[B. Lahey]

Here's the details of the officer involved shooting I mentioned. They fired 16 times and the bank robber had 16 entry wounds. Pretty darn impressive as the guy was not standing still, and at least one of the cops was shooting while moving. Their firearms instructors should be proud. All that training seems to have worked out well.

http://www.stjoepros.org/index.php?o...d=271&Itemid=2

Mr. Szuflita then stopped and turned to the officers, brandishing a knife. During this interchange, both officers repeatedly yelled at Mr. Szuflita to stop and to get on the ground. He refused. Instead, Mr. Szuflita made a slashing motion toward Officer Morgan. He lunged toward Officer Morgan, with his knife hand raised and the blade pointing down. Officer Morgan took one or two steps back, trying to maintain his distance from the suspect. He backed up as fast as he could. However, the suspect continued to lunge at him, closing the gap between himself and Officer Morgan. At this point, the officers, who had already drawn their weapons, discharged their firearms, striking Mr. Szuflita. Mr.Szuflita died of multiple gunshot wounds.

The County Metro Homicide Unit was activated to investigate the officer-involved shooting, pursuant to protocol. Investigators, utilizing metal detectors, located sixteen (16) shell casings near Mr. Szuflita’s body. Forensic examination of the shell casings determined that seven (7) of the casings were discharged from Officer Slager’s weapon and the remaining nine (9) shell casings were discharged from Officer Morgan’s weapon.

During the autopsy, eleven (11) projectiles were found in Mr. Szuflita’s body. At the scene of the shooting, CMHU investigators found three (3) projectiles around his body, and fragments of two (2) additional projectiles. During the autopsy, forensic pathologist Dr. Wagner of Fort Wayne documented the following wounds:

one (1) near the left collarbone,
three (3) in the right chest area,
one (1) entry and two (2) exit wounds on the right forearm,
one (1) entry at the lower right back,
one (1) entry wound at the back left knee,
one (1) entry wound in the inner left thigh area,
two (2) entry wounds in the back of the left hip,
three (3) entry wounds in the inner right thigh, and
three (3) entry wounds on the left buttock.