Posted on 06/10/2024 2:37:05 AM PDT by Libloather
Incredible footage has been released of the moment a sheriff's sniper killed a suspect by shooting directly through a computer monitor.
Sterling Ramon Alavache was holding two Bank of America workers in Florida at knifepoint while claiming to have a bomb.
Officers had already tried to get the would-be bank robber to surrender but instead Alavache decided instead to take two hostages.
The 36-year-old then put one of them in a headlock and held a knife to her throat - and that's when a SWAT team's sheriff's sniper decided to end the siege.
With remarkable precision, the bullet was fired straight through a computer monitor and into Alavache's head, killing him instantly.
The woman he tried to use as a shield, one other hostage and everyone else at the scene in the bank, just outside Fort Myers, escaped without injury.
The robbery attempt, hostage situation and sniper fire brought a bustling suburban area lined with chain restaurants, hotels, an outdoor mall and office buildings to a terrifying halt as the Lee County Sheriff´s Office responded with tools including a robotic dog, drones, a battering ram and a SWAT team.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office didn't say where the sniper shot from, but SWAT members had surrounded the bank to deal with the hostage situation.
Video on the sheriff's office Facebook page showed several deputies standing with their rifles raised, near an entrance to the bank alongside a negotiator who spoke with Alavache seconds before a shot rings out.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
New Yawk, judging from the sheriff’s accent.
Good. The moment anyone takes someone hostage, he has lost his right to live and can be shot on sight.
The video shows Ramon Alavache being cured of these problems, and his problem of holding hostages at knife point.
The Officer did what he was trained to do, flawlessly! The hostages are alive and uninjured. End of story.
It was a black guy, which is why the US media was told to spike this story.
An old-school CRT monitor could have redirected the bullet but modern plasma/LED flat screens are much less substantial.
“Sterling Ramon Alavache, 36, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression”
Progressives are horrified to hear about 1700s-1800s British mental health treatments at places like Bethlehem (pronounced “Bedlam,” yes, that place) Hospital in London. A violently mad creature like this would have been fed and clothed, but stapled to a brick wall with a length of chain so he could not hurt himself or others.
OK liberals, show me how this violent madman is better off today, dead, than he would have been living in Bedlam? Not to mention those innocent citizens he terrorized, or the computer monitor.
If the guy was palestinian the liberal rags would have said this was part of the Palestinian genocide!
LMAO
I have a couple of questions: What range? What caliber rifle, 5.56x45mm, 7.62x51mm, .338 Lapua? Inquiring minds want to know. Mine does at least.
I tried to download Brave a few times but it wouldn’t complete. Probably because I’m on Windows 7. (Was using Dissenter which is similar, but it’s not a thing any more.)
It mentioned .308.
Good way to save on court costs.
lol. Yeah .338 Lapua ammo is a bit pricey.
Right you are!
From the video, in the shot from behind the sniper, it looks like it was about 25-30 feet.
.338 Win Mag ammo is pricey, too! I saw some in the store recently - $85 for 20 rounds of Hornady brand cartridges IIRC.
Hey man, nice shot!
I cannot understand how the sniper could see his target with the computer monitor in the way.
Good shot!
>>A good ambulance chaser will not let this go to waste.<<
Yep, John Morgan probably already contacted her.
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