183 Yard OIS

[BoilerUp]

I have a hard time understanding how folks come to decision to shoot at police. I'm guessing he was emotionally amped up and in a bad head-space given the domestic call that prompted the response in the first place.

Separately, that sure looks like the officer's carbine is based on a Aero Precision M4E1 receiver set. Does Tacoma PD buy from the local guys, or do officers make individual purchases / decisions? 183 yds with a red dot during a high stress situation is impressive shooting.

[UWone77]

Wow. In the narration it says the guy was hit twice, once by officers and once when he offed himself. I am guessing based on the footage that after he was hit he decided to end it. The footage cuts out some of the key stuff, as in based on the audio, after the guy shot him and when the apparent 'second shot' took place.

OIS's are investigated by another agency in our state, so unfortunately, they control the edits. Overall, they didn't cut out a lot that wasn't relevant.

I have a hard time understanding how folks come to decision to shoot at police. I'm guessing he was emotionally amped up and in a bad head-space given the domestic call that prompted the response in the first place.

Separately, that sure looks like the officer's carbine is based on a Aero Precision M4E1 receiver set. Does Tacoma PD buy from the local guys, or do officers make individual purchases / decisions? 183 yds with a red dot during a high stress situation is impressive shooting.

In our Department, SWAT officers are issued Aero M4E1 11.5" SBR's. Patrol gets S&W M&15's with 16" barrels. My unit has 11.5" BCM SBR's though. About 10 years ago we went away from individual purchased rifles.