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Update: The suspect, George G. Nickel Jr, was a decorated Iraq war veteran who was injured by a roadside bomb in February 2007. He was the sole survivor of the attack.

He was armed with a handgun and AR-15 rifle and was wearing a tactical vest with "as many as 90 rounds of ammunition" when he was arrested.

He surrendered without shooting at police.

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What is a "tactical vest"? Does this mean what is often called a "bulletproof vest"? If so, it might explain the shots fired to no effect.

Congratulations to this newspaper for not using the term "assault weapon." It is Idaho, after all..

- Jim

LaserTex wrote:Please don't take offense...if I were a Police Officer, I would take a personal responsibility to be proficient with my weapon.

I'm not that easily offended.

Ideally, every police officer should be able to shoot, drive, run, wrestle, jump fences, etc., like a champion. Never having worked for a police agency, I don't know what the reality is except what I have heard and read over the years. Some forces send certain officers for advanced training. That kind of thing is expensive, and an officer who is at the low end of the pay scale may not be able to take a week off and pay for training that costs a good chunk of $10,000 when all the fees and travel are added up.

Where is Excaliber when you need him?

- Jim

I don't understand the question.

- Jim

C-dub wrote:Five people fired twelve shots and noone was hurt. WOW!

I don't think you can understand that kind of chaotic situation until you have been there (which I haven't). Most small police departments can't afford the kind of training required.

- Jim

This is too bizarre.

In Boise, Idaho, last night, a man looking for his lost dog tried to shoot his way into an apartment. The police showed up, as they are wont to do in such situations. The man reportedly had a handgun and a rifle. When he ignored police orders to drop the weapons, four officers fired 12 rounds. No one was hurt. The man surrendered.

He is in jail, charged with aggravated assault and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. He was employed as a sergeant at the Idaho Department of Correction where he has worked for 12 years.

The four officers have been placed on administrative leave.

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No word on the lost dog.

- Jim
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