[TChad]

It looks MUCH more like a pistol at first glance the the pic you posted.

There is a lot of variability in quill stems. I was just trying to identify the part. They could both look like pistols from a distance, particularly if they were being held. The handlebar clamp in the photo I posted is complete, unlike the clamp in the police photo.

[ETCM]

Yes, but the stem, or ‘goose-neck’ as we called them as kids, that the victim had looks like something a person might carry to simulate a weapon.

[daniel1212]

There is a lot of variability in quill stems. I was just trying to identify the part. They could both look like pistols from a distance, particularly if they were being held. The handlebar clamp in the photo I posted is complete, unlike the clamp in the police photo.

Yes, the image of the quill (vs. threadless) stem that KTLA shows is missing the bolt and pinch wedge-shaped nut and the plate (or whatever its called) that goes over handle bar.

Looks "vintage" kinda like this:

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