[DemforBush]

“The suspect tried to chase the officer and was attempting to open the door and fire but the gun jammed.”

A revolver jamming? I’m not an expert of firearms, but I would imagine the weapon was damaged, very dirty, or loaded with some very old, poor quality ammo (or maybe the wrong ammo type) for that to happen.

Again, not an expert on these things, so I could be 100% wrong (and I often am, LOL) about this.

[umgud]

I have a 22mag revolver that will jam if not kept clean. 22 mag is really dirty. I had a titanium, very light weight snubbie in 357 that would often bind the cylinder due to crimp jumping.

[Graybeard58]

I've used revolvers for 50 plus years and never had one to "jam".

I would imagine the weapon was damaged, very dirty, or loaded with some very old, poor quality ammo (or maybe the wrong ammo type) for that to happen.

I believe you're right.

[PowderMonkey]

"A revolver jamming? "

Yup. It can happen. I've had my revolvers fail me more often than my semi-autos. Main cause: light firing pin strikes, and cylinders out of alignment. Lack of cleaning and use of cheap ammo will most often produce a build up at the forcing cone and cylinder face, eventually stopping the cylinder from turning. Sand, pocket lint, dirt, mud, anything gets in a revolver's lock works and it's game over.

[Slings and Arrows]

I had a revolver jam once - it came with some reloaded rounds, and the bullet wasn’t seated correctly on one of the rounds.

I didn’t fire the rest of the reloads.

[Cen-Tejas]

my GUESS is this is typical 2014 journalism by a lazy journalist educated in a government school. If the gun mis-fired at all, and IF it was a revolver, and if it was a relatively new revolver, then the likely thing that happened was a bad primer and the gun mis-fired but didn’t jam.

The cop seeing the hammer go down and maybe hearing it too, probably said F it and pulled his trigger.