Subdeacon Joe Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Tulsa. Drive, run, shoot at a diagonal across six lanes. Two shots on target. Quote A Tulsa police officer dispatched an active shooter when he fatally shot the suspect on the side of a busy highway. Tulsa, OK – A Tulsa police officer fatally shot an active shooter after the armed man ran onto a busy freeway with his weapon and began firing at random cars (video below). The incident began at about 6:30 p.m. on May 10 when officers responded to a call about an active shooter at a strip mall in the 4900-block of South Peoria Avenue, Tulsa World reported. Tulsa police said witnesses warned that 25-year-old Derrec Shaw was “acting erratic and strange” when he left his residence earlier in the evening. The entire incident was captured by bodycam and began as officers were being dispatched to the scene, Tulsa World reported. Bodycam showed the officer driving the police car grabbing his patrol rifle in preparation for arriving at the scene. When the officers pulled up in the alley behind the strip mall, they stopped their police car and ran the rest of the way to the scene. The video showed they encountered a large group of panicked people in the alley who had just escaped out the back door of a Cici’s Pizza after the shooter had come in through the front door and opened fire. In the video, the officer called for backup to assist with the victims as employees and patrons pointed him in the direction that Shaw had run. Police later learned that at that point, the suspect had already shot a motorist in the shoulder and another man in the chin, Tulsa World reported. Bodycam showed the officer ran through the nearly-empty pizza restaurant and out the front door, as bystanders continued to point him in the direction the gunman had fled. He ran around two sides of the strip mall and then witnesses in the parking lot told him the suspect had run towards Interstate 44 and was shooting at vehicles, the video showed. As the officer ran, he advised dispatch to “hold traffic, hold traffic – he’s got a gun.” The video showed the officer crossed over the access road and ran up the berm to take a position along a concrete barrier, facing the highway. Less than two seconds later, he fired two shots across six lanes of busy highway, the video showed. Shaw was hit and dropped to the pavement on the far side of the road with his gun beside him. No other vehicles or people were hit by the officer’s well-placed gunshots. Bodycam showed the officer ran across the first three lanes of traffic, dodging oncoming cars and trucks, to get to the median strip, where the camera showed the suspect was down in the emergency lane on the other side of three more lanes of traffic. “Okay, suspect is down,” the officer told the dispatcher. “Stay on the ground. Stay on the ground and let me see your hands!” the officer yelled at Shaw as he kept his weapon on the suspect. “Suspect is down. Can’t see his hands. I got a gun right next to him,” he told the dispatcher. Then a Good Samaritan stopped to try to help the downed man on the side of the road and the officer yelled at her to get away from Shaw. At that point, other officers started arriving on the highway median to back up the officer who had shot the suspect. Additional units arrived and began stopping the highway traffic as officers rushed across lanes of the freeway to surround Shaw and take him into custody, the video showed. The officer who shot Shaw spotted EMS stuck in traffic approaching the scene and ran to wave them through, the video showed. Shaw was pronounced dead at the scene, Tulsa World reported. The officer’s tactics were met with some criticism in the wake of the incident by people who didn't like how he took out an active shooter. But the officer's department backed him up. A Tulsa Police Department public information officer told Tulsa World that the department has no protocols for what officers should do on highways. The police department said that the officer followed his training during the incident, despite the fact he shot across six lanes of highway and then dashed into traffic, Tulsa World reported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Yes it was and some jack a$$3$ had to criticize the officer anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 That cop is in better shape than I have been in many, many years. Someone has to let him know that there are thousands upon thousands of people who support his actions for every one or two who don't. He done good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: That cop is in better shape than I have been in many, many years. Ditto. His ability to run in all his gear, then, almost instantly settle down and put two rounds on target is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Dang good job officer, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Brave man, he could have been running headfirst into an ambush but he knew seconds counted. Fine shot too! This video does however illustrate how little can actually been seen from a body cam in many instance even with HD quality. Seamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Bless this officer! Well Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 8:16 AM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Someone has to let him know that there are thousands upon thousands of people who support his actions for every one or two who don't. Yeah, but guess which one or two usually get interviewed by the news media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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