Police kill man with fake gun outside SoCal bar

AP via SFGate ^ | 4/16/9

[SmithL]

HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a Huntington Park police officer shot and killed a man who reached for what turned out to be a phony gun as he was ejected from a bar.

[SmithL]

NOTE TO SELF: Don't ever drink enough to get this stupid!

[cripplecreek]

Suicide by stupidity.

[massgopguy]

Why do the police have fake guns?

[Bob J]

Fake throw down guns are easier to explain than the real thing if they are discovered.

[GladesGuru]

NEVER! EVER! bring a blue gun to a gun fight.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Ward says the man initially obeyed officers’ orders to put his hands up...(good move!)... but then reached into his waistband...(oopsie, bad move!)....

[Poison Pill]

Why do the police have fake guns?

Ha! Why do newspapers have fake writers?

[muawiyah]

I wondered that too so I checked into what they issue them at the Huntington police department. Just did a search for Huntington California weapons.

I see no need for the use of FAKE GUNS if you've got this kind of stuff on hand:

[massgopguy]

I knew a guy with a fake leg named Pete. I never got the name of his other leg.

[cripplecreek]

You gonna skin them smokewagons or are you gonna stand there and bleed?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Never bring a fake gun to a gun fight.

[tumblindice]

Maybe he’s faking death.
(”I’m just restin’!”)

[Still Thinking]

Police kill man with fake gun outside SoCal bar

That's quite a trick.

[Slings and Arrows]

Darwin Award or suicide by cop. Not enough evidence to tell which.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Darwin Award or suicide by cop. Not enough evidence to tell which....

My guess is....he had way to much to drink and wanted to play Wild Wild West....so, Darwin Award.

[Vendome]

Was it licorice?

[Vendome]

LOL