I’d like to know why 6 shots didn’t bring him down. Did the cop miss him altogether and only one shot hit him? I know the perp had her close to him but couldn’t they wait until they had him at a better angle. Her sister and parents’ life are destroyed now as well as this officer’s life because of this hardened criminal.
So much for Gov Cuomo’s background check for the gun the criminal had. He was only released from jail earlier this year. I’d like to see some blame go to Cuomo - since they rushed the bill through in the heat of the night to make himself look ‘tough’. He’s such an arrogant POS.
Actually in hostage situations the proper training of law enforcement is for the officer NOT place himself in a standoff situation where the perpetrator can easily shoot the officer which forces the officer to use deadly force which could have been avoided with proper procedures.
Hostage negotiations are not like on TV ‘Dirty Harry’ where the negotiator stands in view of the perpetrator.
The officer wrongly put himself and the hostage in a deadly position where the officer could not then retreat when the perpetrator pointed a gun at him resulting in the death of the hostage.