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From: sarathy@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Rajiv Sarathy)
Date: Tue, 24-Jan-89 13:36:58 EST
Message-ID: <1989Jan24.133658.23930@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: Toronto Police
References: <157@aimed.UUCP> <4674@hcr.UUCP> <89Jan23.093655est.38021@neat.ai.toronto.edu> <4742@hcr.UUCP>
Reply-To: sarathy@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Rajiv Sarathy)
Distribution: tor

In article <4742@hcr.UUCP> paulg@hcrvax.UUCP (Paul Gooderham) writes:
>
>In my understanding, the police shot at the *tires* of the stolen car
>and that a ricocheted bullet struck the young driver.
>

Somehow, I doubt that a bullet can hit a car tire and ricochet up about 3 feet
and forward (if the back tire was shot) or backward (if the front tire was
shot), go through the window (or metal) and hit the driver anywhere near the
head.  I don't think physics will allow it, considering the fact that it was
a hollow-tip bullet (designed to cause the most amount of damage to the victim
by fragmenting into many pieces).

The Toronto Star reported that the bullet went directly through the window and
into the the back of the driver's head.  (A bullet banned by the Police Act).

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| Disclaimer:  I'm just an undergrad.                                         |
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| Rajiv Partha Sarathy                   sarathy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca         |
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