Posted on 05/18/2013 6:40:46 PM PDT by LibWhacker
The 21-year-old Hofstra student who was killed during a Long Island home invasion was shot dead by a police officer as the gunman had her in a headlock and was trying to drag her out of the house, officials said Saturday.
Nassau County Police said at a news conference Andrea Rebello was killed by police, not by the armed gunman who was trying to rob the off-campus house where she was living with her twin sister, Jessica, and several others.
Rebello, a Hofstra junior studying public relations, and suspect Dalton Smith, 30, were both shot and killed as he was trying to back away from police with a gun to her head, police said.
An officer fired eight rounds, seven of which hit the suspect and one that hit Rebello in the head, police said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...
ILLEGAL MAG. 7 Is The limit. She would still be alive today buuuut so many bullets in the cops pistol.
Nice looking young woman, typical thug.
Peace on the family.
Good night.
You really need to be weary about where you send your children to college. City colleges in particular suffer from a lot of break-ins, muggings, and assaults by guys who look like the home invader in the current unfortunate situation.
Are we allowed to do Root Cause Analysis anymore?
/johnny
For some reason I can’t get the meaning from the way it is written.
So, a cop shot the bad guy, but, the cop also killed the hostage by mistake?
forgot the/s
My prayers for her family but it can’t be taken back.
Hmmm...
Act like a thug.
Hang with thugs.
Be with thugs.
Die like a thug.
You have a limited scenario generator. I can see #3 and #4.
Personally, I was taught to run from a knife and close on a firearm.
Either way it takes quick and accurate thought processes.
Considering how many of the local constabulary I back off from, wave a flash light at, and use a drill pad voice to address while they are lost in the laptop in the police car... their situational awareness is not up to field standards.
/johnny
That’s when the officer fired his gun—eight times—striking and killing the suspect, 30-year-old Dalton Smith, and accidentally shooting Rebello in the head, Azzata said.
http://www.longislandpress.com/2013/05/18/hofstra-student-killed-by-officers-bullet-during-robbery/
I’m not sure there was a good possible ending to this. It says the perp had a gun to the girl’s head. If the cops hadn’t taken the shot(s), and then the perp had shot the girl (for the fun of it, or accidentally, or because he felt threatened, or whatever) then they’d be blamed for that too.
Range time is nothing compared to mental preparation. As I recall most shootings are at less than seven feet. Please correct me if I am wrong. The info could help me in the future in order to protect myself and anyone else around.....
If Smith had survived, Smith would likely have been charged with the death. Smith is the cause of the home invasion, and Smith forced the officer to fire.
Did NY fix that part of the SAFE Act? If they didn't, then this copper is going to be in big time trouble (sarcasm for the slow folks).
I agree with the first statement, and disagree with the second.
I'd say that Smith was root cause, with assistance from a judge that released him. And Smith gave the officer the option of shooting him.
Training and Situational Awareness on the ground, in the real world really, really sucks for lots of constabulary. There are exceptions.
I'm very careful around them, because a startled cop is a dangerous cop.
/johnny
Looks like the only mistake made was the call to the police...The robber walked in and didn’t kill anyone...The police show up and they kill everybody...
These stories are getting really disgusting...
Right. Several young beautiful women living in a house, a black gun thug breaks in, and they’re supposed to NOT call the police?
The policeman shot eight bullets; one hit the hostage in the head, killing her instantly, and the other seven hit the bad guy. Bad guy was probably using her as cover, poor thing.
Go to the article at the link - it is all explained there.
Was he armed?
Never mind.
Hmm. I might, depending on the details. Judging by the the outcome, it certainly seems to be a case of the officer taking an unnecessary risk.
This isn't the movies. But even if it was, the idea of police shooting at a suspect who is using a hostage as a human shield is questionable at best. Especially with a handgun. A sniper shot might be a different situation, but even in that circumstance, I happen to personally remember when a hostage was killed in an Orlando standoff due to a poice sniper's fatal error.
The point is, it's obviously preferable that the perp escape capture (temporarily, hopefully) than for a hostage to be fatally shot by police.
I'm sure the officer feels horrible.
Just tragic...
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