(Updated) Shocking Vid: Police Shoot Robber Using Human Shield
- Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:36am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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[WARNING: Contains graphic images]
From My Fox DC:
Dramatic video shows an alleged bank robber being taken down by police after slipping and falling on ice.
The incident happened at the Capital One Bank in Takoma Park, Md. around 9:00 a.m. on Friday.
Police had the bank surrounded when the alleged robber came out of the front door with what looked like a gun to the head of a female hostage.
As the robber made his way from the bank with the hostage he appeared to slip on ice that covered the parking lot after a Wednesday snow storm.
Police immediately moved in and fired shots at the alleged robber.
Video shows the suspect falling to the ground and police taking him away.
His condition is unknown at this time.
The hostage escaped uninjured.
UPDATE from the AP:
Police in Prince George’s County in the Washington suburbs said Friday three other people were injured. The suspect’s condition was not immediately known.
Police spokeswoman Lt. Tammy Sparkman said one civilian, who was not the suspect, was taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds and a police officer also was shot, possibly in the leg.
UPDATE:
The AP is now reporting the robbery suspect has died as a result of his wounds. The wounds of the other injured victims were not life-threatening.
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Comments (177)
chuck
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:24amIt is sad our society can produce people like that, isn’t it? a lack of education, and no parenting, bad environment, no stability in family, the progressive agenda is to kill the family right? Love your family and friends.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:36pmExcellent point and very well said. I got nothing to add.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:24amI wanted to see brains, but I doubt the Obama voter had any.
Report Post »Hillbillybone
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:22amThe First cop mearest to the robber should have caqpped him right when the woman ran, or at least clothes lined him on his way by.
The Head shot would have been the cheapest……….Where were the snipers in this “Hostage” Situation?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:34pmProper placement for a sniper with a weapon on a human sheild, would have been a brain stem……Problem is it always goes right through, snipers use rather potent calibers. Downrange makes that a no-go. I agree though,a sniper could have ended that sooner.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:19amCops acted stupidly… lol Looks like another Obama voter out doing what they do?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:29pmProp up the corpse for a beer summit!
Report Post »martinrnelson
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:14amROGUE – Too funny..and probably not far from the truth. It’s always nice to see a bad guy get shot. Just my opinion.
Report Post »Amren
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:14amI don’t think that all police should shoot first and ask questions later, but when the guy has a gun to an innocent’s head, he’s guilty and needs to be taken out. Think about how much $ they saved the taxpayers. I would rather they spend $1.00 on a .45 slug, than house and feed people like this for years.
Report Post »I truly believe in “Innocent until proven guilty”, but when you walk out of a building with a hostage or a house carrying my television, then you’re guilty.
The BEST way to NEVER BE SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER, is to NEVER BE IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION!
Don’t be a criminal and you will (probably) never be shot by a cop.
Hephzibah
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:35amYour advice for not being shot by cops is spot on. I hope the cops here don’t get persecuted by the usual criminal sympathizers, but nothing surprises me any more. We hire cops to protect us, then they get in trouble when they do.
Report Post »D-Fence
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:02amAlledged?… errr…. Justice served. Now bring him back to life and let him slowly rot away in jail, or save the tax payers money and push him into the Potomac where all the bottom feeders can feast.
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:59amthis dumb video doesn’t even show the takedown part.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:11amMaybe the whole thing will be on TRU-TV.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:56amFunny how this tough guy ‘gangsta’ chooseses a woman as his hostage. Real tough.
Report Post »Avidmonkey
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:55am“Alleged Robber”? How about “GUN TOTIN’ CRIMINAL!”
Report Post »Flux
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:52amYeah it was pretty disappointing, the video ended before anyone was “taken down”.
Report Post »roxee
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:51amI am wondering who was making the video,from a building across the street?
Report Post »CygnusX1
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:51pmUUMMM….Ever heard of News Helicopters?
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:51amWay to go, MD police! Drop the coward!
Report Post »KEA
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:51amI failed to see ANY police take down!
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:50amShocking? I say ‘rewarding’.
Report Post »lesterlong
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:48amAt least he died doing what he loved.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:07amHopefuly he lived and gets to spend the next 20 doing what his cellmate loves.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:47pmLol
Report Post »Maudie N Mandeville
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:48amI‘m still waiting for the ’graphic images’, much less even being ‘taken down’. Don’t waste my time.
Report Post »badswing
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:47amrobertca..now that was funny!
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:44amEdited…fail
Report Post »nappy
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:44amStop censoring imagery.. We can take it.
Oh.. you even censored my CAPS.
Report Post »SND97
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:43amGlad and thank the Lord the lady is OK
Report Post »Marty
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:41amWow; he was black…
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:51amYeah, what a surprise.
Report Post »Amren
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:05amI know, huh!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:41amGloria Allred on behalf of her client (the robber) will sue the bank for not clearing the parking from ice .
Report Post »jollylama
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:50amso true.. black ice can be deadly.. haha
Report Post »BlazingInSC
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:41amDid I miss something? I don’t see where the suspect was “taken down”.
Report Post »Grasshopper42
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:46amOf course they won’t show that, that would be cruel.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:46amThey don’t show the actual “drop” However you can see he is taking fire.
Report Post »You see, we can’t handle the actual dropping of a vicious criminal.
Gonzo
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:49amMe neither, I was hoping for a head shot.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:51amThey probably cut that part off since watching someone get shot is not appealing to most. I’m happy knowing the animal was shot, I don’t need to see it.
Report Post »Flux
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:54amNo sound either???
Report Post »Amren
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:04amAnd by “cruel” Grasshopper really means “funny”!
Report Post »For us. Not so much for him.
booger71
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:19amIt will be on utube before the day is out
Report Post »BlazingInSC
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:31amYeah, I don’t need to see it either, but it is morbidly fascinating. I guess when I read “Video shows the suspect falling to the ground and police taking him away.” in the accompanying text, I expected to see that. Even my crappy local news channel‘s website isn’t that inaccurate with it’s reporting (and it is bad).
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:33pmI may not “ need ” to see the worm shot , I just want too….lmao
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:10pmThey just saved 20 years of public defender costs and prosecution costs! All the lawyers must be very sad. Also the prison operators won’t make any money on this fool.
Report Post »Redsolitaire
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:10pmRight, I didn‘t see any shootin and killin’. Bummer.
Report Post »Guess I gotta hang out at my local Wal Mart to see the real deal (big shoot out there last week).
integrican
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:40amYes!!!! That is how you do it!!!!
Report Post »Separation……DROP HIM!!!!!
YellowFin
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:47amGlad the girl got away safe. As far as the loser is concerned, he got what he deserved.
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:50amUntrained police cost the taxpayers millions! One to the head, then double-tap to the chest — get it right! Letting the criminal live is too expensive, especially when you have the chance and right to end it right there.
MAULEMALL
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:51amWhy did those racist cops attack that poor young man … wasn’t he just helping that young lady walk through the slippery ice… the young man was probably a boy scout….
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:55amAnd the world is a slightly better place…
GeauxAlready
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:55amThat girl is lucky that all those cops did not open fire at once………………..
Report Post »Fantastic Four
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:00amThe Cop better watch his back if AG E.Holder finds out about this
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:03amUPDATE: Democratic Senators on Capitol Hill have proposed legislation banning winter storms, that potentially create unsafe footing. One Senator proclaims: ” This violence has got to end – had ice not been present, this man would not have been shot by authoriitites.” Further legislation is expected next week to outlaw the use of firearms by police.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:15amA good ending to the redistribution of wealth!
Report Post »101
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:17amNice to see the bad guy taking the fall for it!
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:21amDon’t forget, he is still inocent until proven guilty. (lol)
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:22amIf the perp dies we should give the officer a reward for saving the tax payers a bunch of money. See a 50 cent bullet beats 30k a year to house these scum bags. Another plus is one less Democrat to vote for corrupt politicians.
Cliff Izigg
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:38amdamn culture warrior… where you buying .50 ammo??? its more like $3.00 plus the finger printing, background check, psych evaluation, and 5 day cooling off period… and that is just for bb’s here in California!
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:57amDid I miss the graphic image? I wanted to see him taken down
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:38pmOne less stupid criminal who chose to take a hostage; he now will face the justice of the Almighty.
Report Post »Glad the lady is safe though, and pray for the criminals family – they have lost a loved one from HIS own actions and no one elses.
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:43pm@ Dustyluv
The redistribution of lead, ……and the taxpayers save a ton on a trial. Good all the way around.
I was refreshed to see this.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:52pmGuess the Leftists lost another voter.
Sheepdog911
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:35pmOnce she was away from the obber, why did it take so long for him to get shot? Why isn’t he in the morgue? He chased her with his gun still aimed at her.
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:46pmAbsolutely, @Integrican. This is what I call “effective gun control.” ;-)
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:49pmPaul G … I agree .. where is the rest? YEA ICE!
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 2:33pmLead — The most valuable precious metal we have.
Report Post »The Vengislator
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 2:45pmI’ve created a Task Force that will be charged with understanding what lead the victim, who was apparently trying to withdraw money from the bank, to be shot by the stupidly acting police. They will also try to determine why there was an uncivil white woman evading police and fleeing the scene.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:44pmWe are sure that the robber will sue the bank for not salting the parking lot properly. Those cops were just looking for the robber to make a mistake and he did. All cops should have their guns taken because all they want to do is shoot armed criminals.
Report Post »White Devil
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:46pmOne less obama voter.
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:49pmEveryone here supporting the shooting on the spot of criminals without trials, to save your precious money: Why do you hate the constitution.
And no, i dont say the police did anything wrong. I just deem some of your posts quite unconstitutional…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:49pmWhen reading the headline, it sounds like the shot the perp WITH a human shield. That would hurt.
Report Post »loweralabama
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 6:01pmDead. Best news I’ve read all day.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 12:19am.
@ForeignWatcher – “Everyone here supporting the shooting on the spot of criminals without trials, to save your precious money: Why do you hate the constitution? And no, i dont say the police did anything wrong. I just deem some of your posts quite unconstitutional…”
I‘ll never forget reading back in the 1970’s when airliner hijacking first became ‘popular’, that the Saudi’s stormed a plane that had been hijacked and was being refueled. They captured the hijackers alive. All the pasengers were then removed from the plane except the hijackers. The Saudi police wrapped towels around the throats of the hijackers and slit their throats right there in their seats. They never got off the plane alive. I don’t remember anyone howling about their rights being violated… I remember admiring the Saudis for that.
AS long as this hostage taker had a gun in his hand, he was a threat to everyone around him. If he didn’t want to get shot all he had to do was toss the gun away and lie down. Had he done so, we the taxpayers would pay a million-dollar tab for his trial and another million to incarcerate him alive… That is something a lot of posters here feel is a bad ‘investment’ (to use B.O.’s favorite term), but we’d do it anyway to honor our constitution.
Yes, our constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial because we’d rather ERR on the side of justice,,, but notice that for perps caught in the act – we still acknowledge that we know that we are making a MISTAKE to give them a trial – that’s why we call it “ERRING” on the side of justice. Just because we promise everyone a trial doesn‘t mean it isn’t a mistake… and that seems to be obvious to everyone here who’d rather see the guy get shot than get a trial – because paying for this guy’s medical bills, trial and incarceration are a bigger MISTAKE than shooting him in the act.
A good example is that P.O.S. Major Nidal Hasan currently on trial for slaughting all those unarmed men and women who were serving our country. Everyone knows he’s guilty as hell – We‘re wasting our money on his trial because it’s a huge mistake to have left him alive… but that‘s what we’re gonna do.
The thing that frosts my shorts with you liberals is that despite the fact that we already waste $billions to guarantee criminals’ rights, that is never enough. No matter how much society does for you, IT IS NEVER ENOUGH…
Notice how you referred to us wanting to save our “PRECIOUS money”… Yes – it IS PRECIOUS to US because WE EARNED IT you snivelling dripsnot!
It is obvious from the sneering word you chose that you DAMN money as something you dislike – Why? – because you’re unworthy of it?…unworthy of the bond that money represents between HONEST men?
You would be wise to read this ‘article’ and understand it if you ever want to be respected by honest men:
Report Post »http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/index.php?news=1826
thunder4570
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 1:00am@enuff znuff,
Very well said ,I agree 100%!! Dont you think its funny that libs will push the costitution when it comes to scum bag criminals but think nothing of trying to take away rights of law abiding citizens?
Report Post »nptden
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:39amGood. SOB got what he deserved. Too bad we spend so much putting ******** like him in jail. A bullet is much cheaper…Time to clean house with this slime in our society….I suggest we send them all to the southern border and require hard labor in building a wall. If they run, shoot them…Forget about GED, computers, TV, exercise programs….They can all be trained as ‘stone masons’ for when they get out.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:53amFINAL SCORE : POLICE (1 ) BANK ROBBER (0). I’m sure there is a poor misguided soul out there somewhere asking, “Why didn’t the police establish a dialog or try diplomacy?” Well they did, they said “Fire” and then dipolmatically shot the jerk.
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