Allen, TX Outlet Mall Shooting Police Bodycam Footage

[sherrick13]

I know this may not sound very tactically sound from the cop's POV (or safe?), but what if the officer had fired a few rounds into the air between bursts of shots fired by the perp to distract him and maybe stop him from shooting innocent people for a moment or two? Yes, it alerts the bad guy that someone else with a gun is coming, but he might panic and just go ahead and off himself if he thinks police are near and it may have at least saved a couple innocents from being shot. If nothing else it disrupts his OODA loop momentarily and maybe gets him off his game. Just trying to think outside the box...

Sorry, but no. You have to account for every round as a cop.

He did exact what he was supposed to do.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Where would those “rounds into the air” have gone?

 

[Reedman]

Where would those “rounds into the air” have gone?

They inevitably come down. My wife and I would go to this mall years ago. Some good deals back then, but not anymore. 218 minutes away. In-N-Out on the east side of the exit for the mall. It was a nice trip.

 

[Gideon]

I know this may not sound very tactically sound from the cop's POV (or safe?), but what if the officer had fired a few rounds into the air between bursts of shots fired by the perp to distract him and maybe stop him from shooting innocent people for a moment or two? Yes, it alerts the bad guy that someone else with a gun is coming, but he might panic and just go ahead and off himself if he thinks police are near and it may have at least saved a couple innocents from being shot. If nothing else it disrupts his OODA loop momentarily and maybe gets him off his game. Just trying to think outside the box...

It also confuses his fellow officers and other citizens as to where the shooter is.

 

[AKguy1985]

Yep. Every single cop involved in that fiasco needs to be in jail.

Agreed

 

[AKguy1985]

They inevitably come down. My wife and I would go to this mall years ago. Some good deals back then, but not anymore. 218 minutes away. In-N-Out on the east side of the exit for the mall. It was a nice trip.

I have been to that in-n-out a couple of times

 

[Chuckie]

It also confuses his fellow officers and other citizens as to where the shooter is.

^^^^ . . . or that there might be more than one active shooter.

 

[KurtM]

Man, the MSM has dropped this like a red hot horseshoe! Not one mention in yahoo or huff post today. This one must really not support "the narrative"

 

[C_Hallbert]

Not all…Uvalde, TX.

…….and Parkland, FL.

 

[C_Hallbert]

I know this may not sound very tactically sound from the cop's POV (or safe?), but what if the officer had fired a few rounds into the air between bursts of shots fired by the perp to distract him and maybe stop him from shooting innocent people for a moment or two? Yes, it alerts the bad guy that someone else with a gun is coming, but he might panic and just go ahead and off himself if he thinks police are near and it may have at least saved a couple innocents from being shot. If nothing else it disrupts his OODA loop momentarily and maybe gets him off his game. Just trying to think outside the box...

Firing shots before engaging an active shooter would only serve to alert that shooter of an incoming threat.