500 Shots!

[JoeLiberty]

Saw this in another thread, but thought it deserved it's own thing: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/11/500_shots_fired_in_bizarre_cha.html
That's about the craziest thing I've heard this week. Craigslist hookup turned kidnapping turned hour long chase and shootout turned standoff, brought to close by perps mommy. 2016 sure has been interesting...

 

[noob]

You need to get a chevy silverado, they are bullet proof.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

I really hope some reprimands were handed out to the officers...

 

[Whitebread]

You need to get a chevy silverado, they are bullet resistant.

Fifty

I really hope some range qualifier forms (or whatever the proper vernacular) were handed out to the officers...

Yours too

 

[sliguns]

I really hope some reprimands were handed out to the officers...

Why?

Didn't they have to keep shooting until their lives were no longer in danger?

 

[Saintsfan6]

uh oh, I see where this thread is heading! I'm going make some popcorn before it gets really interesting/locked down.

 

[Drummy]

That bumper net/trap thing seems like it could have come in handy in this situation.

 

[DAVE_M]

That bumper net/trap thing seems like it could have come in handy in this situation.

How would that work with a vehicle that was not moving?

 

[sliguns]

How would that work with a vehicle that was not moving?

maybe he meant it could have prevented the 40 mile hour long chase?

 

[340six]

uh oh, I see where this thread is heading! I'm going make some popcorn before it gets really interesting/locked down.

Something to watch while ya wait......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OjoUA0b7g
did ya miss me?

 

[aboatguy]

Something to watch while ya wait......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OjoUA0b7g
did ya miss me?

Nice!

 

[DAVE_M]

maybe he meant it could have prevented the 40 mile hour long chase?

24 of those miles were on a two lane bridge with heavy traffic. That contraption would have made things worse.

I've already heard multiple people ask why they didn't just block the foot of the Causeway, but I don't feel like explaining it ad nauseam.

 

[Whitebread]

24 of those miles were on a two lane bridge with heavy traffic. That contraption would have made things worse.

I've already heard multiple people ask why they didn't just block the foot of the Causeway, but I don't feel like explaining it ad nauseam.

Didn't the chase start around 11:30 at night? I know my bud was on the scene till around 5:00am. Now I don't frequent the causeway between those hours. It's the traffic that heavy around midnight?

 

[DAVE_M]

Didn't the chase start around 11:30 at night? I know my bud was on the scene till around 5:00am. Now I don't frequent the causeway between those hours. It's the traffic that heavy around midnight?

I've been in bumper to bumper traffic at all hours on the Causeway, but for the folks that are going to want to argue... No, I am unaware if the Causeway bridge was congested at the time of the chase on that particular night.

 

[Whitebread]

I've been in bumper to bumper traffic at all hours on the Causeway, but for the folks that are going to want to argue... No, I am unaware if the Causeway bridge was congested at the time of the chase on that particular night.

Come on man seemed like you had all the answers and now you don't want to play anymore.

 

[DAVE_M]

Come on man seemed like you had all the answers and now you don't want to play anymore.

Because I don't care to argue with some of the idiots we have here.

 

[SpeedRacer]

They fired 500 rounds and got 3 hits. So, I would say the answer to the "why did they need to fire that many rounds" question is...because obviously they needed to. Looking at the pics of the truck, you can see the rounds were coming in at an angle that was a disadvantage to the officers. Bullets do strange and unpredictable things when they hit a vehicle, especially when you start adding angles to the mix.

 

[mike84z28]

Where's the robot with the c-4 when you need him

 

[DAVE_M]

They fired 500 rounds and got 3 hits. So, I would say the answer to the "why did they need to fire that many rounds" question is...because obviously they needed to. Looking at the pics of the truck, you can see the rounds were coming in at an angle that was a disadvantage to the officers. Bullets do strange and unpredictable things when they hit a vehicle, especially when you start adding angles to the mix.

IIRC, he was hiding himself under the dashboard. The engine block/bay most likely stopped a large portion of those rounds.

 

[JR1572]

They fired 500 rounds and got 3 hits. So, I would say the answer to the "why did they need to fire that many rounds" question is...because obviously they needed to. Looking at the pics of the truck, you can see the rounds were coming in at an angle that was a disadvantage to the officers. Bullets do strange and unpredictable things when they hit a vehicle, especially when you start adding angles to the mix.

This.

So glad I was off that night.

JR1572