon was a graduate of Westfield State University. The school’s president Ramon Torrecilha said Friday the campus was “deeply saddened” by his death.

“Our sincere condolences to his wife, extended family, Yarmouth Police Department, and the many Westfield State University alumni and citizens of Massachusetts whom Sean positively impacted during his time here at Westfield State and his career in law enforcement. Our faculty and staff are privileged to have had a role in preparing Officer Gannon for his service-focused career that tragically came to an end yesterday.”

EDITOR’S NOTE: I have two questions. Why in the hell was an asshole with 111 priors still on the streets? Why in the fuck did the cops take him alive?