marcinstl
09-18-2014, 12:36 PM
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-kill-man-they-say-pointed-rifle-at-them-in/article_19aa9b16-4c48-53ae-ae13-eff2ff5c0682.html
JENNINGS • St. Louis County police officers shot and killed a man who they say pointed a rifle at them behind an apartment complex in Jennings on Wednesday night.
The shooting was about a mile from the Canfield Green apartments in Ferguson, which was the site of two weeks of unrest after a Ferguson officer shot and killed an unarmed teen on Aug. 9.
In the Jennings case, St. Louis County officers say they recovered a fully loaded rifle from the man after he fell. The officers believe the man tried to fire at them, but it appears the rifle jammed, according to St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar.
Both officers opened fire, killing the man. They fired a total of about 25 shots."
fully loaded rifle that jammed? what kind of reporting is that? was it a .22 Cricket(pink) that the guy forgot to cock, or was it some kind of junk clone AK or AR? glad to hear the cops got off 25 rounds without hitting anything beyond the target.
JENNINGS • St. Louis County police officers shot and killed a man who they say pointed a rifle at them behind an apartment complex in Jennings on Wednesday night.
The shooting was about a mile from the Canfield Green apartments in Ferguson, which was the site of two weeks of unrest after a Ferguson officer shot and killed an unarmed teen on Aug. 9.
In the Jennings case, St. Louis County officers say they recovered a fully loaded rifle from the man after he fell. The officers believe the man tried to fire at them, but it appears the rifle jammed, according to St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar.
Both officers opened fire, killing the man. They fired a total of about 25 shots."
fully loaded rifle that jammed? what kind of reporting is that? was it a .22 Cricket(pink) that the guy forgot to cock, or was it some kind of junk clone AK or AR? glad to hear the cops got off 25 rounds without hitting anything beyond the target.