Dig em up, reload, and unload again. Just to be on the safe side!
Posted on 09/30/2006 8:09:00 PM PDT by AZRepublican
LAKELAND, Fla. - Officers fired 110 rounds of ammunition at the man suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy, according to an autopsy and records released by the sheriff's office Saturday.
Angilo Freeland — who was suspected of fatally shooting the deputy after being pulled over for speeding Thursday — was hit 68 times by the SWAT team members' shots, the examination showed.
He also was suspected of wounding a deputy and killing a police dog.
Freeland's death ended a nearly 24-hour manhunt that forced schools to lock down and families to stay indoors as about 500 officers scoured the woods.
The wounded deputy had pulled Freeland over for speeding and became suspicious of his identification. The suspect got nervous and bolted into the woods, officials said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he was not concerned by the number of shots fired.
"You have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had already shot and killed a K-9 and he shot and injured another deputy," Judd said by phone Saturday. "Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances."
Ten SWAT officers surrounded Freeland on Friday as he hid beneath brush and a fallen tree in a rural area. Authorities say he raised the gun belonging to the deputy he had killed, prompting nine officers to fire.
"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Judd said. "We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."
The SWAT officers who shot Freeland have been placed on paid administrative leave, standard procedure in all police shootings.
Also released Saturday were autopsy results for the deputy, Vernon Matthew Williams, 39, which showed he had been shot eight times. He was not wearing a protective vest, but shots hit him in his right leg and behind his right ear, among other places.
Diogi, his German shepherd police dog, was also killed. The dog had been shot once in the chest.
Authorities said deputy sheriff Doug Speirs, also 39, was fired at several times and shot once in the leg. A sergeant and an officer from the Lakeland Police Department were also fired at, authorities said.
"110 rounds fired and they only hit him 68 times? "
Damn fine shooting.
This is the real world, boys. Not paper targets.
Little bit of pucker factor shooting at a live, armed man; especially a cop killer.
A job well done.
He fought the law, and the law won.
"Diogi"... what a great name for a dog.
Still, you know that the liberals are going to piss themselves into a fit over this one. After all, this person obviously just needed some "counciling" or some crap like that.
Good riddance.
ouch!
Okay. Both of you make good points. I can see how it might be hard to get all 110 into him. Still be worth trying, though.
Kick ass and don't apologize.
The circumstances seemed appropriate for just such a course of action.
magazines
LOL! Nice.
Works for me. Way to go!!
The money the taxpayers of Fla. paid for these 110 bullets was some of the best money spent by the government in a long time. I would like to suggest we spend a like amount getting rid of the Gitmo prisoners.
ping
How many actually hit him?
Ya gotta love the keyboard warriors who look down their noses at shooting like that because they are pure hell on paper targets on the local range. When the pulse rate gets exceeds about 150, the fine motor skills go south. Facing an armed cop killer tends to increase the pulse rate.
was hit 68 times by the SWAT team members' shots, the examination showed
"I guess he ain't getting up again" ping.
Cause of death:
Lead Poisoning
Why did I mess with Florida? Last thought of Ted Bundy
Dig em up, reload, and unload again. Just to be on the safe side!
This all occurred while one officer was conducting a news conference 100 yards away. And they played his news conference.
The guy started saying they thought the suspect was in the area, and imediately you hear shots in the background.
The officer makes mention of the shots, then says 'there's about a dozen shots....uh....about a hundred shots...uh...I believe they may have located the suspect....
There has to be a recording of this on-line somewhere!?
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