Police shoot and kill man at Vancouver gas station
Shooting scene at Knight St. and 41st Ave.
(Photo: News1130)
Monday, December 10 - 06:00:00 PM Reshmi Nair
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - A Vancouver police officer has shot and killed a young man at a gas station at 41st and Knight this afternoon. An officer was responding to a call about a possible drunk driver at the Shell Station. Police say the suspect, a man in his 20s, pulled out a gun when the officer approached.
Shots were exchanged but the officer was not hit. The suspect died after being rushed to hospital.
Meanwhile, two cars appear to have hit each other at the same Shell station but police are not saying how that may be connected to this shooting.
Another issue is, if cops are well trained (supposed) and didn't get drunk (supposed) and so they can "shoot straight", why don't they shoot at the suspects' limbs first rather than "just to kill" them? Or is the training trained them to "shoot down any suspect first place no matter what"? I dunno ar.
Polices are not trained to shoot to disable. They are trained to shoot to kill. A lot of polices pull their guns many times during their career, but only a small portion of them actually fired their guns because of this reason.
"In the underground of crime, everybody has a secret."
It's true that given the proper mixture of vapor of gas + oxygen + spark = explosion I think this cop has done the right thing.
It's not like cops should never approach a suspect at a gas station, unless you know ahead the suspect has firearms.
In this case, bulltets being fired at either ends would probably increase the risk of having an explosion, so kill him ASAP was a correct dicision.
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原帖由 Ultraman 於 2007-12-13 12:32 發表
A good cop shouldn't "forget" where the situation he/she is involving in the crime scene at anytime, or else how can he/she take correct judgment and reaction? Just like this case, definitely shootin ...
A good cop shouldn't "forget" where the situation he/she is involving in the crime scene at anytime, or else how can he/she take correct judgment and reaction? Just like this case, definitely shootin ...
If you're the cop, would you still remember that you're at a gas station when somebody pulls out a gun and start shooting at you? If it were in a croweded area, then yes, I may not pull the gun. But ...
A good cop shouldn't "forget" where the situation he/she is involving in the crime scene at anytime, or else how can he/she take correct judgment and reaction? Just like this case, definitely shooting in the gas station area is at certain high risk, no matter how accurate the cop can shoot on the subject, there is "sparks" that can kill too. As simple as why people can't smoke at gas station? Even they don't fire up the gas tanks directly?
Another issue is, if cops are well trained (supposed) and didn't get drunk (supposed) and so they can "shoot straight", why don't they shoot at the suspects' limbs first rather than "just to kill" them? Or is the training trained them to "shoot down any suspect first place no matter what"? I dunno ar.
i passed by there too. i thought it was some sort of car accident. but then all the roads were blocked off, then i thought it's gotta be something major.... then i saw the news too.
I am seriously thinking
Holding a firearm drunk might not shoot straight, if the bullet goes to the gas tank, or goes to a passer-by, you're gonna blame the police again?
excuse me, who is trying to blame the police here?
發表於 2007-12-10 21:55
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