[Born to Conserve]

Sixteen shots?
If the guy was in armor, maybe okay.
But it sounds like these cops are idiots.

[Fraxinus]

There are plenty of real cases where this happens. Probably the best write up I have seen is here.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy