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Old December 18, 2015, 12:30 AM   #8
FrankenMauser
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There have actually been three escapees in Pocatello, Idaho, in the last two years. (jimbob86's first link is the first of those escapees.)
Two were killed in neighborhoods. The third had a quicker response from the slaughterhouse, and headed for a more industrial area where it posed less of a "threat." (As threatening as a hungry, road-weary, 'retiring' dairy cow can be, on its way to slaughter. )

More recently, a reason for police to be more German and NOT wait around for the owner to arrive was exemplified in West-Central Idaho. A rancher was killed while attempting to put down his escaped bull that was hit on I-95, which two on-scene Idaho State Police deputies had asked him to handle. The deputies had already shot it several times, but the bull seemed unphased.

The best version of the events, to date, are roughly:
Yantis (the rancher) sent a family member to retrieve his rifle, while he remained on-scene. They returned shortly, and handed it to him in front of the deputies. When Yantis positioned himself for the kill and raised his rifle (.204 Ruger) to put a bullet through the bull's brain, a deputy grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. In the process, Yantis discharged the rifle into the ground at the deputy's feet (causing minor injuries).
In response, both deputies opened fire...
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