Okla. Officer Shoots, Kill Man Holding Child Hostage

[Jaguar]

I am curious about the weapon the officer used. Rifle – good shot. Pistol – heck of a good shot. I would not want to make a “hostage taker shot” with a pistol so I’m wondering if the police had a chance to get rifles before it escalated.

[VMI77]

Great shooting. Another dirt bag bites the dust.

[gigag04]

It could only be better had he said "tango down" after squeezing off the round.

[Sangiovese]

It could only be better had he said "tango down" after squeezing off the round.

I was thinking more along the lines of, "BOOM! Headshot."

Either way, good job in a lousy situation. Hope he doesn't lose sleep over it.

[texanjoker]

I have been searching the 'net and so far no word on what weapon used. Either way a good shot.

[mamabearCali]

Good shot.....another bad guy who won't hurt kids again.

[anygunanywhere]

Maybe the huge purchases of ammo for use by law enforcement is ok

What does this have to do with this situation? What's your point?

Excellent shots normally take a lot of practice (and therefore a lot of ammo to practice with).

I was trying (obviously unsuccessfully) to be a bit humorous.

A well developed sense of humor reflects a highly trained and utilized intelligence.



Anygunanywhere

[JJVP]

Video of the shooting released. Officer shot the kidnapper point blank in the head.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... -released/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[nightmare69]

Excellent shot, indeed.

He shot the man point blank range, another officer distracted the man so the officer could execute him.

[anygunanywhere]

Excellent shot, indeed.

He shot the man point blank range, another officer distracted the man so the officer could execute him.

Poor choice of words.

That was a hostage rescue, not an execution.

Anygunanywhere

[nightmare69]

Excellent shot, indeed.

He shot the man point blank range, another officer distracted the man so the officer could execute him.

Poor choice of words.

That was a hostage rescue, not an execution.

Anygunanywhere

Yeah the hostage got rescued and the man was executed on the spot. Agree to disagree.

[SQLGeek]

Excellent shot, indeed.

He shot the man point blank range, another officer distracted the man so the officer could execute him.

First of all, my comment was before seeing the video.

Secondly, the scumbag had a knife at a child's throat and was counting down with a threat to kill the child. The Captain used the amount of force required to protect the child's life.

How would you have preferred this situation be handled?

[Pacifist]

Excellent shot, indeed.

He shot the man point blank range, another officer distracted the man so the officer could execute him.

Poor choice of words.

That was a hostage rescue, not an execution.

Anygunanywhere

Actually, I think "exterminated" would have been much more appropriate as that is what we do to vermin.

[Blindref757]

I hope that little girl's ears arent damaged...but if they are, that's better than her jugular vein being damaged. Sad situation...but it ended the way it needed to. The good guys won and a crazy person isn't living off the government.

[texanjoker]

http://www.policeone.com/edged-weapons/ ... -standoff/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Video released of the incident...shows officer had a handgun. Good job!