I miss the 80's! Dang - a real shoot-out. Motel 6??
Albuquerque is getting as bad as some eastern cities with at least several shootings per week. This guy probably had a long felony rap sheet. And the catch and release bail policy puts the crooks back on the street about as soon as they're arrested.
I love a story with a happy ending.
Of course, this guy’s days at Commie News Network are over.
Motel 6???
Six rounds and the perp was still firing? I wonder how many rounds actually hit their target. Two rounds center mass and one to the head should do trick even with a wimpy .380.
I miss the 80's! Dang - a real shoot-out. Motel 6??
This is why range time is important:
“De Caro fired six rounds, and when he was finished the suspect was still firing.”
A contractor where I worked was staying at a weekly Motel 6. He was intending to confront the owner of a dirty old truck that was repeatedly parking too close to his nice car. He arrived at the Motel to find the entire place surrounded by the police. The owner of the truck turned out to be a serial killer who had just killed an attorney he’d tried to rob in a restaurant bathroom. There’s probably a lesson here, but I can’t figure whether it’s stay away from Motel 6 or pick your battles better. I’d have simply parked further away.
What was it, .22 short, or Super Colibri? The suspect even made it to the parking lot...
.35 caliber? Well, there’s the problem...he’s at least .05 caliber too short. Never own a pistol that doesn’t start with a “.4”.
I left ABQ in 2002, after having my 3rd grader come home and tell us about a classmate who was suspended for bringing pot to school. I miss it - I did my HS and college careers in ABQ and loved working for the Downs, but had to get out.
“......She said the suspect was a thin, black man wearing green and white.
She said he was agitated and seemed desperate.......”
Maybe an Amish Tweeker. Anyway it was “Breaking Bad” for him that day in Olde Albuquerque Towne
Why would they be staying at a Motel 6?
CONCEALED CARRY?
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Motel 6 ... there is a reason Tom Bodett leaves the light on.
The De Caros are now drug dealers rather than reporters
Motel 6. They didn’t leave that perp’s lights on for long.
One of their mistakes was trying to calm the perp down. Once you realize you are in a violent situation the first to act has the odds in their favor. That’s a tough decision to reach when most of our training, experiences and culture call for de-escalation rather than making that snap decision to escalate to deadly force first.
Need more range time, dude..................
PSA....
While one can never have enough range time....I can tell yall this from experience...I dont give a damn how many hours one spends at the range...its a rare bird whose accuracy doesnt suffer when they been shot three times...their adrenaline is pumping like a horny dog on crack...and they are shooting at a live target that is shooting back. There just aint no way to practice that. Its something one is born with...the abilty to remain calm when TSHTF....the abilty to make it count when it counts.
Black lives matter.