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| Cashiered Russian Colonel Shot to Death in Moscow |
| 2011-06-12 |
| Rewritten from the AyPee article and translated Russian sources. And if you read the headline, apparently conviction of a murder makes you an ex-Russian. The Russian former colonel convicted of killing a female suspected Chechen sniper was shot to death in Moscow Friday night, according to several English and Russian language news sources. Reports say the shooter shot Yuri Budanov at close range with a suppressed/silenced Makarov 9mm pistol hitting him four times in the head. Budanov had just emerged from a notary's office when he was shot. The partially torched Mitsubishi getaway car and weapon used in the shooting were later found. Aah, just a typical Moscow mugging. Nothing to see here, move along... Budanov earned his notoriety when he was charged with kidnapping rape, abuse of a prisoner and murder following a 2000 interrogation he conducted of Heda Kungayeva, 18. The rape and torture charges were dropped for lack of evidence. Budanov was released after serving eight of his nine year sentence in 2009. He was also stripped of his rank and his decorations as punishment. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 It was a 9mm. Typical muzzle velocity for a 9mm (9x19) is 1200 to 1400 feet per second depending on bullet mass and powder charge. A suppressed weapon is usually coupled with appropriate velocity ammo; if not, the weapon isn't really suppressed. 9mm sub-sonic ammo would be traveling in the range of 900-1000 feet per second. You want the bullet to not break the speed of sound (the sub-sonic part) which would thereby ruin the suppression of the sound of the gas escaping the muzzle of the barrel since the bullet would then produce a supersonic crack. Typical velocity at the muzzle of a suppressed weapon is around 1000 feet per second or less regardless of bullet caliber, more than enough for skull penetration and lethality with a 9mm. A bullet penetrating the skull is generally lethal (or certainly the low point in your day) and if it didn't exit (a characteristic of lower velocity rounds) they tend to circulate within the skull (think blender). Say the bullet penetrated and exited. The exit wound is 'usually' larger than the entrance wound. Brains don't like leaking out much. Four is a lot. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-06-12 18:08 |
| #6 I understand that a silenced weapon has MUCH lower muzzle velocity. I guess a professional would know that just one or two rounds is no guarantee of death. But with three or four you can be pretty sure, and then get on with fleeing the scene. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-06-12 16:41 |
| #5 This story reminds me of a Pat Travers song. Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights! Or, maybe that should be...Boom Boom Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights! |
| Posted by: Chavinter Hupavirong3890 2011-06-12 15:34 |
| #4 From the descriptions it sounds like the shooter pumped the four rounds in the head while he was already down. |
| Posted by: badanov 2011-06-12 10:48 |
| #3 And four rounds to the head? Just in case three wasn't enough? Wow. Sounds personal to me. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-06-12 09:14 |
| #2 Silenced Makarov is the preferred weapon of Russian intelligence. Not saying it was them who did it, just saying. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-06-12 08:56 |
| #1 Hang onto your vowels, B... |
| Posted by: 2sealys 2011-06-12 08:17 |