Shooting of the Day
Shooting of the Day
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This still from an LAPD officer's body camera shows police right before they fired on a man homeless holding a woman hostage with a knife. They fatally shot both the man and the hostage.
20 shots were fired.
http://www.laist.com/2018/07/31/…- I saw this earlier and wondered what the point was - if you're just going to shoot at a single hostage then.. what exactly are you achieving?detritus
- *shoot blindlydetritus
- They shot him just as he was slicing the womans throatrobotron3k
- Tough call on the officers part, but the gang member was not going out quietly.robotron3k
- Best they finished her off then.PhanLo
- Gang member?monospaced
- He was a gang member, she was an old homeless lady.PhanLo
- What a fucked up situation .. why not keep firing rubber bullets at him ?? No way he can take several rounds while holding a knife in one hand.Ramanisky2
- I don't understand why they can't just shoot him in the foot early on and be done with it.fyoucher1
- They're probably kicking themselves for not shooting him before he grabbed herGnash
- I don't understand why she was that close to him, wouldn't get away from a man walking around with a knife in his hand?syst_m