Posted on 08/15/2023 3:53:12 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
Middletown, Connecticut — On Saturday, August 12, 2023 at approximately 6:33 a.m., the Middletown Police Department received a complaint of excessive noise and breaking glass at 195 Liberty Street, Middletown. Detective Karli Travis was working a routine shift in patrol uniform and responded to the call in a marked police cruiser. Detective Travis parked her police cruiser at the intersection of Liberty Street and Park Place and approached the subject premises on foot. Near 195 Liberty Street, Detective Travis was confronted by 52-year-old Winston Tate. Tate was in possession of a hammer.
Tate charged at Detective Travis and knocked her to the ground, hitting her multiple times with the hammer. During this struggle, Detective Travis discharged her firearm multiple times, striking Tate. Tate, wounded, retreated into 195 Liberty Street. Additional Middletown officers arrived and surrounded the premises at 195 Liberty Street. Tate was taken into custody as he exited the basement hatchway. He was treated by medics and transported to Hartford Hospital by ambulance. Tate was released from the hospital late on August 14, 2023. Detective Travis was also injured during the incident. She was taken to Middlesex Hospital and has been treated and released. The judge set Tate’s bond at $850,000. He is due back in court on October 3, 2023.
The perp is alive and the officer is lucky to be alive as well. She should have given him the Mozambique Drill - two to the body, one to the head.
The officer should also have kept the cruiser between the perp and herself.
I used to go to nearby St. Sebastian Church sometimes. That is not the worst part of Middletown.
I thought that the reason for the 9mm was that these municipalities didn't want dead perps.
Was his name “Maxwell” by any chance?
Too many unknowns, in the story, to make a judgement.
9 mm is just fine. And the same thing can and does happen with 45. Utterly disgusting to hear some chubby middle-aged female screaming for her life at a situation like that. Remember, that’s who supposed to be coming to save you or your loved ones.
+1👍
There are plenty of examples of a shooter using a 9mm weapon to neutralize a target. Caliber is but one criterion to consider when selecting an appropriate firearm for one’s purpose.
I had to visit Middletown many times over the years and found it mostly charmless and depressing. Of course, it is the home of the hideous far-left Wesleyan University, a Commie cesspool if there ever was one. (the Neon Deli and O’Rourke’s Diner are ok, the rest is garbage IMO.)
Thie 9mm vs .40+ is one of my favorite online arguments, along with proper brisket seasoning and cooking method, weight lifting/diet methodology for maximum hyperthrophy and of course, the best of all time …. M-16 Vs AK-47. We should debate all the above within the same thread and set a FR post count record.
Not sure, but the hammer, it looked silver!
That or dead bystanders. The lawyers for the municipalities know exactly who the municipality hired.
I believe the ranking order for deaths involved with a shooting are:
Perp shoots other perp.
Cop shoots bystander.
Perp shoots cop.
Cop shoots perp.
Perp shoots bystander.
Shot placement is more effective than caliber wars.
What I recall hearing more often is that a city doesn’t want to pay extra for the ammunition for the .45, and some “smaller officers” don’t think they can handle the recoil, which would mean more extensive and expensive training for them.
Yup. Lotsa armchair commandos who never shot more than a box of ammo lecturing everyone on caliber effectiveness vs. marksmanship. My 1911 is my favorite fun gun, but I carry an HK in 9.
Love your post
“I thought that the reason for the 9mm was that these municipalities didn’t want dead perps.”
Nope, it’s a cost per round issue.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.