Seven officers fired 42 rounds in 11 seconds. Eight of the bullets knocked down the suspect, but the shooting also left Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, dead and Sgt Matthew Gorman, 34, seriously wounded. Past police shootings may shed light on why officers responding to a robbery on Tuesday fired 42 bullets to stop a suspect, accidentally killing a detective in the process. In 1995, officers responding to a robbery at a bodega in the Bronx fired 107 rounds. Five other officers fired the remaining 29 rounds.

Source: bd News24 February 15, 2019 08:15 UTC