Im sorry I must have misunderstood. I read backwards through posts when Im trying to catch up quick so I lose parts of conversations that way. I agree though.
I meant the wooden front door.
I wish I knew more about ballistics/penetration. I've no doubt at close range some rounds can penetrate the door, but would they still have the velocity needed to kill a person on the other side after going through a 2 inch think wood door? I think of shotguns as being primarily useful aiming at the jam, strike plate, setscrews, handles, locking mechanism, hinges or other hardware components in order to facilitate the breach.
I have lots of target practice training on paper, cardboard, steel and even bowling pins, but door breach, 2 inch thick wood, etc. is above my paygrade
And probably at close range to boot.
I disagree but to each their own opinion. There could have been two or multiple weapons used but if the scene was as bad as I’ve read, a semiauto pistol would have had to have been fired many times unless the perp was that dang accurate and got head/chest shots in just a try or two. Jmo
It was the front storm door.
First of all, it wasn't the 911 dispatcher who indicated this may be a suicide. It was the responding officer who made that statement. And he made that statement based on what he was seeing AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. The dispatch log is simply a record of the communication between dispatch and the public safety responders who are often in very high stress situations. Their observations are NOT the completed investigation. They do not have the information that everyone has after the fact. Unless or until you have been a 911 telecommunicator, you have no right to make judgements. MOO, based on 30 years of 911 experience.
Same, except not a certified instructor. Many cop friends as well and my usual range is the PD rangeThanks. We've been over this many times in the beginning. I've explained it several times to others. I know the nomenclature. I'm a certified firearms instructor and rifle(wo)man. If we were only talking about the words "shells" and "rounds" I would agree, it could be rifle, pistol, or shotgun. But I shot with police. I'd point, laugh, mock and ridicule my cop friends if they referred to a shotshell as a "bullet casing".
I lived in a bigger town than Barron and I’m not kidding when I say they generally sent a minimum of 3 cop cars out on most calls, even ridiculous things where there clearly was not a need for that many. I just don’t think this is uncommon in relatively small towns.
