Citizen Makes 165yd Revolver Shot to Save Cop From Ambush

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I remember hearing about this story on my local news the other day. I live about an hour from Brownwood...Crazy!
 
gym said:
What happens if the old fellow had a dissability and handcuffing him would have caused a severe injury. Do they take that into account, or does everyone get the same treatment,
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I always did, but I can't speak for other officers

and why didn't the officer say this man just saved my life, don't you dare push him dowm in the dirt ike that,
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The responding officers likely were not in direct contact with that officer, I would think he was most concerned with the shooter (who hadn't yet been confirmed as no longer a threat) and any accomplices still outstanding

Could they at least have cuffed himin front and had him sit in the patrol car until they sorted this out, or is everyone there just oblvious to te fact that the guy saved one of their own.
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I haven't heard anything about the officers knowing that this guy had even helped the initial officer until after they had secured the scene and the downed suspect...we usually cuff non-responsive suspects.

Cuffing someone in front and putting them into a squad car, in a high stress situation, is an invitation to a tragedy/disaster. We recently had a case where an officer was cleared of shooting a cuffed suspect in a car.
 
Wolfebyte said:
Dunno where the 165 yards came from... it was more like 50 yards.. ?

But glad he was there.. Sgt got to go home to his wife and kids..
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In the video the citizen said it was a good 165 yards from where he was standing.
 
Truly a "good guy". I wonder how often he practices and at what distances?

On another subject, I was out at my favorite shooting spot last weekend and I was amazed at the amount of pistol brass I found about 6 feet from the target posts. What kind of practice is it if you're standing 6 feet from a target? And why waste the ammo? :rolleyes:
 
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In the video the citizen said it was a good 165 yards from where he was standing.
More like 50 yards.. still a good shot and he probably did save some lives..

Sgt got to go home to his wife and kids..
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So, where do you find this 50 yard figure?
Everything I read is 165 yards.
 
Wolfebyte said:
I was asking about the distance as well, I sent an email to the Chief over the Sgt and asked him what the distance was.

he replied, about 50 yards.
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Thanks. That makes a great deal more sense than 165...but it was sure fun to believe for a little while!

Great job by Mr. Stacy for intervening...no matter what the distance.
 
It might have been 50 yards from where the responding officer was to where the badguy was. It might also have been 165 yards from the armed citizen to the badguy. From a distant vantage point, the citizen might have been able to see the ambush coming, and possibly out of sight of the badguy when he started to engage him.
 
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In the videoed interview I watched, Stacy said it was about 165 yards. Not 50, or a 100, or a 150; but he said he estimated 165 yards and wondered if he could do it.

Even I can do pretty serious damage to a man sized target off hand at 50 yards.
 
A few weeks ago I shot a bowling pin at 100 yards with my Glock 34 and 26. It's do able. The last time I went out to try it I was unable to connect with the 34 on the bowling pin. I did get it with my 4" GP100 with 38's.

http://youtu.be/xIQtqIEX1W4

It takes a good deal of concentration and calm to make a shot like that. I can't even imagine making a shot like that after someone fired a round that hit the dirt in front of me. Talk about balls.

Hats off to this guy for a great shot and the willingness to go up against a BG when you are at a distinct disadvantage weapon wise.
 
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I have a spinning plate at 100 yds on my range and a mound of dirt at 150. I often shoot off hand rifle and pistol from a rest at the plate and rocks on the pile. it can't hurt to know how you perform at those distances off hand or with a pistol.
Feels good to hit a 6" plate or rock at those distances under those conditions.
 
Several years back there was a citizen who shot a burgler as he avoided the officer and took off, near me. I can't remember the details but I believe the burgler had assulted either the man or wife. There were never any charges on the homeowner, it's nice to know you can do the right thing. Also another case 5 years ago or so in San Marcos Tx. Had some questionable tidbits but still ended favorably for the homeowner.

I'm sure the 911 call probably didn't give much other than Bob across the street just shot some folks. If I come home and all hells broke loose i'm pretty sure I want to make sure the other armed parties are secure while I sort out the details. I hope he wasn't shoved in the dirt but I can understand restrained.
 
a shot that far isnt "unheard of" but unless this guy just has a serious long range pistol fetish thats absolutely incredible
 
I just looked up the balistics for Federal JHP ammo (pretty common and most competitors are similar) at 165 yards. Drop looks to be close to 20 inches from both of them. Velocity is around 950 FPS from a 125 standard pressure round to 900 FPS from a 158 standard pressure round. That is about 250 lbs of energy to just over 300 lbs of energer. So were talking 38 special velocity and energy at 165 yards. So if he was using standard pressure ammo, the man's ammo most likely falls into this area.

EDIT: Don't quote me on this, my math is probably way off, I failed math till my final year of High School.
 
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I was asking about the distance as well, I sent an email to the Chief over the Sgt and asked him what the distance was.

he replied, about 50 yards.
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Thanks.

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Fifty yards is a good ways off. 165 you'd have to really know what you were doing to hit reliably. Either way, he did good.
 
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