GTA takedown style

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/us/arizon ... r-suspect/

[TechnoWeenie]

Meh. Could gone both ways.

Guy stole a rifle and fired it... Responding officer hears 'shots fired' and 'he shot the rifle' and assumes the worst.

If some dude stole a rifle from someone I knew, and he called me as he was following him and said he just shot the rifle.... I'd assume it was aimed at him, and probably do the same.

Tough to call.

I will bet $$ on it though that adrenaline had all to do with officer GTA taking action..

I always love how cops use lethal force 'to prevent suicide'..

The guy had a gun to his head so our sniper shot him.... WTF?!

[MadPick]

From the article:

Timeline of events
Tucson Police Sgt. Pete Dugan told CNN that Valencia was involved in several incidents in Tucson the day he was struck.

At 6:45 a.m., Valencia robbed a 7-Eleven in Tucson with a metal object in his hand. Authorities said he was dressed only in his underwear. He was charged with theft.

A little more than an hour later, police said, Valencia set a fire at a church for which he was charged with arson of an occupied structure.

Just after that he entered a home and stole a car, police said.

Authorities said he drove to a Walmart where he stole a .30-30 rifle and ammunition. He fled the store with Walmart employees in pursuit.

He was clearly unstable and refusing to obey police commands. Having robbed a store, set fire to a church, stolen a car and stolen a rifle, he was clearly a threat.

From what I can see, the officers made a choice between shooting him and hitting him with the car. Either way works for me.

All the officers and all of the innocent citizens of the community made it home safely that night. Mission accomplished.

[TechnoWeenie]

From the article:

Timeline of events
Tucson Police Sgt. Pete Dugan told CNN that Valencia was involved in several incidents in Tucson the day he was struck.

At 6:45 a.m., Valencia robbed a 7-Eleven in Tucson with a metal object in his hand. Authorities said he was dressed only in his underwear. He was charged with theft.

A little more than an hour later, police said, Valencia set a fire at a church for which he was charged with arson of an occupied structure.

Just after that he entered a home and stole a car, police said.

Authorities said he drove to a Walmart where he stole a .30-30 rifle and ammunition. He fled the store with Walmart employees in pursuit.

He was clearly unstable and refusing to obey police commands. Having robbed a store, set fire to a church, stolen a car and stolen a rifle, he was clearly a threat.

From what I can see, the officers made a choice between shooting him and hitting him with the car. Either way works for me.

All the officers and all of the innocent citizens of the community made it home safely that night. Mission accomplished.

With that info... Yeah... I'd run the guy over too. :D

[MadPick]

With that info... Yeah... I'd run the guy over too. :D

The difference is that if you ran him over with YOUR vehicle, he wouldn't be alive to sue.

[SFCRMSA]

That is 'F**K'D" Up!

[ANZAC]

He was clearly unstable and refusing to obey police commands. Having robbed a store, set fire to a church, stolen a car and stolen a rifle, he was clearly a threat.

From what I can see, the officers made a choice between shooting him and hitting him with the car. Either way works for me.

All the officers and all of the innocent citizens of the community made it home safely that night. Mission accomplished.

Downside: possible repairs to vehicle
Upside: safety of officers

I would have been fine with a few patrol rifle rounds too. You don't want to be anywhere near a crazy guy with a rifle.

[lamrith]

Would have been worth 10x difficulty points if he had done it without going thru the cement wall..

Shoot COM until the threat stops.. For those that love the Caliber debate and knockdown power, try topping the caliber that cop used for knockdown power.

Fact is it was faster and safer to officers and the public for him to do what he did.. No stray rounds from missing the target and the target had NO opportunity to go down shooting at anything that moved..

[TechnoWeenie]

Would have been worth 10x difficulty points if he had done it without going thru the cement wall..

Shoot COM until the threat stops.. For those that love the Caliber debate and knockdown power, try topping the caliber that cop used for knockdown power.

Fact is it was faster and safer to officers and the public for him to do what he did.. No stray rounds from missing the target and the target had NO opportunity to go down shooting at anything that moved..

I agree.

Knowing the back story changes things considerably.

[H2obouget]

Probably cheaper to total the wall and the car than to payout the multiple lawsuits from stray rounds in a shooting.

[cmica]

Fucking A+

[H2obouget]

New nation wide LEO policy.....

You're armed and you run from the police...get plowed by the crash bar!

[Soldier_Citizen]

Pop goes the weasel