The police and bad guys weapons are called the same in this article
Patrolman shoots man in standoff, police say
10/11/2004
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...=Patrolman+shoots+man+in+standoff,+police+say
A Warren County man who briefly had held his 6-year-old son hostage Sunday morning was shot moments after releasing the boy by a Missouri Highway Patrol officer after the suspect had pointed a rifle at the officer, police officers say.
The suspect was airlifted in serious condition to St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur with wounds in his chest and arm, said Cpl. Al Nothum, a spokesman for the Highway Patrol. Authorities declined to identify the man, pending the filing of charges.
Nothum said the suspect, who lived with his mother off Highway M west of Warrenton, had been despondent over an affair. Police responded after they said the suspect had threatened his mother outside her house by firing rifle shots into the ground near her and over her head about 8 a.m. Sunday.
Police officers say they arrived at the home to find the suspect driving an all-terrain vehicle in the driveway and holding a .22-caliber rifle and his son on his lap.
"He was yelling at officers and saying, 'Come on, shoot me!'" Nothum said.
About 10:15 a.m., the suspect released the boy then raised his weapon toward the trooper, who shot the suspect with a
.223-caliber assault rifle, Nothum said.
