Thad wrote:I'm just not sure how that works. Is it still murder if it takes 30 years to kill the victim?
It is, but proving proximate cause would be really difficult. But if the cause of death was directly shooting-derived, then possibly yes.
Thad wrote:I'm just not sure how that works. Is it still murder if it takes 30 years to kill the victim?
Brentai wrote:Was Brady actually shot at or just hit by a bullet? It's not a murder count in any number of years if Whatsisface just missed, even if it was during a separate murder attempt.
Brentai wrote:Was Brady actually shot at or just hit by a bullet? It's not a murder count in any number of years if Whatsisface just missed, even if it was during a separate murder attempt.
The weapon he used in the robbery was described as a possibly semi-automatic, black gun, Gresham Police said.
beatbandito wrote:The weapon he used in the robbery was described as a possibly semi-automatic, black gun, Gresham Police said.
How do you own a handgun and not have the capacity to identify if a pistol is semi-auto?
Houston police say that an armed man’s attempt to stop a carjacking went terribly wrong on Saturday night when he shot the vehicle’s owner in the head, then fled the scene.
According to KHOU Channel 11 News, the shooting took place around 11:15 p.m. at a Valero gas station in north Houston.
Police officials say that two men jumped the owner of a Chevrolet pickup truck and absconded with his vehicle.
As the men struggled with the car-owner, a passerby produced a gun and fired multiple shots, missing the thieves but striking the victim in the head.
In addition to the Critical Response Command, the department recently created a citywide unit of roughly 700 patrol officers — the Strategic Response Group — who are also trained to use and outfitted with semiautomatic rifles. The weaponry represents a marked escalation in the arming of the department. Whereas in the past, only the Emergency Services Unit had assault riles in their vehicles, the department is in the process of roughly tripling the number of high-powered rifles at the ready in patrol cars to ensure that every officer trained to use them has quick access to them.
“It’s a big change in the department,” said Chief Waters, who compared it to a decision in 1990 to upgrade the weapon given to the city’s transit officers, from revolvers to semiautomatic handguns. “There was a clear need to move to the next level.”
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