Posted on 07/14/2016 4:32:17 PM PDT by PROCON
Prosecutors in Colorado cleared a sheriff’s deputy in an officer-involved shooting that included a shot right down the barrel of an attempted robber’s pistol.
Deputy Jose Marquez was cleared by Arapahoe County prosecutors Wednesday for his role in a shooting that took place in January. As reported by the Aurora Sentinel, Marquez was off-duty and visiting his girlfriend when he was shot in both the abdomen and shoulder during a gunfight with two robbery suspects in an apartment parking lot.
Marquez, who was in civilian clothes at the time, was confronted by the two armed men who opened fire first. Returning fire, the deputy injured Jhalil Meshesha who was later arrested.
Meshesha’s gun, a Springfield XD, was disabled during the exchange of fire by one of Marquez’s bullets after it remarkably traveled down the barrel from muzzle to chamber and jammed the action in what officials call a “one in a billion shot.”
Marquez is still recovering from his wounds and the second, unidentified suspect, is at large.
(Excerpt) Read more at guns.com ...
One of Sheriff Joe’s deputies!
Ack, no, misread it.
Now we know how to disable an XD.
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Sounds like this is Arapaho County CO, not AZ.
As they might say on a Dem site, “Why can’t they do this more often?”
That’s gun control - hitting your target “dead on”.
I guess Deputy Marquez thought that shooting the bad guy’s gun out of his hand was just too easy.
'Jhalil Meshesha'. One of Smidgen's recent importees? Or a Bowel Movements Matter member?
Billion to one shot, doc. Billion to one.
No need to search for a picture of Mr. Jhalil Meshesha.
This just doesn’t seem possible.
Not even the Lone Ranger could have made that shot.........
That’s incredible!
It’s just like James Yeager always says...XD will let you down in hard use ;o)
To follow up on #10, it would have been really remarkable if the perp had fallen backward onto a fusilli sculpture.
Exactly!
Pecos Bill shot off their trigger fingers.
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