San Francisco police fired 65 shots at murder suspect but still missed
No one was hurt in the two hour long standoff.
San Francisco police are reviewing their tactics after body cam footage showed an armed standoff with a murder suspect in which the cops fired 65 shots, but never even injured the suspect.
San Francisco police are reviewing their tactics after body cam footage showed an armed standoff with a murder suspect in which the cops fired 65 shots, but never even injured the suspect.
Joel Armstrong had allegedly shot and killed a man and injured another critically on February 16. Armstrong then allegedly used a gun in a carjacking.
Police found the carjacked vehicle in the early hours of February 17 and claimed to have seen Armstrong in an RV parked in front of the vehicle. The police ordered the occupants of the vehicle out, at which point three people and a dog exited, but Armstrong allegedly remained inside.
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Armstrong then allegedly fired two shots at police, which prompted them to open fire. The police reportedly fired 65 shots within 15 seconds. Yet, neither Armstrong nor the police were injured in the shoot-out, according to The Mercury News.
The standoff lasted for two hours before Armstrong finally came out of the RV. Police said that they found a 9mm gun inside of it after the incident.
The police respond
On Tuesday, authorities identified the seven officers involved in the shooting: Glennon Griffin, Anthony Sharron, Robby Wilkom, Matthew Nazar, Gregory Buhagiar, Steven Oesterich and Christopher Cotter.
Police Cmdr. Greg McEachern said that every shooting incident is unique, but also noted that as a result of the failure to take down the murder suspect after shots were fired at police, the police would be reviewing the officers’ tactics. The review may result in a change in the way officers are trained moving forward.
All seven officers involved were wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting. According to police, five of those officers turned their cameras on before the shooting started, while the other two turned them on afterwards.
The police have released all seven videos to the public in an attempt to be as transparent as possible.
