This is rather dramatic footage from CCTV inside a Dollar General in Wichita, Kansas.
3 BG's enter a Dollar General and rob it at knifepoint, with threats to the employees.
Apparently, someone was able to dial 911.
Multiple LEO's arrive at the front door, but one of the front doors is locked.
As soon as the LEO opens the correct door, his handgun is pointed directly at the exiting
28 year old BG with the knife. The BG tries to blow by him like a baseball player trying to
knock over the catcher at home plate.
The officer fires at COM (unknown how many rounds) at point blank range, hitting the perp,
who shatters the glass on the locked door side of the double doors.
This LEO was cool in a stressful situation, and did what needed doing. Glad he's OK.
SIA
Re: Wichita, KS: LEO's kill 28 y.o. serial Dollar General ro
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:26 pm
by C-dub
Whoa!
There was another video there where a CHLer or off duty LEO shot a robber. A discussion took place in another thread here a while back about the BGs focus. Watch this video and tell me if you think this guy paid any attention to the guy that shot him prior to getting shot. " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Wichita, KS: LEO's kill 28 y.o. serial Dollar General ro
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:39 pm
by AustinBoy
SIA,
That is a great video.
Makes you proud of our boys in blue. (ok, Khaki)
C-dub,
Wow.
I just bookmarked that video.
If anyone ever asks again why I carry, I will just play that video.
1. Situational Awareness
2. Very level headed
3. Stopped the threat.
Wow.
AB
Re: Wichita, KS: LEO's kill 28 y.o. serial Dollar General ro
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:30 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
C-dub wrote:Whoa!
There was another video there where a CHLer or off duty LEO shot a robber. A discussion took place in another thread here a while back about the BGs focus. Watch this video and tell me if you think this guy paid any attention to the guy that shot him prior to getting shot. " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Although it's not credited in the above link, the person who shot the robber was an
off duty cop in Brazil. Methinks that since he was a Brazilian LEO, chances are that
his handgun was a Taurus 9MM, since even Brazilian Special Forces carry Taurus 9's.
SIA
Re: Wichita, KS: LEO's kill 28 y.o. serial Dollar General ro
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:26 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
The data below is more information from the Wichita, Kansas PD, detailing the incident.
Wichita police are releasing surveillance video graphically depicting a firsthand account of police shooting that killed DeJuan Colbert last October.
"It's hard to watch, tough to look at, but it is a very descriptive video and shows the anatomy of an armed robbery happening," said Deputy Chief Tom Stolz. On Friday, a report was released by
Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston saying police did not unlawfully use force on Colbert.
In the video, you can see the Dollar General manager and a female employee closing up the store when he goes to lock one of the doors. A short time later, three suspects entered the store.
Colbert is seen demanding money from the manager.
The other two suspects forced the female employee to the ground in the back of the store. It took dispatchers a few minutes to decipher what exactly was going on from the open-line 911 call made by the manager, but once they did, police responded in less than 60 seconds.
When police entered, you can see Colbert charging at them with a knife, and that's when they opened fire shooting 35 shots total.
"We train officers now to stop violence, we don't train officers to go back out in the parking lot and huddle and who's going to do what, we have citizens in jeopardy we're gonna go make an entry," said Stolz.
They say the confrontation was nearly instant. "There was no chance to strategize for that and the action happened so quickly, the officer entered in just milliseconds. We got in, we had this confrontation, and the officer took an action," added Stolz.
Police say the video release was made available to the media in an effort to be transparent with the public.
"We believe in giving information when we can legally to the media and to the public which explains actions or deeds by our employees," Stolz said.
SIA
Re: Wichita, KS: LEO's kill 28 y.o. serial Dollar General ro
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:31 pm
by Teamless
The original video has "been removed by the user" so it is no longer available on Youtube.
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