Monday, May 18, 2015

April’s Top 10 Most Controversial, Violent Defensive Gun Uses

4. Cops Fatally Shoot Member Of Christian Band During All-Out Parking Lot Brawl

A parking lot brawl at an Arizona Walmart turned deadly after a member of the Christian band known as Matthew 24 gained control of a police officer’s gun.

The band, who were also family members, were fighting with a Walmart loss prevention officer when police arrived.

During the all-out brawl one of the band members grabbed an officer’s gun and shot him in the leg. In the ensuing chaos, police fatally shot one of the band members.

The band continued fighting against the police officers but were ultimately arrested.

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6 comments:

  1. Cant say I feel too bad for the Christian band group. Loss prevention and taking cops gun and shooting him in leg. Had they chilled out I doubt anybody would have been killed in this case.

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  2. The police did come on a little strong with the initial approach. I didn't see any
    discussion.

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    1. The band, who were also family members, were fighting with a Walmart loss prevention officer when police arrived.

      Here's some more.

      The Christian family band that brawled with police in an Arizona Walmart parking lot were not slowed down by repeated hits from Tasers, pepper spray and batons, newly released dashcam video shows.

      The fighting stopped only after a 21-year-old member of the Gaver family was fatally shot, his brother was struck in the stomach and a cop took a bullet to the leg.

      The melee broke out March 21 after eight officers responded to a report that a member of the Gaver family — which had been living out of their car in the parking lot — had pushed a Walmart employee in a store bathroom, police said.
      http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/video-shows-walmart-brawl-christian-family-band-cops-article-1.2181445

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  3. I can't help but wonder if drugs were involved. If this report is accurate is seems the Gavers were irrationally hostile and physically aggressive. Some drugs or combinations of drugs are well known for causing this kind of behavior. It's also interesting that Tasers, pepper spray, and batons didn't slow them down.

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    1. Tasers, pepper spray, and batons didn't slow them down.

      Something was in them.

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