Pendleton Marine Shot During Traffic Stop ID'd

UPDATE
Concern for safety of children led to shooting, authorities say
MILITARY: Deputies release details in deadly Marine shooting

North County Times wire services
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

SANTA ANA - An account of a deputy-involved shooting that killed a Camp Pendleton-based Marine was released Tuesday by the union representing Orange County sheriff's deputies, which claims the serviceman was acting irrationally and posed a danger to his daughters.

Sgt. Manuel Levi Loggins Jr., 31, was shot about 4:45 a.m. last Tuesday after crashing a GMC Yukon through a gate in the parking lot of San Clemente High School, according to the sheriff's department.

Loggins' 14- and 9-year-old daughters were in the back seat of the SUV at the time, and were not wearing seat belts, according to the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs.

A deputy was in his squad car working on reports when he saw Loggins speeding down the street and then turn into the parking lot and crash through the gate, according to sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

According to the union, Loggins got out of the SUV -- parts of the gate were wedged underneath -- and "walked off into the dark" while ignoring "repeated orders" from the uniformed deputy.

The deputy -- himself a former Marine and recipient of the sheriff's Medal for Lifesaving and the Medal of Courage -- followed Loggins on foot, but went back to the vehicle when he heard screaming from the girls, sheriff's officials said.
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Pendleton Marine Shot During Traffic Stop ID'd

Daughters Of Sgt. Manuel Levi Loggins Jr. In Car When He Was Shot, Authorities Say
February 9, 2012


SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -- A Camp Pendleton-based Marine's two young daughters were in the back seat of his sport-utility vehicle when he was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy in the parking lot of San Clemente High School, authorities revealed Thursday.

Sgt. Manuel Levi Loggins Jr., 31, was shot about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, after crashing his SUV through a gate in the school's parking lot, said Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

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2 kids in back seat when Marine was shot