In June,
explaining why he decided to let a TV crew
from Cops tag along with his officers, Omaha
Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said, “I’m proud of the department and
want the professionalism of our officers on display for the city
and the world to see.” Last night some of those officers,
accompanied by the Cops crew, stumbled upon a
robbery in progress at a Wendy’s in midtown Omaha. More than 30
rounds later, the suspect was dead, and a member of the TV crew was
dying.
The Omaha World-Herald reports
that the robber, who was armed only with an Airsoft pellet gun, did
not fire any of the rounds, all of which came from the police. “No
officers were injured and no suspects were considered at large
after the shooting,” the paper says.
Since Airsoft guns can
look a lot like the real thing, it may have been reasonable to view
the robber as armed and dangerous. Yet the number of rounds in the
absence of return fire seems excessive, and images from the scene
(not to mention the death of a bystander) suggest they were not
aimed very carefully. More information is expected at a press
conference this afternoon.
[Thanks to Citizen Nothing for the tip.]
from Hit & Run http://ift.tt/1AUMpLV
via IFTTT