Memorial Drive shooting suspect went to prison over previous shootout with police, sources confirm [More]
Don’t worry. Those who decided he could be trusted outside of custodial care won’t suffer any personal repercussions.
Funny, how this report doesn’t mention the armed citizen who intervened. (Pro tip to the ones that do: “Marine” should be capitalized.)
I just don’t have time to watch this DA press conference, but am told:
The head of the Cambridge Police as well as the Colonel of the MSP did not acknowledge the role of the “civilian” in this, only the bravery of the responding officers, who mostly arrived after the shooting was done.
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Sounds like a job for “diversion-based programs“…
[Via Edmund M]
The active shoot delivered life threatening wounds to the occupants of two vehicles.
We can safely assume that both the Massachusetts State Trooper and the Massachusetts LTC holder with a Glock Marine “civilian”, a firearms instructor, were trained in the use of firearms. Despite both being highly motivated and firing Center Of Mass, the active shooter was brought down with multiple hits to his extremities, tossing his firearm when he went to ground. Keep that in mind when someone suggests that police officers should aim for an active shooter s legs to effect a less-than-lethal outcome.
On a historical note, a few hundred feet south of the shooting is Magazine Beach, location of a 1775 powder magazine in support of nearby Fort Washington, a redoubt used during the Siege of Boston.