22 hits, 4 minutes before he died.

[Guest oldhack62]

Here's a contemporary account of the incident, which occurred in Jacksonville, FL:

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/102297/met_shoot.html

Note that it happened in 1997, so we're talking about the ammo available in 1997, too.

[frontier737]

Now I'm confused...in the article referenced above (in post 26) the bad guys name is Joseph McGrotha. In the OP's first post the BG's name is Tim Palmer.

What gives?

[Punisher84]

NM

[Guest bkelm18]

NM

Ooo ninja quick edit. I was going to point out that the officer is named Soulis in both of them but I guess you noticed.

[MrNobody]

The first article said they changed the bad guys name.

[Punisher84]

Ooo ninja quick edit. I was going to point out that the officer is named Soulis in both of them but I guess you noticed.

Punisher-quick like neeeenja!

Noticed it when I went to read it. Should stopped for Step A instead of going to step C lol

[strickj]

What a story! Really makes you think.

Punisher-quick like neeeenja!

...and quiet,and graceful like ballerina!

[Punisher84]

...and quiet,and graceful like ballerina!

Dammit. lol

[Guest db99wj]

[war4peace]

Zombies do not die when you shoot them in the body. That is why it is IMPORTANT to shoot them in the head! And if you miss you have a chance of hitting him in the eyes therefore blinding him . I'm glad the story ended in the way that it did. It is unfortunate and very scary at the same time.

Edited January 12, 2009 by war4peace

[war4peace]

......i don't think zombies can see can they?

[G27]

The head shots were at 13 yrds and the body shots were at 25 yards or so. Or all the way back at the indoor range.

Which range?

[Guest mcclearypl]

I also received the same training 2 to center of mass if no effect then 1 to the head unless there is danger to others from the shot. If unable to use head shot continue center of mass until it no longer poses a threat.

[Guest TN_Mike]

I dont carry a spare magazine. I guess Im going to have to rethink that.

You don't carry a spare magazine? Good God why not?

You do know that the most common failures that befall modern semi auto handguns are magazine related don't you? Maybe you would never need a reload in a typical gun fight. But what will you do if you have need to use your gun and the mag craps out on you after one shot?

Always carry a spare mag. Same reason that you carry a gun. You hope to never need it but if you do, it's there.

You hope you never need a reload, but if you do, it's there. Except if you don't carry one, then you're screwed.

[Guest tacticalteacher]

I teach my Officers to keep firing until the threat stops. Both of my shootings only took 1 round each to stop the threat but I used a 12 ga. slug on one and a .45 cal. on the other. Proper bullet placement helps, but when the adrenaline is flowing it's hard to do.

[Guest shadow12]

Tis true, you shoot a man in the leg with a slug, he generally has trouble walking toward you....threat has stopped, at least stopped walking.