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Attempt to rob off duty officer using toy gun results in terminal failure
Hot Air.com ^ | December 20, 2015 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 12/20/2015 4:31:04 PM PST by Kaslin

Edited on 12/20/2015 4:32:05 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

An off-duty Baltimore cop shot and killed an armed robbery suspect who police say tried to rob the officer with what turned out to be a toy gun.

The shooting Saturday at 1:30 a.m. on a block of homes decorated with Christmas lights in the Baltimore suburb of Linthicum Heights was being investigated by Anne Arundel County Police, Fox 45 reported. Police said, according to the the station, that the officer fired in self-defense. They identified the robbery suspect as 32-year-old Edel Moreland.


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To: ladyjane

“Why is his finger on the trigger?”

Probably because he can clearly see that it’s not loaded and the breech is locked open.


21 posted on 12/20/2015 6:32:26 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: PROCON

course he knew it was a toy. Baltimore Police Depart procedure is off duty cops have to use toy guns as drop guns.


22 posted on 12/20/2015 6:41:59 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: Kaslin

Terminal stupidity and terminal velocity go together.


23 posted on 12/20/2015 6:55:46 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: PLMerite

It’s a bad habit.


24 posted on 12/20/2015 7:06:40 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: john drake

You said it, I was thinking it when read the title.


25 posted on 12/20/2015 7:13:39 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Kaslin

I love these stories; thank you for posting!


26 posted on 12/20/2015 7:18:42 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Kaslin; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Don’t bring a toy gun to a real gun fight.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

(I love happy endings.)


27 posted on 12/21/2015 4:11:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Terrorism, the thing that shall not be named by the MSM)
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