Modesto Cop Shoots Man Carrying Replica Gun

[The Straight Story]

Modesto Cop Shoots Man Carrying Replica Gun


MODESTO, CA - Investigators were piecing together the circumstances that led a Modesto police officer to shoot a man who allegedly tried to sell a replica firearm as a real weapon Thursday evening, according to a police spokesman

The shooting happened near the Jack in the Box restaurant at the corner of J and 17th streets in downtown Modesto around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, Modesto police Sgt. Brian Findlen said.

Moments before the shooting, two officers arrived at the 100 block of McHenry Avenue after a man called 911 to report someone had tried to sell him a gun.

A Modesto police officer approached a man matching the description of the suspected gun seller outside the Jack in the Box who was armed with an authentic-looking replica firearm. The confrontation led the officer to pull his weapon and fire several times at the suspect, Findlen said.

Findlen said the suspect, identified as a man in his early 40s, was taken to a nearby hospital. His wounds were not expected to be life-threatening, Findlen said.

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[Tejas]

1. Sparse info, glad the man survived.

No clues whatsoever in the story as to why shots were fired, chalk that up to amatuer reporting, hopefully details will be forthcoming.

[sam sarrha]

2. amatuer reporting.... well, it was in Modesto... i lived there for about 20 years.. he was lucky

[Edweird]

3. Don't bring a fake gun to a gun fight. Educational video included.

It has coarse and politically incorrect language - not for the easily offended....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s376ZbPG-OM

[aikoaiko]

4. The suspect was stupid and almost won the ultimate stupid prize.

First for trying to con people into buying a fake gun as a real gun, and, second, for brandishing what appeared to be a real gun in front of a cop armed with a very real gun.