Two police officers ambushed in Ferguson

[DesertBerean]

Can a shot come from 500 feet?

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/id...50312?irpc=932.

[Sparko]

Can a shot come from 500 feet?

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/id...50312?irpc=932.

sure.
It would be a lucky shot if it were a handgun.

[rogue06]

Can a shot come from 500 feet?

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/id...50312?irpc=932.

Depends on the firearm used. With a rifle? Relatively easy. With a handgun? Definitely a luck shot. But keep in mind other reports say the shooter was standing 150' away. That's still a lucky shot but not so much. Using an old Colt Navy revolver Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt at a distance of 225'

[RumTumTugger]

I'm finding it interesting that there is a certain group of twebbers not posting in this thread. one wonders why?

[seer]

Using an old Colt Navy revolver Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt at a distance of 225'

And if memory serves, he hit Tutt dead center in the heart. A shot that would make a Marine proud!

[rogue06]

Really??? I heard one of them was shot in the face.

And he's been released from the hospital with the bullet still in his head! Apparently he was shot just below the eye and the bullet is lodged behind his ear.

[rogue06]

Depends on the firearm used. With a rifle? Relatively easy. With a handgun? Definitely a luck shot. But keep in mind other reports say the shooter was standing 150' away. That's still a lucky shot but not so much. Using an old Colt Navy revolver Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt at a distance of 225'

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said in a press conference that they think that the shot was fired from around 350' away and was likely from a handgun. That is some skilled shooting.

Considering that one officer was shot in the face and has been released from the hospital with the bullet still lodged behind his ear makes me think that a small caliber weapon was used like a .22. If so that sort of ammunition can be fired from both a handgun and rifle.

[DesertBerean]

I guess they can't get the bullet out without causing damage.

[Cow Poke]

Yes, but that's rare and is mostly bad because it provides an excuse for racial majorities to ignore racism.

So, you agree that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson should just shut the heck up?

[rogue06]

I guess they can't get the bullet out without causing damage.

Or that it isn't endangering him and that they want any swelling to go down before attempting a removal