Quote of the day
LAKELAND, Florida (AP) -- Officers fired 110 rounds of ammunition at the man suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy, according to an autopsy and records released by the sheriff's office Saturday.
Angilo Freeland -- who was suspected of fatally shooting the deputy after being pulled over for speeding Thursday -- was hit 68 times by the SWAT team members' shots, the examination showed. He also was suspected of wounding a deputy and killing a police dog.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he was not concerned by the number of shots fired.
"You have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had already shot and killed a K-9 and he shot and injured another deputy," Judd said by phone Saturday. "Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances."
Ten SWAT officers surrounded Freeland on Friday as he hid beneath brush and a fallen tree in a rural area. Authorities say he raised the gun belonging to the deputy he had killed, prompting nine officers to fire.
"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Judd said.
Sheriff Grady Judd....you are the man.
Angilo Freeland -- who was suspected of fatally shooting the deputy after being pulled over for speeding Thursday -- was hit 68 times by the SWAT team members' shots, the examination showed. He also was suspected of wounding a deputy and killing a police dog.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he was not concerned by the number of shots fired.
"You have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had already shot and killed a K-9 and he shot and injured another deputy," Judd said by phone Saturday. "Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances."
Ten SWAT officers surrounded Freeland on Friday as he hid beneath brush and a fallen tree in a rural area. Authorities say he raised the gun belonging to the deputy he had killed, prompting nine officers to fire.
"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Judd said.
Sheriff Grady Judd....you are the man.
Labels: general interest, politics
posted by scalpel at 9:20 AM
7 Comments:
Wow!
So they shot 110 rounds and hit the guy 68 times. Sounds like the officers need some additional training on the shooting range because that's only about 60% accuracy. No seriously, I understand they didn't want to take chances given the circumstances, but that is major overkill.
Oh my God. I shudder to think what would have happend if they hadn't run out of ammo.
It's a good thing Barney Fife never worked for Sheriff Grady Judd. At least Andy could keep Barney out of trouble.
Barney, hand over the bullet.
I'm not an expert on law enforcement protocol but using common sense, I'd think that:
1. The police officers have all the incentives to "overshoot" in this situation and,
2. absolutely no incentive to "undershoot" whatsoever.
Ever notice how the police dog's life is valued soemwhere above that of the typical citizen?
Not that I find a problem with that or anything...
40 caliber Glocks at 12 round each * 9 = 108, I guess two of them had on up the spout + a full mag just to boost their odds.
i work for that Sheriff's department and i think Grady Judd Jr. is absolutely right. the only reason we stopped shooting is cause we had nothing left to shoot. he's a GREAT Sheriff and i wouldn't trade him for anything. Matt Williams and DiOGi will be missed
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