DAVENPORT – Police in the Quad Cities gunned down a man they say came at them with a knife.
On August 13, 2014 at approximately 10:38 PM the Davenport Police Department was dispatched to 602 W. 9th Street, Davenport, reference to an individual threatening another individual with a knife. Prior to the Police Officers arriving, they were advised that the caller had barricaded himself in his bedroom and the man with the knife was beating on the bedroom door. Upon arrival, the Police Officers were able to make entry into the house and were immediately confronted by the individual with the knife. The individual failed to comply to verbal commands to stop, came at the Police Officers and consequently both Officers discharged their duty weapons. The individual was given medical treatment at the scene and then transported to Genesis East Medical Center and subsequently died as a result of injuries sustained in the shooting.
The names of the two Police Officers involved in the incident are not being released at this time, out of courtesy of notification to their families first. The name of the deceased individual is not being released at this time as well, pending notification of his family. Both Police Officers have been placed on Administrative Leave as directed by Department policy.
As a Davenport Police Department protocol, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation, were notified and will investigate the incident. All further inquiries on this incident should be directed to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
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Their are worst than hollow points – hey also fragment into various pieces upon contact -known as killer bullets.
This is another idiotic statement, a killer bullet! The main reason for hollow points are for rapid expansion for decreased overpenetration, in other words so they don’t come out the other side and kill someone else.
@Philosophus Know of what you speak. You expose your ignorance by your presumptuous condemnation of hollow point bullets. A cursory examination of the facts and myths surrounding this load would reveal a more nuanced view. But then again, nuance isn’t really your thing, is it?
You have the podium, elaborate, we’re listening.
Are the police using hollow points? They must be.
what difference does it make what kind of bullets they used? You saying that is just as bad as those saying an AR15 is an assault weapon. All you are looking for is to spread fear. Ignorance is NOT bliss here.
I’m saying an awful lot of people die when police shoot. Obviously yes they are using hollow points for the reasons you mentioned in above comment: rapid expansion to stop bullet from exiting the other side and injuring someone else. But that “rapid expansion” is synonymous with fragmenting of the pieces tearing up more flesh, veins, arteries, etc, making them more deadly than a bullet that exits the other side quickly. So therefore, when the police shoot, you probably won’t survive.
Apparently you have never been shot before. Sure the hollow point expands but once in your body there is not a whole lot of difference between a hollow point and any other bullet, a lot of damage is done. When I was in the military and working for law enforcement the rule was, you never draw your weapon unless you think your life is in immediate danger and you never point it unless you are going to shoot and you never shoot unless you are going to kill. If a cop pulled his weapon.