Too close for comfort: Vanc shooting

[YoungBlood]

Looks like the guy had a bit of history with John Law, found this earlier.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/aug/25/man-who-shot-himself-after-police-standoff-identif/

 

[clearconscience]

Another meth head 10 time loser.
Glad this ended the right way at least.

 

[YoungBlood]

I wonder if the shot fired by the officer was before or after he shot himself. Seems odd that they would nail him after he nailed himself. Better safe than sorry?

 

[clearconscience]

I'm guessing a knee jerk reaction to him firing.
Either that or they were trying to shoot to wound to prevent him from killing himself, but I highly doubt the latter.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

"Rest in peace, Jim! Ull be missed!"

Seriously? Not here!

 

[clearconscience]

Yeah

"So sad, he was a nice guy"

Must have been his meth dealer.

 

[YoungBlood]

I would hope that the academy training would teach officer's not to have knee jerk reactions, especially when a potential shooter is involved. Not putting blame on the officer who fired, but I believe that all LEO's should be held to higher standards, not too many people get paid vacations for having reactions that may end someone's life, criminal or not. IMHO of course

 

[clearconscience]

The other thing I was wondering was if she fired while trying to back away and tripped or fell.
In the recording the male officer was yelling at the guy saying he was too close to her.
But I guess you could speculate all day long. We may never find out.

Sounds like poor trigger control.