HOLY THREAD RESURRECT!
sorry you lost a brother. but as for him I dont feel sorry one bit. someone tries to kill you, then you kill them first. is coming here helping you deal with it? is anything gonna change the outcome? nope.
The fact that there were only 6 rounds fired says a lot to me about the restraint used by the officers. it stopped the threat and thats what you do in these situations. you dont get extra points for rounds used or not used. neutralize the threat, whatever it takes.
whats your point for opening this back up? I dont think your gonna get much support here if thats what your looking for.
Give me a break. I suppose if someone is trying to kill you with a knife you're going to shoot one bullet at a time and pause between to see if it was effective? Six was apparently enough.
He was not a gun or knife wielding person.
Otherwise...he wouldn't have taped knives to his hands...and made certain requests and choices he did.
It wouldn't matter if all 6 shots hit him, I mean really why would it matter where they shot him unless it was a means to a lawsuit. 6 head shots would have been perfectly fine by me, as long as the threat was eliminated.There were 6 shell casings... 3 hit my brother. I also questioned the training and suggestion to shoot my brother in the chest... The answer I got was that an officer in stress can fire a shot while pulling the gun from the holster... I'm assuming that on shot 2 in the ground and one shot 1 in the ground... .
Six shots are nothing compared to how many are normally fired in the heat of the moment. Normally they ask something like, "Officer, how many rounds did you shoot." He'll say, "I think about three." and when the look, he fired ten. It all happens so quick and with such reflex. Now figure two cops: six shots fired is nothing. I going to have to assume their guns jammed after firing three rounds each. Dude had it coming.I understand there were six shell cases found at the shoot. I question the training? Six shots on one guy? I also understand stress in a shooting situation but six?
I tried to reply and it did not save my response. I came to this site...not to recieve sympathy...cuz I definately know this is the last place I will get that...and I'm not even looking for it. Recent events in Greenwood, IN brought me to this site. I found myself looking at various things. This is one of the sites I had been to before and never said anything. I saw where you were talking about the casings...and thought I would comment and inform everyone on here talking about it of what i knew about it...since I did speak with the investigation commander and he was polite enough to walk me through that night step-by-step. I know that my coming to this site will not change anything. Yes, it does help me deal. I'm not sure what you are talking about when you mention video of it. I had asked the commander about it b/c I heard rumor of it. He said there was no video. As far as Trish and her suing the city...That's not my family. That is Brian's mom, not mine. I'm pretty sure she has let that go. Idk if she ever contacted a lawyer. I had more typed out in the response that didn't take...but this is what I can think of for now. I'm not asking any of you to feel sorry for me. I'm not asking any of you to not think of Theresa and her children. I do. All the time. I'm very very thankful they are safe. And I have even apologized to Theresa. All I'm asking...is to not be attacked. I came on here to discuss the facts...not figure out what the hell he was thinking that night. Like I said, if there are any questions that are respectful...I will answer them. And thank you to those of you that have been respectful. It is appreciated. Hopefully I have answered everything that was asked in the previous posts.
There were 6 shell casings... 3 hit my brother. I also questioned the training and suggestion to shoot my brother in the chest... The answer I got was that an officer in stress can fire a shot while pulling the gun from the holster...
i'm curious about your thinking on this. should there have been more shots? less?
I am incredibley thankful for everyone that has posted sympathies... And also for those that have metioned specifics on training... I am aware of certain facts that I do not believe were released and your comments help me to understand that better...so, here again, I will say...this does help me. I was originally only posting to clarify some previous comments, but I am now grateful that I did make a post. I know that what my brother did lies in his hands. I am also thankful that no other fatalities occurred that night. I am saddened that others were hurt due to his actions. I have posted elsewhere that I do not want to wear his "scarlet letter" so to speak. I know that it was not my doing and that I had no control over it, but, that being said, I cannot apologize enough for what happened. I wasn't trying to drudge up past emotions on the topic, but recent circumstances caused me to revisit this. I am not trying to get the whole he said, she said thing going. I just wanted to say what was on my mind. I respect everyone's opinion that has posted in response to me. There are certain times that are harder than others and there really is no winner... I know that the police did what they had to do...and I never asked why they shot him...just why they shot him where they did. Matthew Fillenwarth answered many of my questions and was very, very respectful and understanding to me, as well as patient...and I truly appreciated that. Like I said, thanks to some of your comments, I now better understand some of the rationales that he explained to me. So, thank you...