Path: utzoo!lsuc!hcr!john
From: john@hcr.UUCP (John R. MacMillan)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: Toronto Police
Message-ID: <4772@hcr.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Jan-89 00:12:55 EST
Article-I.D.: hcr.4772
References: <157@aimed.UUCP> <4674@hcr.UUCP> <4742@hcr.UUCP> <380@ontenv.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@hcrvax.UUCP (John R. MacMillan)
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In article <380@ontenv.UUCP> soley@ontenv.UUCP writes:
|In article <4742@hcr.UUCP>, paulg@hcr.UUCP (Paul Gooderham) writes:
|> In article <89Jan23.093655est.38021@neat.ai.toronto.edu> derome@neat.ai.toronto.edu.UUCP writes:
|> >In my uderstanding, the policemen (man?) shot in the back of
|> >the car. Perhaps, this was not self-defense. We will see what 
|> >the justice has to say.
|> 
|> In my understanding, the police shot at the *tires* of the stolen car
|> and that a ricocheted bullet struck the young driver.
|
|Nope, The killer bullet was a ricochet but the officer was shooting at
|the occupants (I've seen the bullet holes from a distance, they are
|all higher than would indicate that the tires were being shot at).
|No matter what you see on TV police do not try to shoot out tires.

Most of the holes were in the back of the car, all but one (the lethal
one) lower than would indicate that the occupants were being shot at.

Either way, he missed what he was shooting at.  I've heard several
reports that the officer claims he was shooting at the tires, and I've
heard you claim he was shooting at the occupants.  No offense, but I
think I'll believe the reports and the officer unless something new
turns up.
-- 
John R. MacMillan	"Life is like a baseball bat. It's long and
HCR Corporation		 hard and hurts when you drop it on your foot"
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