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Watch This Story: Gunman kills 1, wounds 9 at Empire State Building
NE Bull:
(Disclaimer; I for one appreciate the dangerous work (good) Law Enforcement Officers do. But I do not appreciate the "only ones" attitude of some officers and the brass.)
That being said;
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4527526
East Baton Rouge Sheriff's spokesman Greg Phares says Officer Brian Harrision was escorting a funeral procession Friday when he pulled Temple over and wrote him a ticket for breaking into the procession. According to Phares, that's when Temple attacked Harrison. Police say Perry Stevens was walking outside of the Auto Zone on Greenwell Springs Road when he heard Harrison yelling for help. Harrison was reportedly on his back with Temple on top of him. That's when Stevens went to his car and grabbed his .45 caliber pistol.
According to Col. Greg Phares, "[Mr. Stevens] orders Mr. Temple to stop and get off the officer. The verbal commands are ignored and Mr. Stevens fires four shots, all of which struck Mr. Temple."
Perry Stevens fired four shots into Temple's torso. Officer Harrison had already fired one shot into Temple's abdomen. With Temple still struggling with the officer, Perry continued to advance toward the scuffle.
"He again orders Mr. Temple to stop what he was doing and get off the officer. Those commands are ignored and he fires a fifth shot and that hits his head. The incident is over with, and as you know, Mr. Temple is dead."
sjwsti:
Great article and nice job Mr Stevens. He certainly saved that Officers life. I'm not sure how this compares to what happened in NY though, Mr Stevens never had a gun pointed at him. Mr Temple was preoccupied, unarmed and stationary, it wont get much easier than that.
Obviously the NYPD Officers could have done better. But for every "civilian doing better than the NYPD" story posted I can post one were a civilian didn't do so good (several locally). So what? Cops and civilians aren't very different, some take this stuff seriously some dont.
The better question is how could this guy possibly continue to fight after being shot 4 times with a .45!!?? Apparently he never saw the ballistic gelatin tests ::)
- Shawn
NE Bull:
--- Quote from: sjwsti on August 27, 2012, 05:49:30 PM ---Great article and nice job Mr Stevens. He certainly saved that Officers life. I'm not sure how this compares to what happened in NY though, Mr Stevens never had a gun pointed at him. Mr Temple was preoccupied, unarmed and stationary, it wont get much easier than that.
- Shawn
--- End quote ---
Yeah, that thought come to mind once I posted. It was more of a 'controlled' environment.
Just struck me as a good story to 'stir the pot' with.
lneuke:
--- Quote from: sjwsti on August 27, 2012, 05:49:30 PM ---The better question is how could this guy possibly continue to fight after being shot 4 times with a .45!!?? Apparently he never saw the ballistic gelatin tests ::)
- Shawn
--- End quote ---
So much for stopping power :laugh:
that is ridiculous
SemperFiGuy:
One Tough Perp
First shot from the LEO was probably a .40S&W.
Then four shots from the .45ACP.
Five shots, center mass, more or less. If the Perp had a handgun, he coulda gotten off a few ugly rounds himself in the meantime.
Lends some support to the Central Nervous System Shot Placement argument.
sfg
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