amzbrady
Regular Member
If someone ask's "Why do you carry" or better yet "Why do you carry at home"?
We dont get to choose who lives in the houses around us. You never know what could happen, or who you will meet each day. I think in the situation below, and open carrier might have been a deterent, maybe not. I find it odd that the guy with the bat was less afraid of a guy with a shotgun, and didnt care until he found out police had been called.
What do you think, if someone approached you swinging a bat, would you pull the trigger? The bat guy must not have gotten too close he didnt hit the guy with that was holding the shotgun, maybe he was just putting on a show. Guess he's lucky the guy with the shotgun showed some restraint.
The lesson, A gun in the hand is worth, no bats on the brain. And if your a felon, "dont tell the police you will go home and get your gun".
Assault/3800 blk W 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Ave- Earlier in the shift, Officers responded to the location for a disturbance between neighbors, resulting from a vehicle window being broken after two brothers got into an argument. During the argument, one subject threw his brothers cell phone across the parking lot and it broke the windshield of his neighbors’ vehicle. He stated he would pay for the windshield and it was believed the incident was resolved. About an hour later, Dispatch received another call from the location advising of another disturbance involving a male with a baseball bat. Officers arrived and found a large group of subjects in the area, to include a male who was armed with a shotgun. Officers challenged the subject and he immediately complied and placed the shotgun on the ground. The investigation revealed the brothers were angry that the Police were called during the first incident so one armed himself with a baseball bat and was headed to assault his neighbors, family members of male with the shotgun. As the baseball bat carrying brother was approaching the male armed with a shotgun arrived in his vehicle. As he exited his vehicle the brother charged at him and began swinging the baseball bat at him. He was not involved in the first incident. Fearing for his brothers’ life, he armed himself with a shotgun and ordered him to stop or he would be shot. The bat carrying male began advancing on the other subject but fled when he heard the Police had been called. Suspecting that he fled to his brothers’ residence, Officers contacted him. He was confrontational with Officers but granted consent to search his residence for his brother. He was located hiding in the attic of the garage and was arrested without incident for an outstanding warrant, and aggravated assault. After he was arrested, his brother became very angry and began demanding that the subject with the shotgun be arrested for pointing his shotgun at them. He stated he should have got his gun. When told that the subject was not going to be arrested, he made numerous threats that he was going to take care of it himself. He made reference to his gun several times. As a result of his statements it was discovered that he is a convicted felon. The CAT team was called into assist, collected statements, obtained a search warrant for his residence and recovered his Springfield XD. He was arrested and booked for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. His brother was booked on his warrant and Assault 2[SUP]nd[/SUP]. Case forwarded to the PA to review for additional charges if any.
We dont get to choose who lives in the houses around us. You never know what could happen, or who you will meet each day. I think in the situation below, and open carrier might have been a deterent, maybe not. I find it odd that the guy with the bat was less afraid of a guy with a shotgun, and didnt care until he found out police had been called.
What do you think, if someone approached you swinging a bat, would you pull the trigger? The bat guy must not have gotten too close he didnt hit the guy with that was holding the shotgun, maybe he was just putting on a show. Guess he's lucky the guy with the shotgun showed some restraint.
The lesson, A gun in the hand is worth, no bats on the brain. And if your a felon, "dont tell the police you will go home and get your gun".
Assault/3800 blk W 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Ave- Earlier in the shift, Officers responded to the location for a disturbance between neighbors, resulting from a vehicle window being broken after two brothers got into an argument. During the argument, one subject threw his brothers cell phone across the parking lot and it broke the windshield of his neighbors’ vehicle. He stated he would pay for the windshield and it was believed the incident was resolved. About an hour later, Dispatch received another call from the location advising of another disturbance involving a male with a baseball bat. Officers arrived and found a large group of subjects in the area, to include a male who was armed with a shotgun. Officers challenged the subject and he immediately complied and placed the shotgun on the ground. The investigation revealed the brothers were angry that the Police were called during the first incident so one armed himself with a baseball bat and was headed to assault his neighbors, family members of male with the shotgun. As the baseball bat carrying brother was approaching the male armed with a shotgun arrived in his vehicle. As he exited his vehicle the brother charged at him and began swinging the baseball bat at him. He was not involved in the first incident. Fearing for his brothers’ life, he armed himself with a shotgun and ordered him to stop or he would be shot. The bat carrying male began advancing on the other subject but fled when he heard the Police had been called. Suspecting that he fled to his brothers’ residence, Officers contacted him. He was confrontational with Officers but granted consent to search his residence for his brother. He was located hiding in the attic of the garage and was arrested without incident for an outstanding warrant, and aggravated assault. After he was arrested, his brother became very angry and began demanding that the subject with the shotgun be arrested for pointing his shotgun at them. He stated he should have got his gun. When told that the subject was not going to be arrested, he made numerous threats that he was going to take care of it himself. He made reference to his gun several times. As a result of his statements it was discovered that he is a convicted felon. The CAT team was called into assist, collected statements, obtained a search warrant for his residence and recovered his Springfield XD. He was arrested and booked for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. His brother was booked on his warrant and Assault 2[SUP]nd[/SUP]. Case forwarded to the PA to review for additional charges if any.