Murder weapon from 40 year old cold case in use by police

[Colt]

Cold case being reopened. Murder weapon is an 870 Wingmaster with an interesting history.

KC's oldest cold case reopened after gun turns up — in use by police - KansasCity.com

 

[ThePhantom86]

Geez, talk about chain of custody for a murder weapon.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

It was probably the cops that did it! No one would ever think to look in the PD armory for a murder weapon.

 

[Colt556]

Pretty interesting story. Reminds me of an old cowboy movie about a gun that was used by the good and the bad guys. Remingtons are tough SGs!

 

[TiminMishawaka]

From the article: "the gun had been extensively altered and modernized."

I KNOW WHO DID IT!

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[cosermann]

Did you notice the shotgun in question was originally STOLEN from a hardware store in 1965?

 

[Walt_Jabsco]

It was probably the cops that did it! No one would ever think to look in the PD armory for a murder weapon.

You know, I was going to reply to this and talk about how the OP was being paranoid, then I read the article and realized it was a civil rights leader murdered in the south. So yeah. Probably was the cops.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

From the article: "the gun had been extensively altered and modernized."

I KNOW WHO DID IT!

Duuuude......

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

You know, I was going to reply to this and talk about how the OP was being paranoid, then I read the article and realized it was a civil rights leader murdered in the south. So yeah. Probably was the cops.

Yeah, because we murder a lot of people, especially public figures. Funny how Al Sharpton escaped Indianapolis alive when he was here a couple weeks ago.

 

[Walt_Jabsco]

Yeah, because we murder a lot of people, especially public figures. Funny how Al Sharpton escaped Indianapolis alive when he was here a couple weeks ago.

There's a big difference between police in Indiana in 2010 and the police in Kansas City (or anywhere in the country, for that matter) in the 1960s and 70s. There's absolutely no denying that there was serious corruption and racism running rampant through police forces in that time period.

 

[Panama]

Yeah, because we murder a lot of people, especially public figures. Funny how Al Sharpton escaped Indianapolis alive when he was here a couple weeks ago.

You guys need more range time or what?

Just try to do better next time!

 

[jedi]

From the article...

“We should not have let a murder weapon walk out of our property room under any circumstances,” Lockhart said

Why?

It's not like the SG sprung legs and left the bldg and then decided to go on a shooting spree killing people? Oh wait since the SG's life started off stolen (from store) that means it was going to have a "bad" life and go around killing people hu?

I'm not sure I fully understand this? The SG is a piece of metal that was/is used by man. ???

 

[littletommy]

Funny how Al Sharpton escaped Indianapolis alive when he was here a couple weeks ago.

Well Hey, cops are human just like everybody else, no one is perfect.

 

[ultraspec]

Damn this is a crazy story, Im suprised that they had the print cards all these years.

 

[downzero]

I'm pretty surprised that any police department is still using a 40 year old shotgun for anything. Most of the cops I know have a fairly new gun in their holster every few years.

 

[bobcoop06]

That is pretty interesting...


They were probably taking a load of weapons to get destroyed and someone said "Hey! This is the same thing we carry, no sense in getting rid of it. Put that one back in the car!".

 

[PatriotPride]

There's a big difference between police in Indiana in 2010 and the police in Kansas City (or anywhere in the country, for that matter) in the 1960s and 70s. There's absolutely no denying that there was serious corruption and racism running rampant through police forces in that time period.

I have to agree. It was definitely a different era. I'm not saying the police DID engage in murder, but it would be foolish to ignore that it is a possibility. That being said, I would speculate that perhaps the firearm was stolen out of the evidence room and sold, then the PD inadvertantly purchased it back Who knows.

 

[DetroitTackleberry]

Pretty wild timeline on whee that Shotgun has been in the last 45 years. Amazing that it went undetected as a Murder weapon for so many years. Makes you question who the assailants could have been.....

Hmmmmmm......

 

[downzero]

I also have my doubts that any shotgun could be ballistically identified. Ballistic evidence, even on rifled firearms, is more BS than science. I highly doubt there's any legitimate, concrete evidence that this firearm was the murder weapon.

 

[BobM]

I also was amazed that they are still using a 40 yr old shotgun!

And back 40 years ago they could compare ejector marks and firing pin indents. But now, 40 years later? It would be a waste of time IMHO.