How do you miss a cow? Three times??

[The Heretic]

Harrisonburg officer injured investigating animal complaint

According to a press release from HPD, a cow had gotten loose from a stockyard earlier in the day and was running at-large in the northern end of the city.

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[dmack]

The article says the wounded officer was hit once in the lower body. Could be a ricochet, through and through, etc. Hard to say....

 

[Capn Jack]

If you have any further information, "contact Crime Solver" HaHaHaHaHa.. Unbelievable....

 

[TTSX]

Buck fever happens

 

[GrayGoose]

Holey cow!

 

[Gunbuggy]

Contact crime solver lmfaooooo. "I tried to hit the cow but I hit my partner instead. I tried to hit the cow again hit my partner again. Figured I'd give it another shot. But by golly I hit my partner again."

cant wait to see the dash/body cam footage.

 

[Legs]

Buddy of mine was a patrolman in our small city some years back. He came across a seriously road injured cat, called in his mercy shot on the radio and proceeded to miss the cat at point blank range. The now deaf cat, unable to to previously stand, immediately exited the area, never to be be seen again. True story.... Only time he ever fired his duty gun, a G22, in the line of duty. A favorite story when we have been drinking.

 

[Koda]

So apparently the cow charged the officers. My guess is if all they had were their pistols there was probably a fairly large amount of stress trying to take down a raging cow with a 9mm.

 

[revjen45]

Why would they use a 9mm on something that big?

Not to put down on the cops, but this kind of thing sure reduces any idea that they can save you.

 

[Mark W.]

Mobile slaughter guys typically use some thing like a .22mag. I got a .222rem for a local butcher as he wanted to drop the animals from a greater distance to reduce stress. He said the .222 worked great. But then he shot them in the brain. Not sprayed around the neighborhood.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Was hunting with a buddy who was using his Thompson Contender 45/70. Hit a deer but wasn't a mortal wound so walked up for the coup de grase and point blank (because he had it sighted for 100yards and those rounds drop so much) shot high....said a few choice words, cycled another round in the chamber then took another shot...high again. Was pissed (probably more embarrassed) he handed the gun to me and proceeded to finish the deer with his knife...

 

[mrblond]

Reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me back when he was in the army.. I guess the firing line boarded some woods and at times deer will jump out.. I guess the order was if a deer was on the field all would stop shooting till it left..
I guess one day, a deer did pop onto the field and he said that everyone on the line opened up on that bugger.
Said deep hopped right back into the trees, unharmed.

 

[Nosferatu]

which cop was cheating with the others wife?

 

[The Heretic]

which cop was cheating with the others wife?

When I was in the USCG it was kind of a poorly kept secret that one of the single guys was bonking another guys wife, and he knew about it and he was not happy about it. Not a good thing when your life depends on that guy keeping you from going overboard/etc.

 

[mobil890]

The article says the wounded officer was hit once in the lower body. Could be a ricochet, through and through, etc. Hard to say....

It must have been a skinny cow for a 9mm to pass through, considering most cops carry a 9mm.

 

[Flopsweat]

Halt or I'll shoot someone!

 

[Labradorian]

Biggest dog they'd ever seen.

 

[BigDog67]

It was a very nimble cow.

 

[gmerkt]

Which brings to mind the concept of dispatching an injured game animal. Which typically takes occurs as a result of collision with a vehicle. In Wash., this is in the game regs:

"An individual may not kill an injured or wounded animal for the purpose of salvage. Only a law enforcement officer or individuals or entities authorized by the department may euthanize an animal injured in a motor vehicle collision, whether or not the animal is taken for salvage. Possession of wildlife in violation of subsection (4) is punishable under RCW 77.15.750."

Emphasis on, "whether or not the animal is taken for salvage." Which would include euthanasia to put the animal out of its suffering. This reg. was written in the context of road kill, so I'm wondering if part of their thinking was the potentially unsafe discharge of a firearm on or about a public highway.

In any case, the above wouldn't apply to livestock.

 

[No_Regerts]

Unfortunately, most people don't grow up on a farm or hunting anymore. Unfortunately, cops carry guns and their lack of experience becomes apparent when forced to use them on anything but people.