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TxSheepdog wrote:I carry 22 rounds for my 1911, but I wouldn't want to roll the dice trying to engage 3 BG's in a closed space like that. I was under the impression that there was only 1 BG holed up inside and the other 2 ran. Will have to re read everything.

I think you are correct. If I recall the stories correctly, the first guy ran when the officers first showed up and the second guy gave himself up a short time later. That would have made the situation inside the bank a one-on-one shooting scenario. However, we don't know what things were like inside the bank. Maybe engaging the bad guy would have only made things worse.

TxSheepdog wrote:So what would you do in said situation?

Robber storms into branch shooting at cops.. Take cover and ride it out, hoping they don't herd the hostages into the vault and shoot them? Shoot?

Things probably played out in the best possible scenario. Taking on THREE other guys in a gun battle would be EXTREMELY risky!!! The only thing I can imagine being any different would be if the bad guys were taking fire from inside the bank while on their way out, they might not have retreated back inside and there wouldn't have been a hostage situation. That's a split second decision one has to make for themselves and know they are changing the game….you just never know what's going to happen!

The jewelry store owner who recently killed three bad guys was extremely lucky! The owner took a few rounds himself, but I understand he prevailed because he was able to get the first guy in a one on one situation and grabbed his shotgun for the remaining two.

Glad all the hostages made it out alive!

Pearland police typically have a very quick response time compared to other local agencies. I'm not at all surprised an officer was on scene within in two minutes.

I recently attended of a couple of the Pearland Citizen Police Academy classes and I remember one of the high ranking officers state that it's been something like 17 years since they've had an officer involved shooting where someone was injured or killed. My compliments go out to all the law enforcement officers on scene for bringing this tragic ordeal to a peaceful ending.