Sheepdog Tip of the Day, During Combat tip 78
Consider a police-involved shooting that happened in Portland, Oregon, as I was writing this very section. A uniformed officer responded on a radio call to a check-cashing store regarding a 16-year-old male passing a bad check. As the officer was applying the handcuffs, the kid spun around, pulled a pistol from his waistband, and fired into the officer's face. The bullet struck the officer in his left eyebrow, traveled under his skin, and exited behind his left ear. Two subsequent rounds whizzed by his face. Shots were exchanged in the lobby, and then a running gun battle ensued in which several more rounds were fired. The suspect eventually collapsed in an adjacent driveway with bullets in his pelvis, chest and abdomen. The shot officer kept him covered as he called for backup, and not until other officers arrived on the scene did he collapse. Later when asked by the press how the officer was doing, the chief said that his head was sore but he was really angry with the kid for shooting at him.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
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