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Four more times Mortensen yelled for Johnston to put the knives down as the man continued to walk toward the officer. Then he fired five times from a few feet away, and Johnston crumpled to the floor.
Mortensen and other officers approached the apartment at 1422 E. Young Ave. shortly before 8 a.m. that Sunday looking for Johnston, who had driven his pickup truck into a utility pole, knocking it over, a half-hour earlier about a block away.
Johnston’s friend, Wendy Woods, came out of the apartment as Mortensen approached and was standing just outside when the shooting occurred.
“I’m worried about him cutting himself,” Woods told Mortensen before the shooting. Afterward, she became distraught, screaming at officers, and was placed in handcuffs and led away.
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What was this guy running from that he tried to hit a pole( another attempt to take his life) and thankfully he did not hurt the woman who's house it was.
nofear39
The leo didnt need to kill him ... a bullet in the leg would of been enough .. i think i heard 4 bullets WTF !!!!
nofear39
reply to post by matafuchs
The leo didnt need to kill him ... a bullet in the leg would of been enough .. i think i heard 4 bullets WTF !!!!
opethPA
nofear39
The leo didnt need to kill him ... a bullet in the leg would of been enough .. i think i heard 4 bullets WTF !!!!
That's great if you are Jack Bauer...
In the real world it's much harder to shoot someone in the leg and still not kill them.
I have no issues with this scenario, if you pull the trigger on a gun in a situation like that you don't hedge your bed.
What I wish could have happened is the use of non-lethal or less than lethal ammo to incapacitate.
In the end 1 person is responsible for this event and that person shouldn't have made that choice.
Shuftystick
The assailant was given fair warning and the cop had even tried to maintain separation distance by moving back, guy still advancing, imminent threat to life, bang, bang...
Not the cops fault on this occasion.