Positive cop story

[Twigg]

Always nice to start the day reading good news...

 

[Rob Boudrie]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/off-duty-nypd-officer-kills-man-brooklyn-article-1.1012169

This cop must spend plenty of time at the range

It sounds like there was just a bit of luck involved. The shot hit just below the right eye. Although a 25 yard head shot it not out of the possibility for a competent shooter, it is not probable that someone firing defensively, under pressure, at a moving target in a situation where body armor is not suspected would aim for the head.

Ii see this same thing all the time at matches when a shot on a distant, and fully exposed, target hits the upper B zone (formerly referred to as the "head") of a USPSA target. When that happens, it's always a bit of skill that kept the round in the general vicinity of the paper, and luck that kept the high off center shot on paper.

 

[FreeWillie]

In the dark, with the suspect moving, the officer moving, and the suspect shooting at him, that's not a particularly easy shot. Well done.

Exactly and what was that yut doing with a gun in NYC? They have strict rules about that! I'm writing a strongly worded letter to Mayor Bloomberg.

 

[jraysig]

Love the comment:

"What Christopher did was way beyond wrong, stupid, idiotic, and crazy. I have no idea what possessed him to do those things. Yeah, he tried to rob women, stole a van, and opened fire at a cop, but the cop did not have to kill him."

Yea asking him politely between rounds breezing by his head to stop would've been a far more effective plan!