"Kill him a lot!"
Posted on 08/13/2016 1:45:23 AM PDT by packrat01
The Polk County sheriff says they fired 110 times at the man who `executed' a deputy.
October 1, 2006|By Gary Taylor and Kelly Griffith, Sentinel Staff Writers
Face to face with an armed man suspected of killing a Polk County deputy sheriff, SWAT officers riddled his body with 68 bullets.
Altogether, nine officers fired 110 times Friday at Angilo Freeland, who Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said "executed" one of his deputies.
"That's all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more," Judd said after autopsy results were released Saturday.
The slain deputy, Matt Williams, 39, was shot eight times Thursday when he encountered the killer who had fled into nearby woods after a routine traffic stop.
One bullet was fired at close range behind the deputy's right ear and another was fired near his right temple, with the muzzle of the gun pressing against his skin, the autopsy showed.
"I am confident that he was ambushed and he was executed," Judd said.
Freeland, 27, was driving a rental car when he was pulled over. Deputy Doug Speirs asked for his drivers license but was handed a fake ID.
Several shots were fired at Speirs as he ran after Freeland, and one bullet struck the deputy's leg, authorities said.
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Yeah, it was 2006. My mom just sent me a HIGHLY excerpted EMail that painted a skewed picture. The full story brought to mind many questions. Why a 62% hit ratio from a "highly trained" SWAT team, and the 9 that fired only carried 12 rounds each? Among other questions.
Search didn't find it...
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That is the quote of the decade.
Back around four months ago in Germany....some nutcase came out and threaten some folks on the street with a knife. German cops arrive...give some brief warning....fire one shot and that took the guy down.
After that, there was a commentary that over an entire year within Germany....in performance of duties, cops fire roughly 80-to-100 rounds total (in an entire year, in a country of 81-million people). That’s it. While they don’t show a lot of statistics over the topic....generally, the cops in Germany get enough practice that they don’t need twenty rounds to take down some guy.
If the cops needed in this case....68 rounds to take down the guy...he must have been mighty powerful to keep going forward and need more rounds to take him down.
110 rounds fired-68 hits. that seems like an excessive amount of missing. sloppy.
They should have used hand grenades and bazookas too.
Some shots may have been intentional ricochets. Sometimes, all you can see of the perp is his feet under his car. A shot at the pavement will travel a few inches above the ground, better than hitting the car frame with a wasted shot.
Or called in an artillery strike.
Search didn’t find it because it was posted ten years ago. Just sayin’ because I think it’s worth posting again. Can you imagine if this happened today? Never mind that he shot the cop 10 or 12 times. Wouldn’t matter to the race baiters.
Also, the cops shot him 68 times because he was in in heavy undergrowth, down in a hole, under a big fallen tree. He pointed his gun at them and he had already killed a cop. They probably couldn’t even tell if they were hitting him. But why take a chance?
The incident and the linked article are ten years old.
I don’t get why it is posted now...
"Kill him a lot!"
This happened close to me. Matt and his K9 had tracted a suspect that tried to break in my shop. His killer was dug in under a fallen tree in the woods with heavy cover and only fraction of exposure. The 110 rounds fired only took 8 seconds and it was over. I have the audio saved and will post in a moment. Sheriff Judd was on the phone with FOX news when it happened.
I wonder what was happening downrange? That is a lot of rounds. Were they using 9mm?
62% is because they’ve highly trained and rifles.
Every time I read about a shooting with a lot of rounds spent I do the math.
NYC years ago 2 cops and a guy reaching for his wallet at pistol range. 40 rounds 18 hits.
Lots of factors, adrenaline probably number 1. Range time and bullet choic or sight adjustment also.
State Cop shot a 400 pound biker in Massachusetts seven times with a police .38, and he didn’t go down. Meth’ll do that.
Because me and others didn’t see it 10 years ago and it was very sad but entertaining,especially the punch line about running out of bullets.
It also highlights what scum is out there on our streets and how cops risk there lives and K9’s lives just by being a cop.
Hope this helps you understand why it was posted .
He shot killed their fellow cop. They shot him. Case closed.
(Normally I oppose spray and pray....though shots to hits here is a better proportion than the NYPD Amadou Diallo shooting where 4 cops fired a combined total of 41 shots, 19 of which struck Diallo. Of course Diallo’s crime was reaching for his wallet )
He shot killed their fellow cop. They shot him. Case closed.
(Normally I oppose spray and pray....though shots to hits here is a better proportion than the NYPD Amadou Diallo shooting where 4 cops fired a combined total of 41 shots, 19 of which struck Diallo. Of course Diallo’s crime was reaching for his wallet )
That’s the shooting I was thinking about.
Thanks for refreshing my memory with correct numbers.
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