Four body cams in one day! Easily a new record. I know it’s a lot, and I hope you will please excuse my “overkill.” In fact, that’s not even a good pun because so far today, out of three shootings only one thug was killed. All that’s about to change right now though. This one will make it a 50% kill ratio. But although the officer here fired his weapon four times and scored hits on the star of this episode, none of those shots were fatal, or even painful. You see, unbeknownst to the officer our star, as they so often do, had already transitioned to carcass status before the officer fired.
Dramatic bodycam footage shows police shoot at husband who took his estranged wife hostage before shooting himself dead
Bodycam footage has been released showing a police shootout with a man who took his estranged wife hostage before turning the gun on himself.
Joshua Moore, 36, died on January 12 when Officer Keith Hunter responded to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun shooting on a suburban cul-de-sac in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Moore fired twice, with one shot hitting himself in the head and causing his own death, the coroner found, ruling the death a suicide.
Hunter fired four times, hitting Moore in the lower extremities, the investigation found.
Now before we go accusing Officer Hunter for poor accuracy, you’ll soon see that the legs were really the only place he COULD hit the thug.
Bodycam footage, evidence photos and 911 call recordings released on Thursday reveal the harrowing details of the incident, which prosecutors have now ruled a justified use of police force.
What force? The guy was already dead! What are they going to do, charge him with abusing a corpse? Give me a break.
Investigators determined that Moore and his estranged wife had gotten into a verbal argument earlier on the day of the shooting. The couple had been married for two years, but living separately for about six months.
The woman and her family left the home on the 2600 block of Bradbury Court, and when some of them returned, they found that Moore had used a sledgehammer to damage the inside and left.
Moore then drove to the home and began firing a gun through the front windshield of his BMW at the house, prompting multiple 911 calls at approximately 10.04pm.
The enraged husband then stormed out of the car towards the home, firing his gun through the door of the house.
‘My step-dad has destroyed the house and now he’s back in the front yard, and he shot through – through the glass slide-door,’ one frantic 911 caller told dispatch.
‘He’s coming in, he’s coming in! Oh my God!’ the caller screamed.
The children and other relatives fled the home, driving off in a Jeep, as Moore’s wife attempted to draw him away from her children by running in the opposite direction.
A heroic move by the mama bear and she is worthy of our praise for doing it, but a smarter move might have been . . . oh, I don’t know . . . to own a gun! Knowing you have a maniac with criminal tendencies as an estranged husband it makes sense to me.
And then thanks to our star, some drunk a short distance away got the break of a lifetime:
Officer Hunter was in the midst of a traffic stop when he received the call of shots fired, his body cam footage shows. He realized he was just blocks from the scene.
Springing into action, Hunter passed the driver’s license back to the stopped motorist and departed with a terse warning: ‘Hey, if you’re drunk, don’t drive.’
It took Hunter just over a minute to arrive on the scene.
Moore was in the street, dragging his estranged wife with one hand and in the other wielding a .45 caliber Glock, which was subsequently found to have been stolen from a sporting goods store in 2017.
As stated below, this turd wasn’t allowed to own a gun. Had he lived he would have been charged with “possession of a weapon by a previous offender.” Another example of no matter how many gun control laws that liberals can dream up, criminals will still be able to get them.
The estranged wife says that she saw the police lights and shouted to Moore: ‘Don’t shoot me, I love you!’
‘Stop now!’ the officer shouts. Moore flees, and the woman falls to the ground as Moore fires a shot.
Hunter believes that that Moore has shot the woman, he later says. Moore fires a second shot, which the cop believes is aimed at either him or the woman.
The officer fires four times in quick succession, hitting Moore in the lower extremities. He doesn’t yet realize that Moore’s second shot had been self-inflicted to his own head, and ultimately fatal.
And what a shot it was! Hey, I’ve gotta give credit where credit is due, and the credit belongs to Moore. He was firing on the run at a moving target and scored a fatal headshot with 100% accuracy! Nice! 😉
Believing the woman has been shot, the officer checks her for injuries as he orders her frantic family members to stay back. Fortunately, the woman was not struck.
After reviewing the investigation, the DA ruled that the force used by the officer was justified and likely saved the female victim’s life.
Had Moore survived, District Attorney Clifford E. Riedel ruled that he would have been charged with multiple felony offenses, including attempted first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, felony criminal mischief, multiple counts of felony menacing with a deadly weapon, and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
Additionally, the DA indicated that Moore would have been ‘subject to habitual criminal charges based on his extensive criminal history’.
Officer Hunter, who was placed on administrative leave following the incident in accordance with agency policy, has begun the process of returning to duty.
‘I’m grateful for Keith’s rapid response to this dangerous situation,’ said FCPS Chief Jeff Swoboda.
‘I’m also extremely proud of the compassion and professionalism he showed while ensuring the victim’s safety. Not only did he run toward danger, he also demonstrated great care and composure immediately following a traumatic incident.’
Congratulations to Officer Hunter! Although he didn’t get the privilege of firing the actual fatal shots, it was his quick arrival on the scene that prompted the dumbass to off himself. And another toe gets its tag.
I think that’s all the new body cams that have been released today . . . but if another one gets released, I’ll post it! It’s a just a job I do.
