I hate to say it but she had been the perp she would have never been hit. I am amazed at the accounts of cops firing hundreds of rounds and never hitting what they are shooting at. They use a spray and pray method that this time wound up killing an innocent. Cops need to have more weapons training on how to aim at their target.
>>I am amazed at the accounts of cops firing hundreds of rounds and never hitting what they are shooting at.
That’s because you’ve never been in a gun fight — even a simulated one. If you had, you’d know that rounds miss. There is no real way to train for a gun fight like you would anything else, as you know a simulated anything won’t get you killed. One can be better prepared but there are so many factors that you can’t predict.
Going to the range and getting good at firing your weapon is a little like only becoming proficient in layups while preparing to play in the NBA. It will only get you so far, though it is necessary.
This ‘bulk-shooting’ mentality amazes me as well. Last year, I was looking at German police statistics from 2011. The German cops fired a total of 85 rounds (for the entire year, across the entire country) in active situations. Forty-nine of these were warning shots. The rest? Six folks dead and 15 wounded.