armed robbery Vs cop in store

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great job by this guy. He had no choice he did what he had to do.

However for the monday morning QB time.... Anyone else notice he left the BG that he had shot lying on the floor still holding his weapon?

I know he died of wounds, and was most likely no longer a threat but there is always a chance.

That said the Officer in the video is a hero to that community, I hope the actions inspire others to stand up against evil and in defense of the community.
 
Surrising! It looked entirely as though the bad guy coming into the office, totally had the drop on the cop.

The cop had three things the bad guy did not have:

(1) presence of mind

(2) determination to reverse the circumstances

(3) decisiveness

I was amazed at the cop's sudden action of thrusting the bad guy's gun hand away, getting off two shots, and continuing the pursuit of the rest of the gang.

:uhoh:
 
The bad guy had the drop on the sergeant. For a second or so.

I think Sgt. Smith got lucky. The bad guy could easily have shot. Smith then did what he had to do. Good for him.

Revolver. The revolver was enough.
 
Wow, that could have come straight out of a movie. Situations like that rarely ever turn out with no innocent victims. That cop did very well to come out of that unscathed.

What surprised me is the crook that walked right up to the cop. I would have thought that he would shoot, especially since he knew the cop was armed. Just a very dumb criminal I guess.
 
"That officer seams like a very level headed guy under fire. Good on him for making it home that night."

Yep and yep.
 
I can't say I'd have done a better job. But it seems to me he really squandered the element of surprise. But then, he couldn't have anticipated that a clerk was going to get thrown on top of him.

Still, he was there. I was not. I could easily be wrong.
 
But it seems to me he really squandered the element of surprise. But then, he couldn't have anticipated that a clerk was going to get thrown on top of him.
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Yeah, I thought going on the offensive a little sooner might have posed less risk to him than having the gun stuck into him.
The criminal could have just as easily pulled the trigger, and from his comments even saw the officer's gun. I think many criminals would have pulled the trigger rather than ask for the gun like that one did. The criminal's gun was pointing just below his neck. If he had started firing rather than asking for the armed officer to give him the gun it would have been very different.
Yet confronting 3 at once a moment sooner could have resulted in a lot of incoming rounds and things turning out worse for him.

I have no crystal ball. That is a scary situation, and he was barely out of sight from the 3, believing he was not even enough out of sight to stand without being seen.
Taking on 3 armed men is worse than or or two at a time.

He had a short time from realizing the men were a threat out front to deciding when the best time to act was. In that brief time the situation was brought to him and he did a great job playing the hand he was dealt.
One can only hope they could do as well in the same situation.

He did an excellent job.
 
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Revolver. The revolver was enough.
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The narrator was mistaken when he claimed the officer was using a revolver.

Watch the last 45 seconds of the clip closely. As the officer enters the store area from the back room, he can clearly be seen holding a semi-automatic pistol.

The officer is with the Shreveport Police Department, which issues the Glock 17.
 
Let me see if I understand this. Video from four different camera locations - outside AND at least three different cameras inside, one of those at ceiling level looking out the door, into the sales area.

If this was not a reenactment, then it's phony.
 
Definitely does not appear to be a reenactement or a fake.

Definitely appears that that officer is a very, very lucky man. A very lucky man with huge brass balls.

Dope
 
Part of the officer working there was that a camera system would be installed, and he specified where the cameras would be. Not really surprising that there were some outside as well as inside.
 
As the officer pushed the pistol away from his face it looks like the BG shot.
I may need to look again but the freeze frame looked like it showed the BGs gun in full recoil.

I looked again. with 30 seconds left in the video he has moved the BGs pistol off him and fired 2 shots and before his own gun is even moved off the BG he is already hunting his second BG for the next engagement.

And yes it does look like the BGs gun is in full recoil on my tiny screen.
 
Look right at the 5:55 to 6:05 minute mark in the video. The cop seems to change from light colored uniform to dark colored uniform. Am I wrong?
 
The only thing is that he hears a ruckuss outside and doesnt draw his gun? Waits until the guy is practically in the office before really drawing? Strange.

But, he kicked butt and lived to tell about it. Way go!:D
 
I think that's just from the black and white video, it seems much more directly lit in the back office. Either way, the guy moves really well. I hope I'm never in that kind of position, but if I am, that i have the testicular fortitude to stop the threat like he did.
 
Look right at the 5:55 to 6:05 minute mark in the video. The cop seems to change from light colored uniform to dark colored uniform. Am I wrong?
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It due to the camera, the outside camera is a good example, when he is in shadow it looks blue, when he under the street lights it back to light colored, and it is one shot.

He did a good job, if someone had a gun on me that close I am not sure I would have the brass ones to actually draw and shoot.
 
One thing I noticed is that after he shot the BG there was a camera shot from a different angle showing the BG apparently with the gun still in his hand moving on the floor.

That could have made for a different outcome
 
Look right at the 5:55 to 6:05 minute mark in the video. The cop seems to change from light colored uniform to dark colored uniform. Am I wrong?
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Let me see if I understand this. Video from four different camera locations - outside AND at least three different cameras inside, one of those at ceiling level looking out the door, into the sales area.

If this was not a reenactment, then it's phony
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Anyone else notice that when the bad guy gets attacked by the guy with a broom, he has a 2" revolver, but when he goes into the back room he magically has a semi.

Something is not right here.
 
A couple of the shows on "the channel formerly known as Court TV" use very well done reinactments. I think this could be an example of that. The revolver/semi-auto issue I think shows that this is one. The BG pushing the guy into the back room definitely has a stainless revolver(looked like a shrouded hammer), then has a black semi-auto as he enters the back room.

I'd imagine the grainier video of the sales floor is the real thing, the vids of the back room and the street the reinactment.
 
I'd have to agree with Fiero. This is a compilation of actual surveillance camera footage and reenactment footage. Why else would you have surveillance footage (two cameras!) of the security guy watching the monitor?

The BG pushing the guy into the back room definitely has a stainless revolver(looked like a shrouded hammer),
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Don't know if it's stainless, but it does have a shrouded hammer. Looks like a S&W M49.
 
He shot 17yo Louis Bonner - another innocent child victim of gun violence. I'd venture a guess that his mom thought he was a good boy and future nobel prize winner who just got caught up with the wrong people that particular night.
 
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