Gun battle by my office complex
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That was my thinking, too. Using an occupied civilian car as cover essentially says their life isn't as important as yours.
OP is from Florida. That makes sense. I always thought he was too big of a dick to be an Iowan.
To kill the guy before he killed more people? In a situation like this the best way to protect innocent lives is to eliminate the threat asap.
Looks like cops had no good options here. These dirt bags were a threat to the cops and every person tramped on that roadway. There was no way to get people out of the area.
Eh....
I read the driver who was shot was 350 feet away from the UPS. Sounds to me like they rushed into shooting.
Way to zero in on the important stuff.
They have GPS tracking on them that is so accurate you can track them down to their parking spot, you're not getting very far by stealing one of those.
This came on the news last night and before they even said where it was my wife says. That has to be in Florida.
No.
But, a drone strike would have been preferable to a gunfight on a crowded highway with innocent people completely surrounding it.
Were shots coming from the UPS van? We could all see the bullet impacts kicking up, and from the angles I find it hard to understand if some of those cops had an identifiable target to be shooting at. They are lucky several civilians weren't killed.
I'm like many of you concerning a reaction if this had erupted around me. I'm getting out of there even if it means I have to push your car out of the way. And, I'm certainly not trying to take cell phone video of the shoot out.
I'm like many of you concerning a reaction if this had erupted around me. I'm getting out of there even if it means I have to push your car out of the way. And, I'm certainly not trying to take cell phone video of the shoot out.
I respect the police and applaud their service but some hid behind civilian vehicles which drew fire at those vehicles. Yes they need to take cover but they put lives in danger
Spanish news doesn't cut away from anything, just keeps the video rolling like everything is BAU.
Man who was taken hostage, killed was on this first day on the job as a UPS driver
MIAMI — Frank Ordonez, a father of two young girls, was the UPS driver who was taken hostage by two armed robbers and later killed during a shootout with police in Miramar, friends and family members have confirmed.
Ordonez had worked with UPS for five years, his brother told Miami Herald news partner CBS4.
Thursday was his first day on the job as a driver, CBS4 reported.
The two robbers and a bystander who was inside an idle car at the scene also died in the crossfire, the FBI confirmed Thursday night.
“No one goes to work thinking they won’t return,” True Homestead, a local Facebook group wrote shortly after the shoot out. “It breaks our hearts his (Ordonez’s) loved ones watched it unfold on live TV, very sad. Sending love and prayers to your family.”
Ordonez’s brother Roy has created a GoFundMe page to help raise funds for a lawyer, funeral costs and to support his three and five-year-old daughters.
“He didn’t deserve to die the way he did, he was just going to work to provide for his two little girls, which he loved so much, which are now left without a father,” his brother wrote on the page.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...ob-as-a-ups-driver/ar-BBXRucS?ocid=spartandhp
oh man..smh
You might be right - but, once these guys started shooting at the cops with hundreds of trapped motorist endangered and in the line of fire, I'm not sure what options are available. The cops had to open fire.
I would think they would have the GPS device on them as well that can shut the vehicle down remotely. Maybe they didn't have time to use it on this one?
Good comeback, take a participation trophy out of small change for your room...
