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Interesting new info that does support the thought that Officer Brown could have handled the situation with a bit more tact.

But, all and all, Rivers still appears to be the thug who was going to shoot Officer Brown for accidentally brushing up against him.

austin wrote: He did great. He GOTX and moved to cover while shooting.

The appropriate technique when moving to the weak side is to go one handed. You can move faster and you will be more accurate because your pistol is not coupled to your upper body movement.

If you don't believe me, lets get together with airsoft pistols.

He had his finger off the trigger when he came inside. That's all the safety you need.

I agree that his tactics were good and that his marksmanship was decent.

I practice shooting 1-handed moving to my left. But I either extend my arm to use my sights or keep the gun at retention.

But there was no need to sweep everyone in the store, and his one handed technique was not out of any textbook I've seen. Point shooters that I've seen will index their gun to their body. That's how they know where they're gonna hit.

But don't take what I'm saying as a condemnation. That officer was superb in the gunfight and it shows by him still being alive.

Photoman wrote:

Velocity wrote:(referring to the "gang-banger" that instigated the incident).....

I don't agree with that statement. The police officer had it in his power, his decision, to prevent this incident from happening. When he made the decision to invade the kid's private space to retrieve his goods, he knew exactly what he was doing. He's lucky to be alive.

Thinking about it, I wouldn't be surprised if that gang-banger recognized the officer and was seeking some payback for him or one of his homies.

fm2 wrote:It looks to me like he had good awareness, re-gained the initiative (by gaining mobility and getting his own gun into action) and maintained a better position till the fight ended.

Yep.

I'd give the officer an "A" on handling the situation. He was watching the BG. It appeared that he had a clear view of the BG's right hand and what was in the BG's hand before he opened fire. He took action that probably saved his life.

That said he was sloppy in unnecessarily muzzle sweeping the entire store after he entered. Obviously he was under duress, but he could have done better on that. As has been said, his marksmanship technique wasn't ideal either, but 5 hits in dynamic situation like that isn't bad.