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Fri Sep 22 14:05:36 BST 2006

A decorated well respected Houston Police officer was killed in the line of  
duty last evening, just before dusk.   He was shot multiple times in  the 
head, neck, and chest.   Our prayers and condolences go out to the  immediate 
family and the extended family of police officers and officials and  friends in 
Houston.

Now the case and my question?

According to the TV and newspaper, this was a routine traffic stop, with  one 
police officer making the stop.   The pickup truck driver was  removed from 
his truck and handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the patrol  car.   
While the police officer was filling out paper work in the  front seat, at least 4 
or more shots were fired from the victim in the back  seat, striking fatal 
injuries to the officer, who was DOA to the  BTGH.   

The female companion of the shooter ran from the scene, but apparently was  
later apprehended, but that is not part of my question.   A news  helicopter 
flying over head filmed the arrival of other police cars, the removal  of the 
shooter from the origional police car, where it is seen that he has on  
handcuffs.   A gun was found in the back seat of the origional police  car, no details 
are available as to what kind of gun, or whether or not all  bullets were 
missing from the gun or whether or not there were empty cartridges  in the back 
seat of the car.   This man has been charged with murder  this AM.  

NOW, the question.   How can a man with handcuffs on, behind his  back, get 
out a hidden gun, and fire it, accurately, striking a police officer  in the 
head, creating fatal wounds?

Have others on this list known of such actions, and just how can one twist  
around and fire a gun this way??

k

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