"Victim" turns tables on armed robber in Las Vegas

[Frank_N_Stein]

Long story short, guy tries to rob pawn shop and takes a female hostage. While he is walking her outside toward a vehicle with a handgun pointed her head, she fights back and is able to get the gun away from him. He has a Keltec Sub-2000 slung and gets shot by the police while trying to unfold it into firing condition. Video from LVMPD helicopter and body cams. [video=youtube_share;LCEHgUVNIDU]http://youtu.be/LCEHgUVNIDU[/video]

 

[VUPDblue]

So thats what a stupid prize looks like

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

So thats what a stupid prize looks like

Right.

 

[MCgrease08]

Great job by the responding officer on the far left (body cam video 2). The escaping hostage ran right into his line of fire. He could have easily hit her had he not been very focused.

Also credit to the sheriff for his comments about the woman and her willingness to fight. He ever credited her with her familiarity with firearms.

 

[actaeon277]

A folded sub 2000.


Duh.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Great job by the responding officer on the far left (body cam video 2). The escaping hostage ran right into his line of fire. He could have easily hit her had he not been very focused.

Also credit to the sheriff for his comments about the woman and her willingness to fight. He ever credited her with her familiarity with firearms.

Agree on both counts. The officers showed good muzzle discipline with each other as well.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

A folded sub 2000.


Duh.

Yep. He obviously didn't think that one through.

 

[Trigger Time]

Good job officers and lady

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Surprise matters, and it wins a lot of fights. Feigned compliance until she apparently saw an opening, used surprise/speed/violence of action to take the gun from him and escape to let the cavalry deal with him.

 

[ru44mag]

Great job by the responding officer on the far left (body cam video 2). The escaping hostage ran right into his line of fire. He could have easily hit her had he not been very focused.

Also credit to the sheriff for his comments about the woman and her willingness to fight. He ever credited her with her familiarity with firearms.

I saw that too!! He is shooting, then like a flash, she runs right in front of him! I thought, oh crap, he almost shot her!! I bet she heard that bullet wiz by in front of her. Very scary, but good job all around, except for the scum bag of course.

 

[actaeon277]

Yep. He obviously didn't think that one through.

Thinking may not be a strong point.

 

[Tactically Fat]

My takeaway: If I'm gonna carry a Sub2000, I need to carry it unfolded. Got it.

 

[T.Lex]

I think the city planners should get a participation medal for that shoot. The development requirements apparently included adequate hard cover and backstops.

Excellent job by the officers.

I'll try to find something they could've done shortly.

 

[foszoe]

The more junior the officer, the more shots they fired. That is an observation not a critique, but it did raise my curiosity. Is that generally true as in correlative or just a happenstance?

I think the city planners should get a participation medal for that shoot. The development requirements apparently included adequate hard cover and backstops.

Excellent job by the officers.

I'll try to find something they could've done shortly.

 

[shootersix]

well I think the thief had planned ahead, his glock had the trigger undercut, the offhand support cut, fiber optic sights, Hogue grip, all things to make the glock a better weapon and things the thief could use to his advantage in a firefight!


OH MY BAD...all things the original owner had done to the glock, and were on it when the thief stole the gun!

 

[rob63]

Truly great job all around.

Is it just me, or was anybody else disappointed that there wasn't video of the K-9 assisting?

 

[pack-indy]

Officer Chompy cam footage would have been fun.

 

[IndyTom]

Truly great job all around.

Is it just me, or was anybody else disappointed that there wasn't video of the K-9 assisting?

Not going to lie, very disappointed in the lack of K-9 video (maybe K-9-cam???). First the chopper video cuts out before the doggie-assist and then all of the body cams did, too. Makes me wonder if there was a dog because he appeared to be complying other than not being able to (?) roll away from the gun with a bullet in him.

I think the presentation, while good, would have been that much better with a dog-tax at the end. (not sure if purple)

Agree with the good backstop to prevent 90% of the shots from going someplace bad.

 

[cordex]

Great job by the responding officer on the far left (body cam video 2). The escaping hostage ran right into his line of fire. He could have easily hit her had he not been very focused.

That was awesome and the coolest thing about the video. The more I learn about shooting under pressure the more impressive I find that kind of gun handling. He was shooting, spotted the hostage running in front of him, got his gun offline and oriented up, then brought it back down but didn't shoot because it wasn't necessary. Awareness, speed, and control. Wonderfully done.

 

[kiddchaos]

good.