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And a happy ending.texanjoker wrote:good video.
....Including one with an exit wound right between his shoulder blades. One can only imagine what structures that one might have hit. He had pretty obviously already started losing blood pressure rapidly, making his legs wobbly, before the head shot took him down. And even with multiple gunshot wounds including the head wound, he continued to stir on the ground for a while longer. One presumes that the cops were carrying .40 Cal., a round with a decent reputation. There's a lesson for the rest of us somewhere in all of that.MoJo wrote:The BG had 3-4 obvious wounds before being shot in the head....
Yes, I had the same reaction. The guy that drove the white car had an unobstructed view of the BG's car. The first guy that came from behind the fence at the left, should have seen him also.terryg wrote:It sure looked like they were watching and only approached after the one suspect entered the car. I can't for the life of me figure out how he was missed.
The stories I saw said the wounded officer had three wounds to the abdomen, missed the armor apparently. The perp had a Colt .380, surprise, and a tree for cover and still lost. Looks like he took a hit in the leg, a couple in the torso and one to the head, probably a glancing blow or shrapnel. It's a good thing he wasn't a better shooter or there would be 3 dead officers now.Beiruty wrote:Why the police officers did not reload, and closed in again after the head shot? He was down and alive no detective to be seen. Those detectives are undercover narcotics. They need more training, I guess. They were wearing body armor and this why the 3 hits were taken by the body armor.
I thought the article said the wounded officer was treated at the hospital and released. Sounds like bruised ribs from rounds hitting a vest. Three rounds in the stomach isn't a treated and released type of thing.JALLEN wrote:The stories I saw said the wounded officer had three wounds to the abdomen, missed the armor apparently. The perp had a Colt .380, surprise, and a tree for cover and still lost. Looks like he took a hit in the leg, a couple in the torso and one to the head, probably a glancing blow or shrapnel. It's a good thing he wasn't a better shooter or there would be 3 dead officers now.Beiruty wrote:Why the police officers did not reload, and closed in again after the head shot? He was down and alive no detective to be seen. Those detectives are undercover narcotics. They need more training, I guess. They were wearing body armor and this why the 3 hits were taken by the body armor.
It seemed like no officers appeared in the yard for several minutes afterwards. I wonder why?
Here is what I replied on:jmra wrote:I thought the article said the wounded officer was treated at the hospital and released. Sounds like bruised ribs from rounds hitting a vest. Three rounds in the stomach isn't a treated and released type of thing.JALLEN wrote:The stories I saw said the wounded officer had three wounds to the abdomen, missed the armor apparently. The perp had a Colt .380, surprise, and a tree for cover and still lost. Looks like he took a hit in the leg, a couple in the torso and one to the head, probably a glancing blow or shrapnel. It's a good thing he wasn't a better shooter or there would be 3 dead officers now.Beiruty wrote:Why the police officers did not reload, and closed in again after the head shot? He was down and alive no detective to be seen. Those detectives are undercover narcotics. They need more training, I guess. They were wearing body armor and this why the 3 hits were taken by the body armor.
It seemed like no officers appeared in the yard for several minutes afterwards. I wonder why?
The story concludes by saying the officer is recovering and has not yet returned to duty. My impression is that if he had mere bruises from being hit in the vest, the story would have taken a different angle, and said so. Who knows?The images are stunningly clear, the sort rarely ever captured on video: A gunman pops out of a parked BMW, surprising Miami-Dade narcotics detectives investigating a marijuana growhouse.
The home’s audio-equipped surveillance video — played for the first time during a Miami-Dade court hearing Thursday — is a graphic and powerful piece of evidence depicting a police action quickly turned into a deadly gunfight.
Gunfire erupts. Puffs of smoke cloud the air. Detective John Saavedra falls off screen, wounded with three bullets to the gut.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/09/3 ... rylink=cpy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I was going off the linked story:JALLEN wrote:Here is what I replied on:jmra wrote:I thought the article said the wounded officer was treated at the hospital and released. Sounds like bruised ribs from rounds hitting a vest. Three rounds in the stomach isn't a treated and released type of thing.JALLEN wrote:The stories I saw said the wounded officer had three wounds to the abdomen, missed the armor apparently. The perp had a Colt .380, surprise, and a tree for cover and still lost. Looks like he took a hit in the leg, a couple in the torso and one to the head, probably a glancing blow or shrapnel. It's a good thing he wasn't a better shooter or there would be 3 dead officers now.Beiruty wrote:Why the police officers did not reload, and closed in again after the head shot? He was down and alive no detective to be seen. Those detectives are undercover narcotics. They need more training, I guess. They were wearing body armor and this why the 3 hits were taken by the body armor.
It seemed like no officers appeared in the yard for several minutes afterwards. I wonder why?
The story concludes by saying the officer is recovering and has not yet returned to duty. My impression is that if he had mere bruises from being hit in the vest, the story would have taken a different angle, and said so. Who knows?The images are stunningly clear, the sort rarely ever captured on video: A gunman pops out of a parked BMW, surprising Miami-Dade narcotics detectives investigating a marijuana growhouse.
The home’s audio-equipped surveillance video — played for the first time during a Miami-Dade court hearing Thursday — is a graphic and powerful piece of evidence depicting a police action quickly turned into a deadly gunfight.
Gunfire erupts. Puffs of smoke cloud the air. Detective John Saavedra falls off screen, wounded with three bullets to the gut.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/09/3 ... rylink=cpy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;