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| Drifter shoots at cops, dies in a hail of bullets (video) |
| 2011-05-04 |
| Talk about going out in a shower of bullets. Best hail of gunfire since Dutch Schultz. I especially like the extra two shots at the end. Like an extra touch of pepper to a spicy soup. The Monroe County District Attorney has determined four Tomah Wisconsin police officers acted appropriately last month when they killed a man who shot at them during a traffic stop. District Attorney Dan Cary said Tuesday the officers acted with "tremendous courage in the face of life-threatening gunfire" April 22 when they fatally shot 28-year-old Seth M. McCloskey of Ohio. McCloskey was a suspect in an earlier drive-by shooting in Tomah in which no one was hurt. Police have said he may be linked to as many as 10 other seemingly random drive-by shootings across Wisconsin and Illinois. Authorities held a press conference Tuesday where they released squad car video footage of the Tomah shooting that shows McCloskey calmly exit his truck, point a handgun directly at police and open fire moments after being pulled over on Saratoga Street. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANGETY-BANG-BANG! BANGBANGBANG! The video then shows McCloskey trying to climb back into his truck, which was rolling because he had not put it in park, as police shoot back. The slow-moving pickup strikes a nearby utility pole, and McCloskey's hat flies into the air in a hail of gunfire. His head falls limp, and the truck's accelerator echoes through the neighborhood. Tomah Police Chief Wes Revels said McCloskey's autopsy shows he died from police gunfire. "He's dead, Jim. Hey, look what Sam just handed me, they're hiring in Bangladesh! I've always wanted to get away..." "Seth McCloskey intended to take the lives of police officers," Revels said. "I believe that because of the officers' actions at the location of the traffic stop, they saved the life of a police officer somewhere at sometime." "But...he was fleeing! But Tuesday in Tomah one thing was clear, Sperry said. "This person was set on doing this. He was an evil person. ... The officers were heroes here." |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #6 Who's the genius who rolls slowly through a fire-fight? |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-05-04 15:42 |
| #5 As far as I'm concerned, anyone who points a weapon at or threatens a cop (no knock raids to wrong addresses are exempt from this statement) deserve what they get. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-05-04 14:24 |
| #4 There were two police cars, so I wonder how many cops drew down on him? Well, they saved their State about $2m. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-04 14:19 |
| #3 I would be disappointed in the officers if they had any ammunition left in their weapons at the end of this encounter. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-04 13:56 |
| #2 Has a "drifter" ever done anything good? Ya never hear "Drifter saves puppies". It's always "Drifter in shootout with cops", "Drifter suspected in serial killings". The "drifter community" should really work on their image... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-05-04 13:49 |
| #1 "I believe that this was |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-04 13:14 |