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by Rafe
Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:26 pm
Forum: Self-Defense Reports
Topic: Carjacking fail (WARNING GRAPHIC/LANGUAGE)
Replies: 17
Views: 40968

Re: Carjacking fail (WARNING GRAPHIC/LANGUAGE)

mayor wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:29 pm And the shooter just.... drove off.
Or drove off to chase the attacker's vehicle. But, you're right: more evidence that it wasn't a LEO who was in the parked SUV. Never checked on the downed, twitching attacker, and drove away leaving him in the gutter.

I join the opinion that this was a drug-deal (or similar) gone wrong, not a carjacking. Would explain the parked SUV waiting in a clearly sketchy and lightly inhabited part of town; the vehicle pulling in with doors opening before it's even stopped and discharging armed assaulters; at least one occupant of the parked SUV already having guns up and expecting trouble; and the volume of immediate fire and then leaving the injured in the dirt.
by Rafe
Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Self-Defense Reports
Topic: Carjacking fail (WARNING GRAPHIC/LANGUAGE)
Replies: 17
Views: 40968

Re: Carjacking fail (WARNING GRAPHIC/LANGUAGE)

Jose_in_Dallas wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:49 am Obviously in a bad part of town. The very few times I'm in a bad part of town, at night, I get hyper vigilant. Not sure what the background is of the parked vehicle and it's occupants, but it's obvious the driver was expecting trouble. I'll unholster my gun and set it underneath my leg if I'm at the ATM or parked for extended times.
howdy wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:21 pm Possibly a LEO? Looks like some type of computer screen in the car.
Looking at the video for a second time a couple of days after the first watch, I'm not so sure it's LEO. Computer is in the backseat and on someones lap. Not mounted on the front like you normally see in a police vehicle. You see it jump when the gunfire starts. Also, not sure I've seen an LEO vehicle with a tow hitch installed before.
And...the driver opens his door and evidently gets out in order to aim and fire between the frame of the SUV and the door. Certainly a more stable position, if no better regarding cover, but he fires a couple of rounds at the other vehicle that's speeding away, probably moving a little laterally as well, and is already at a distance that might make the shots iffy with a handgun. I'm not sure any LEO I know would attempt shots like that fired down a street at a fleeing vehicle with likely no idea where errant bullets are going to impact. Looks more Hollywood than police procedural.

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