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A ballistics report confirmed that Annemarie Marchiondo, the 17-year veteran police officer who was shot during a confrontation at the 176th Street 4 platform last Friday, was injured partly by friendly fire.
Marchiondo and two other plainclothes cops had stopped three men who were walking between subway cars and asked them disembark the train. One of the men, Juan Calves (also referred to as Juan Calbett), grabbed Marchiondo into a headlock and pulled out a gun. Marchiondo broke free and Calves and the other officers ultimately fired at least 18 times. Marchiondo was hit three times, and one of the bullets was from her fellow officer.
The Sun reports that that the officer who shot Marchiondo "will not face disciplinary action because the gunfight broke out in close quarters where everyone involved was separated by a matter of feet." Calves, an convicted felon who served time in prison for armed robbery and killed a man during his sentence, died during the shootout; two of bullets found in Calves' body came from the third police officer.
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is target practice part of the NYPD curriculum? They seem to be the worst shots. 3 hits out of 18 shots ... 17% accuracy.
What's most important is that the officers are all pretty much OK.
To #1's point: If you read the NY Post article, you'll see that the police went 4 for 14 (28.6%) hitting their intended target and the felon went 2 for 6 (33.3%). That's not all that different.
Given the close quarters and the fact that the police were already under fire when they drew their weapons, I think you have to allow for some missed shots. Let's all just be glad that nobody else was hurt in the crossfire.
Because shooting at a target in controlled circumstances and reacting when someone is trying to kill you are exactly the same thing.
it is the same thing.
four officers shooting one guy, bullets everywhere, not know where they'll hit,
caught in the crossfire, voodoochile.
If you read the details, It's amazing she didn't take more hits from her fellow officers. She was down on her knees directly in front of her assailant, who was pointing his gun at the other officers and firing, and they were pointing back and firing. Seems like the odds of being hit by friendly fire are way higher than being hit by the dude who's holding the gun above your head and shooting.
As for accuracy, it's a whole hell of a lot easier to shoot better than 30% when you're not ducking for cover and reacting at high speed.
Bing, bing, bing, ricochet rabbit.
the point was ... 4 of 14 hit the target. 10 of the misses could have been 10 bystanders.
Yes, when people start shooting in a subway station, it endangers bystanders. I don't think anyone's disagreeing with that.
LOL at all the videogame marksman...
The shootings probably took about 5 seconds, the guy grabbed the female officer, pull out his gun, and the 2 other officers were quick enough to duck and return fire and put him down. Luckily she broke free or she would have definitely been in worse condition.
The 2 cops were under fire at point blank range while making evasive manuevers; even having the gun angled a few degrees off will miss a target standing right in front of you. Very different from shooting at a stationary target not shooting back at you.
Are you saying the cops should have not shot back in risk of shooting innocent bystanders in the station? If that's the case, you would be reading about 3 cop funerals instead of 1 dead piece of trash. Blame the thug, not the cops.
where are the cop groupies who'd say they'll "hit it"?
number nine is close. mr. nine millimeter up there.
mr. CQB, mr. stopping power, mr. one shot one kill.
ugh, gun nuts.