you all hear of that Austrialian woman getting shot?

[vash]

in Minneapolis.

i cant wrap my mind around how that even happened. the police officer in the passenger seat shot out the driver's side window (right past his partner?) that shot seems so high risk to me..

[john walker's workshop]

F'n idiot.

[ckelly78z]

There are alot of loose cannons in the LEO community with bad attitudes. I see this a bit in my BIL who has been a homicide cop in S. Florida for many years. I understand the stress of doing the job, but you have to keep your cool in these situations.

I am sure there is dash cam/lapel footage of the incident that is being investigated now, but you have to wonder if there will be a coverup if no witnesses materialize.

[TRE Cup]

The shooter won't talk to investigators, and cameras were off. Horrible outcome as she is the one that called in the disturbance in the alley behind her home (twice)

[cstreit]

We know he had his weapon on his lap. My guess is he was startled and negligent discharge.

[ossiblue]

There's already a thread on this if you want to venture into PARF. Still, information is coming out very slowly. The fact the shooter will not talk to the local investigators is a smart legal move as the case was immediately turned over to outside state authorities due to the sensitivity and notoriety of the situation.

We can see a bit of the defense with a little reading between the lines. Both cops were relative rookies--the driver had 12 months on the force, the shooter 21 months, but only completed his field training a year ago. Driver testified he heard a loud noise as they drove slowly down the alley, and that both were startled by it. Immediately after the noise, the vicitim approached the driver's door from out of the dark, and it was then that the passenger fired through the window. This conflicts with original reports that she was talking to the driver before she was shot. Shooter's lawyer is floating the idea of fear of an ambush due to recent attacks on police. Not having cameras on does not appear to be a violation of policy, as currently written.

IMO, this will be explained as a result of inadequate training and inexperience, resulting in an accidental shooting. No one will be satisfied with this except the civil suit lawyers.

[greglepore]

Yeah, well... . I do get the stress, but how do 2 rookies get paired in the same vehicle?

[LakeCleElum]

Originally Posted by greglepore

Yeah, well... . I do get the stress, but how do 2 rookies get paired in the same vehicle?

Serious shortage of applicants everywhere. Some large cities only have 60% staffing.

[flyenby]

He killed her.....what part of that is debatable....

[sammyg2]

Barney Fife took his bullet out of his pocket.
EOS.

[SeanPizzle]

Firing a gun inside a vehicle probably f**ked the hearing of the driver.

[Baz]

Was there ever any mention of the situation she called 9-1-1 for?

Assault, was it?

Did they uncover anything or was this another 9-1-1 call that probably shouldn't have been made?