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-Short Attention Span Theater-
San Francisco cops fire 65 shots in 15 seconds at murder suspect in dramatic video
2018-03-01
[FoxNews] Authorities in San Francisco released body camera videos on Tuesday of a dramatic shootout in which police officers fired their weapons at least 65 times in 15 seconds at a murder suspect.

The San Francisco Police Department said the shooting happened on Feb. 17 in the city's Mission Bay neighborhood when officers confronted 31-year-old homicide suspect Joel Armstrong inside an RV at a homeless encampment.

Armstrong allegedly shot two men the day before during a carjacking in the city's Panhandle neighborhood, killing one of them.

Body camera footage released by police shows how officers tracked Armstrong to the neighborhood then the moment when he shot at officers, who then returned fire.

"Nobody was struck by gunfire during this incident. The evidence in the case so far indicates Armstrong fired two rounds from a weapon, and that seven officers fired 65 rounds from their department-issued weapons," SFPD Commander Greg McEachern told KTVU.

Armstrong eventually turned himself into police, and has been charged with murder, carjacking, and eight counts of attempted murder.
Posted by:Seeking cure for ignorance

#11  Wait, is that sexist?

I don't think it's about large women, Steve.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-03-01 20:37  

#10  [Marvin, Trillian, Ford, Arthur and Zaphod are being fired upon by Vogons - the others flee as Marvin only very slowly walks away]

Marvin: I don't know what you're all worried about. Vogons are the worst marksmen in the galaxy.

Being compared to Vogans is not good.
Posted by: Ebbolurt Glaique8276   2018-03-01 19:44  

#9  the broad side of a barn.

Wait, is that sexist?
Posted by: SteveS   2018-03-01 19:15  

#8  I guess the SFO cops spent their normal range time in diversity training or homeless assistance programs.

65 shots and didn't hit anything???

I had a sergeant that could put that many shots in the black just on the sound...you know of course, a good pistol shot doesn't need to aim, you can point and shoot and hit the target, once you know your weapon well enough.

What a bunch of buffoons...err...maroons.

No wonder SFO is a homeless, illegal alien/criminal mecca, they know the police can't hit the broad side of a barn.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-03-01 18:07  

#7  Now I understand in Texas, an officer can drop a man at distance with his pistol while holding the reins of his horse.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-01 17:59  

#6  So SF cops can't shoot any better than New Orleans ones.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-03-01 17:51  

#5  Dirty Harry...one shot.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2018-03-01 17:15  

#4  two hours later
Posted by: Frank G   2018-03-01 16:40  

#3  Sixty-five bullets shows a certain committment to the outcome. A good thing the miscreant surrendered before the police finished reloading.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-03-01 15:51  

#2  But only cops should have guns....

They got their training from the Stormtroopers in Star Wars.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-03-01 14:17  

#1  Shades of the A team show on TV decades ago. Lots of ordinance exchanged but no hits.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-03-01 13:51  

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