[stumpjumper]

Is it just me, or is anybody else wondering what the SFPD used to shoot this tiger? I can’t see a beat cop using his police issue 9mm to bring down a tiger. Just my take.....

[Tijeras_Slim]

I think they had .40’s. Better believe the one’s that showed up later had shotguns.

[The KG9 Kid]

SFPD uses .40 cal Glocks.

A .40 round would kill a tiger with a headshot no problem.

I bet the policemen who shot the animal see tigers in their sleep, though.

[RightWhale]

I can’t see a beat cop using his police issue 9mm to bring down a tiger.

Four cops, four 9mm.

[Little Ray]

Shotgun with slugs? An AR-15 (use the whole clip!)?

[Retired Greyhound]

do they carry 9mm in SF?

hope not

[pepsionice]

Several obvious points. First...the door to the Tiger area...wasn’t opened (at least every indicator says that so far). The three guys....all knew each other...and were all young...late teens or early 20s. Two guys got caught up by the Tiger about 200 to 300 ft down from the Tiger area...we are really told alot about the first guy but it appears that he got caught alot closer to the Tiger area...maybe right there at that point. The shooting of the tiger? It would have a terrific shot or two...up close...perfect hit on the heart...which I really doubt. I’d be thinking an assault type rifle instead, but they were very careful not to mention what it was.

My bet...one punk stuck his leg over into this moat area...maybe down three or four feet below the walking level...to bait the Tiger. The Tiger took the leap and caught the leg...not letting go. And then the cat dug his claws into the guy to climb out. The two buddies...took off running and got about two hundred feet down before the Tiger got to them. It would be nice to have video of this episode....which I bet one of the three was video-taping this entire thing.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

I can’t see a beat cop using his police issue 9mm to bring down a tiger. Just my take.....

The report I read said that zoo personnel had responded with their "shoot team" at about the same time the SFPD showed up. The zoo team had tranquilizer guns which were commandeered by the cops. I would assume that the brave men in blue tranked the cat and then finished her off with a head shot at "can't miss" range.

Damn shame, she was a beautiful beast and worth more then the scum who baited her into attacking.

Regards,
GtG