OPD officer fired AR-15 at car 88 feet away, behind closed gate, report says

[Baitball Blogger]

When Officer David Johnston opened fire on a fleeing suspect at a downtown Orlando apartment complex, nearly 90 feet and closed metal gates separated him from his target, according to newly released prosecution documents.

Those are among several new details contained in a report prepared by the Joint Homicide Investigative Team, a multi-agency task force, on the Feb. 24 shooting at the City View Apartments on West Church Street in Orlando.

Johnston faces charges of shooting into an occupied vehicle and discharging a firearm in public. Investigators say he fired 23 shots from a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle at a car driven by domestic violence suspect Derrick Lattimore.

Johnston declined to be interviewed by JHIT, records show. But surveillance cameras recorded as Johnston, who was outside the garage, retrieved the assault rifle from his patrol car and opened fire into the garage toward Lattimore.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-officer-indicted-shooting-evidence-20140819,0,2860452.story

[Maedhros]

1. Poorly trained officer.

What, do they just have them watch Starsky and Hutch re-runs as training videos?

[onethatcares]

2. ain't

no sense having those goodies unless you can use em once in a while. sheesh.

[sir pball]

3. So remind me again why I should be limited to <10 rounds..

..but this guy should be allowed all the 30-rounders he can tote?

Disclaimer, I'm not opposed to magazine limits - for EVERYBODY.

[MindPilot]

4. Some reason the cop doesn't have to follow any other laws.

He's a cop.

They are just better than the rest of us.