Posted on 10/01/2006 8:48:34 AM PDT by roostercogburn
A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to autopsy results.
Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida following the shooting death of Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Williams Thursday.
“That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
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I was thinking the same thing!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711457/posts
I also posted this on that message thread, so that people can see that it just wasn't another day at the range for the cops hunting down this armed cop-killer:
"Numerous law enforcement officers from throughout Central Florida, including SWAT team members, assisted with the search throughout the day Thursday and Friday morning. They went shoulder-to-shoulder cutting through extremely thick brush in the woods."
Jerry Miculek, with his Smith & Wesson Model 627 Performance Center V-Comp .45 ACP Revolver, put 8 rounds into a target in one second. He also put 8 rounds on 4 targets in 1.06 seconds. and...then...6 shots, reload the revolver, another 6 shots, all in 2.99 seconds. :-)
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DpCellB_UQ for a History Channel clip of these amazing feats!
Not that I am saying Mr. Miculek was on this SWAT team. :-)
Not that this guy didn't deserve to die -- he did, and I'm glad he's now worm's food. Years ago, when the cops carried revolvers, the perp would be hit "several" times. Now that police are all carrying semiautos or subguns, well, they just dump the whole magazine into you, or as much as they can get on target, anyway.
This de facto standard in the behavior of the authorities, for better or for worse, gives real-life credence to the adage,"The first one will cost you your life -- the rest are free."
Nope. Special punishment should be given to people who shoot me and mine. Why else would I pay taxes?
An apparent suicide
Don't know if it has been reported but a friend of mine in the Polk County Sherriff's Dept. said the last shot was with the barrel of the gun pressed against the officer's head.
No wonder they ran out of ammo.
“That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
Nothing wrong with this except that about 1/3 of the shots fired missed him.
It's a good ratio. The "target" was not standing stock still upright at 40 feet...he was in brush, moving, if not firing back, presumed to be ready to fire back at any second...
It's a great ratio, under those "combat" conditions.
As for the FReeper who suggested it was SWAT "overkill": This freak already shot and killed one cop, putting eight bullets in him. By definition: Armed and extremely dangerous. Once the cops located him, they're smart to presume the absolute worst: that he will try to kill them. And how do they know that he doesn't have one or more backup pieces?
A sad story with a very happy ending.
This is only true if you subscribe to the philosophy that the people exist to serve the government and not the other way around. Then any attack on a government bureaucrat is much more serious than an attack on the rest of us, because government bureaucrats are superior to the rest of us by virtue of being in the government. If you subscribe to the founding fathers' philosphy, that all men are created equal, then murder is murder, and any murderer deserves the same fate regardless of whom he killed. I just wish the police were as vigorous in pursuing people who kill 711 clerks, etc.
I don't blame them a bit for emptying their weapons. The guy was extremely dangerous, had already shown that he was willing to kill police officers, and failed to respond to verbal commands to show his hands. The police officers that shot him are all able to go home at night and hug their kids.
• One shot in his left bicep.
• One shot in his left rear thigh.
• One shot in his right leg.
• One shot in his right buttock.
• One shot in his right upper arm.
• One shot at close range behind his right ear.
• One shot -- a contact wound, where the muzzle was touching his skin -- near his right temple.
In case anyone missed this info, Deputy Williams is survived by his wife and three children, a twin son and daughter, 16, and a 19-year-old son. Deputy Williams was shot to death on his wife's birthday.
Wow, reality does still exist sometimes.. too bad cops have to have one of their own killed to be willing to do this.
Hmmm...they must've run out of ammo.
I was thinking the same thing, but this was a SWAT Team, and you would expect them to be better shooters than the average cop, since they train a lot more with their weapons. Still, a 62 percent hit ratio is pretty decent. I'm thinking 11 shooters each emptying a ten round mag?
It couldn't have happened to a more deserving punk!!
Ammo is a lot cheaper than prison time. This was a good investment for FL taxpayers.
LOL
Very good question!!!!
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