Posted on 06/06/2011 2:03:15 PM PDT by petitfour
MURDER.
22 holes in the body, exsanguination means they all contribute to the fatality.
No major arteries were hit.
Does mostly legs and arms make it seem like he may have been crouching? Any clue as to the trajectory of the bullets through the body?
Ouch! That’s harsh!
Maybe. Or maybe symptomatic of mostly undirected fire. Imagine a shotgun blast 10 feet in diameter where every pellet is a .223 Rem. Be interesting to learn if the wounds were predominantly on one side of the body far more than the other (i.e. the shotgun blast wasn't well centered on Guerena).
KGUN9 updated their story. The med examiner clarified that there were two wounds in particular that were most likely the cause(s) of death. “One bullet entered the left thigh and traveled into the abdomen, where it lacerated a kidney and penetrated an artery. Equally serious was the bullet that entered the abdomen, which then traveled through the spleen and into the left lung, causing massive blood loss.”-—KGUN9 Forrest Carr
This other story might give you a better idea of the wounds. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2730771/posts
From the thigh into the abdomen? Sounds like he was already down when that round hit him, he was flying the the air feet first, or SWAT is armed with magic bullets like the one that killed John Connally. Could be a ricochet, but if so I’d think it’d lack sufficient energy to transit through the guy’s entire body. Nevertheless, I’m not a forensic guy.
I hope the family of this brave Marine sues the state for all they have!
The whole “SWAT” team rushed into the apartment, shot Guerena, then apparently fled back outside and sent in robots. In an earlier story the PIMA sheriff's spokesman admitted one guy tripped on his Plexiglas shield, fell backwards and his weapon—apparently unlocked—discharged accidentally. This likely caused the others to fire their weapons. A federal attorney and grand jury should be grilling these people under oath right now.
>>The whole SWAT team rushed into the apartment,<<
That’s not what the video showed. A couple of men went in, the leader (stubbed his foot) fell to his knees and then the shooting started. It continued for a minute then they withdrew.
Maybe I’m crazy and blind, but it appears the Arizona Daily Star has buried this story. I don’t see it on their front page any more.
Thanks for the clarification. I’ll look at the tape.
Or are they even saying that? From an interview with one officer right after the shooting:
The officer said that he did not wait for that man to fire first.
He said, " as soon as I saw the male suspect come from that direction he yelled something. At that point I began firing my weapon at the suspect."
On closer questioning, that officer told detectives, " whether at that point he actually had raised the rifle up...I couldn't..."
http://www.kgun9.com/story/14838574/entire-swat-team-says-guerena-fired-at-them#
Now they are ALL saying that he pointed the weapon at them -after they've got their stories together. However, at the time of the shooting - THE OFFFICER THAT OPENED FIRE won't say the gun was pointed at him.
So ALL THE OFFICERS that say he DID point the gun at them ARE LYING.
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