BREAKING NEWS-- Officer shoots and kills suspect in knife attack in Poplar Bluff MO.

[ColesCountyDem]

It was just now reported on WSIL-TV that a suspect in a domestic-violence situation was shot and killed by a Poplar Bluff MO police officer this afternoon. The deceased suspect allegedly attacked his victim in their home, then fled the scene. Officers found the victim at another address a short time later, and he charged officers with the knife, whereupon he was shot and killed.

Neighbors say, but police refuse to confirm, that the deceased suspect is a juvenile male.

[NightWatcher]

1. Charge at cops with a knife and they will rightfully shoot and kill you

Deadly force to deadly force.

Don't give me any of this 'shoot them in the leg' or 'shoot to wound BS' either.

[ColesCountyDem]

3. I won't make that argument. n/t

[CincyDem]

2. Proof: Never take a knife to a gunfight. n/t

[Journeyman]

4. Rule Two of Kilvinsky's Law states, in part . . .

"If he comes at you with his fists, you use your stick. If he comes at you with a knife, you use your gun. Cancel his ticket right then and there."

Fictionalized, and somewhat dramatic, but a reasonable assessment of police attitudes on the street. Intelligent people can disagree on the virtues of the statement, but that's the reality with which we all must deal.

The New Centurions (1972)
Officer Kilvinsky (George C. Scott)

[Brigid]

6. And there's this:

[Brigid]

5. Suicide by cop?

[ColesCountyDem]

7. It's possible.

The 'read between the lines' sense I got listening to the report was that the kid was definitely in a 'homicidal rage' state-of-mind, and his victim was likely his mother/aunt/grandmother/female relative.