I’m really impressed with the police officer......he was trained well obviously.
To me, it looks loke he shot the guy in the arm.....thinking that would stop him......and kept shooting in a straight line up the arm when he realizes this monster wouldn’t stop......
finally giving him the head taps.
In a perfect world, they would give the officer medals!!!!,
bttt
That was my theory as well.
His first shots were aimed to injure, not kill...................
Have you shot a handgun much? Not attacking you, but I will bet not.
Agree he acted heroically and properly, but this shoot-to-wound stuff is not something anyone does: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3193963/posts?page=195#195
“To me, it looks loke he shot the guy in the arm.....thinking that would stop him......”
Let me think about this ....
I have eye injuries and a 300 pounder is charging me. I think I will shoot him in the arm...
Get real!
Excellent observation! Cop did indeed “wing” him several times, and the guy kept coming anyway. At some point advocates of “just shoot him in the arm/leg” have to admit that if that doesn’t work FOUR TIMES, head/COM is next.
Think about it. In the heat of shooting that may last seconds they wouldn't have time to think that way anyway.
Nope. Ever been smacked in the eye so hard it caused a fractured socket? He was seeing stars! He couldn't see well, at all. This, and Brown's size, explains the multiple shots and the spread wound pattern. This cop was sprayin and prayin. Prayed well, though.
My guess is he was having double vision and or blurred vision, possibly issues moving his eye left, right, etc. from the orbital fracture when he was shooting, thus not hitting center mass. As MB got closer, he finally got in a kill shot to the head.
One thing is for sure, you absolutely positively do NOT want another blow to the face/eye when you already have an orbital fracture. If the trauma is severe enough, the eyeball can literally fall out of the socket and on to the cheek. An orbital fracture is not something to mess with.
Most probably the officer was aiming for center mass as he was trained and his aim was a bit off due to his injury, angle of presentation, speed of the action. Good shooting none the less.
Indeed, he earlier received a commendation. It’s clear he deserved it.
He was most likely aiming center of the perp’s body and since he is right handed he jerked the gun to the left each time he pulled the trigger, hitting the perp in the right side of his body. This is a very common issue with novice or average shooters. The most common pattern for novice right handed shooters is down and to the left. This is often caused by number of factors such as anticipation of recoil, poor hand positioning, slamming the trigger and looking over the sights.
He was most likely aiming center of the perp’s body and since he is right handed he jerked the gun to the left each time he pulled the trigger, hitting the perp in the right side of his body. This is a very common issue with novice or average shooters. The most common pattern for novice right handed shooters is down and to the left. This is often caused by number of factors such as anticipation of recoil, poor hand positioning, slamming the trigger and looking over the sights.
I don’t think that the officer intentionally shot him in the arm to disable him or anything like that.
From all I have ever heard in firearm training, you don’t expose a firearm unless you are fully prepared to use it, and once you begin using it, you shoot to kill.
Perhaps another Freeper who has received training can comment on this, but the concept of shooting to disable someone isn’t generally taught. They are taught to aim for center mass, the biggest target they can hit.
Obviously, I would imagine that certain special forces personnel are indeed taught to disable (not kill) in certain situations for intelligence purposes, but I don’t think it is even discussed outside of that specific scenario except to say never to try to shoot an extremity to disable someone.