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NYPD: 9 shooting bystander victims hit by police gunfire
Fox News ^
| 8-25-2012
| AP
Posted on 08/25/2012 1:50:12 PM PDT by servo1969
NEW YORK – All nine people wounded during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were struck by bullets fired by the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence.
The veteran patrolmen who opened fire on the suit-wearing gunman, Jeffrey Johnson, had only an instant to react when he whirled and pointed a .45-caliber pistol as they approached him from behind on a busy sidewalk.
Officer Craig Matthews shot seven times. Officer Robert Sinishtaj fired nine times, police said. Neither had ever fired their weapons before on a patrol.
The volley of gunfire felled Johnson in just a few seconds and left nine other people bleeding on the sidewalk.
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To: UB355
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posted on
08/27/2012 8:02:02 AM PDT
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thulldud
(Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
To: NFHale
82
posted on
08/27/2012 8:12:06 AM PDT
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stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
I think the un-official figures are 20 million gun owners. One ad I saw in a magazine said there are 5 million rilfes out in circulation.
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08/27/2012 12:32:54 PM PDT
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USAF80
To: Vendome
13# triggers? Haven’t heard of thatIt's called the NY trigger. Glock have them as an option. 5.5 lb is the standard pull out the box.
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posted on
08/27/2012 12:36:49 PM PDT
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USAF80
To: Spktyr
Got news for you - the Brits are letting more and more cops carry guns and they’ve gotten to the point where they have multiple squads of men with submachine guns roving around in vans ‘just in case’ every hour of the day. Remember this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jean_Charles_de_Menezes
To: Travis McGee
that is insane, like some stupid comedy film
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08/27/2012 3:15:17 PM PDT
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GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Forgotten Amendments
Yup. So much for the myth of unarmed British police, right?
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08/27/2012 9:54:59 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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