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Tarpon Springs officer shoots, kills man during car show
Bay News9 ^ | 5/6/17

Posted on 05/06/2017 7:03:45 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

An off-duty police officer working a downtown Tarpon Springs car show shot and killed a man Saturday whom the officer said came at him with a knife, the department said.

Tarpon Springs Police: Officer fatally shot man armed with knife Off-duty cop was working a car show in downtown Tarpon Springs FDLE, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office will investigate incident

Just after 1:30 p.m., the officer was flagged down by citizens and alerted to a "suspicious" man on a bicycle in the area of Tarpon and Safford avenues. They described the man as wearing an orange jacket with the hood pulled over his head, Tarpon Springs Police said in a news release.

The officer made contact with the man, whom the officer said provided a fake name. The man provided another last name, which the officer called in over the police radio. The radio went silent for a moment, then the officer could be heard saying, "Shots fired, shots fired," according to the news release. The officer then said over the radio that the man had come at him with a knife.

The man was taken to Florida Hospital North Pinellas, where he was pronounced dead. The officer was not injured.

There were numerous witnesses to the incident, police said.

The names of the man and the officer have not been released. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate with help from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office forensics unit, police said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: automotive; banglist; florida; fordchevymopar; police; tarponsprings
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To: Vinnie

The first dragster Don Garlits built had a Buick straight 8, outdated by 1953 but they were good engines. And the Dynaflows were also well built. Buicks with Dynaflows were gas hogs, that was the main drawback. We got a 2006 Ford Freestyle with the CVT. 160k miles, the trans is good but it’s got a bad sensor. Damn electronics!


41 posted on 05/07/2017 5:40:28 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: yarddog
Hard to believe a two speed automatic could perform as well as those old powerglides.

Powerglides are two speed automatics.

42 posted on 05/07/2017 6:01:40 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Yes that is what I was saying.

Maybe could have stated it better.


43 posted on 05/07/2017 6:44:59 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; Impala64ssa; SargeK
Why didn’t the cop shoot the knife out of his hand?

Because he didn't want to hit any Powerglides?

I've seen some "thread-drift" in my time!

==8-O

44 posted on 05/07/2017 6:49:17 AM PDT by Does so (USA: Watching Muslims' 2nd US Generation become "Radicalized"...)
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To: Impala64ssa
Tarpon Springs officer shoots, kills man during car show

Ford! No, Chevy! Wrong! Why, you....

Bang! Bang!Bang!Bang! Bang!Bang! Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang! Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!!!

Ford.

45 posted on 05/07/2017 8:14:49 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In law enforcement training they have a subject come at you with a rubber knife from across a large room. It’s amazing how quickly that rubber knife is in your ribs.

They ran a Teuller drill in the last qualification course I shot, a number of police cadets and spouses also taking the course and having a real need to impress on them that an attacker with a knife need not be within arms reach to be a deadly threat.

Imagine the guy with the rubber knife's surprise when I didn't draw my weapon as he closed, so he came in for his kill, whereupon I had both knives out of my pockets and open, one in each hand, and went after him, hard and fast, screaming AYO GHOKHALI! And my knives were not rubber ones.

The class instructor hit his whistle before I made any actual cuts, and kind of wryly observed, Well, there's a technique I've never seen before....

46 posted on 05/07/2017 8:33:37 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: editor-surveyor
Its just that the Bang threads do tend to bring out some doozies at times.

A picture is worth a thousand words.


47 posted on 05/07/2017 8:58:53 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I assume another angry envious little sht.

Everytime I go buy usual stuff or quality stuff in a black neighborhood, I always have a fracking black female cashier tell me what am I going to do with it etc.

These people have deep envy issues. Very bad atmosphere


48 posted on 05/07/2017 10:25:33 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: yarddog
Maybe could have stated it better.

It was a tiny bit ambiguous , but I think the blame was more on my shoulders. I guess I wanted to read it wrong. Reading it now, it makes total sense.

49 posted on 05/08/2017 7:20:14 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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