Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police

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A man has been shot and killed after suburban Dallas police say he pointed a BB gun at them.

Irving police spokesman David Tull said officers were investigating a shots-fired call early Saturday when they came upon the unidentified man, who was carrying the BB gun.

Officers ordered the man to drop the gun, but instead he pointed the weapon at them. That's when he was shot.

He was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he later died.

Police say the man was staying with a relative in southwest Irving and went outside with the gun to investigate noises.

Copyright Associated Press / NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

First Published: Nov 22, 2009 7:44 AM CST

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But Maybe police should start shooting to immobilize rather than shooting to kill..."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"22 Nov 2009 17:34:18 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1291746","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I agree - somewhat. Its like police shooting to kill people with knives. Why not shoot for the leg or arm to disable? <br /><br />My question is ...since this man was out at night in the dark looking for an intruder at his own residence, he's already probably jumpy..but when the police saw him did they call out? When they did - did the man turn with the gun in hand or put it to his shoulder. Big difference with different expected police reactions. <br /><br />Personally...from the news it sounds like we got a lot on untrained police officers who are trigger happy or just plain scared sh**tless every time they go out on a call and therefore are just shooting to kill with regard to what the situation may be."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"22 Nov 2009 18:57:14 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292020","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Shooting to immobilize, that's a laugh. Goombah's they shoot to stop the person. They don't shoot to kill or immobilize. The people who are shot by police don't always die but then you don't hear about those. IT's not exciting news."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":9679263,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"22 Nov 2009 20:51:44 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"richard","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292304","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Please stop confusing what the movies show with what the real world requires. A non-stationary target and two seconds (if you're lucky) precludes trying to strike a taregt like a leg, arm, or 'shoot the gun from his hand'. No police officer wants to have to shoot another human, but they don't want to get shot themselves."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":12992305,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"22 Nov 2009 20:58:44 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"grannyjean","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292321","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I have a grandson that is training to go into law eforcement.....I sure hope that when a situation occurs that he does not say NOW SHOOULD I OR SHOULDN'T I because by then they could blow his head off................to me it has to be a special person who protects and serves......"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":9266511,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"22 Nov 2009 21:14:34 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"jweather","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292369","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Police are trained to shoot at the largest part of their target...which is the torso. If they were shooting to kill, they would shoot at the head. The fact of the matter is, like Richard said, it's not what they "want" to do. You really think they could simply shoot the gun out of a person's hand like they do in the movies? Try doing that yourself on a STATIONARY target from a mere 10 feet away...much less a moving one from a further distance! You'll see your best bet is the torso."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":18318047,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"22 Nov 2009 22:03:48 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Texas_Gunner","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292512","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"This is a sad situation, but I agree with most of these comments. When officers are reporting to a "shots fired" incident, then it warrants then to be ready for anything. That includes weapons drawn with the intent of having to shoot if need be. Its sounds like "wrong place at the wrong time". Whatever you label the police officers, they were reporting to shots fired. Just ask yourself, If you were in that situation, what would you have done? Most people would have done the same thing. Again this is a terrible situation, but you still have to thank the officers for doing their job. They do everyday what most couldn't fathom doing. God bless those in uniform. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":14077741,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"23 Nov 2009 00:03:38 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Guesswhat","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292873","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"He did what is known as Death by Cop. Sad."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":10056960,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"23 Nov 2009 00:04:00 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"cmb1","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292876","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"If someone pointed a gun at me, I would not shoot to wound and we should not expect the police, whose job is to protect citizens to have to stop and ask the person who is pointing the gun at them "excuse me sir? are you going to shoot that? A bb gun is a gun. It can still hurt someone!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_70859332","adminTags":null,"views":448,"createdBy":10056960,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Man Pointing BB Gun Fatally Shot By Police","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2811014,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"23 Nov 2009 00:04:18 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"cmb1","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1292880","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"If someone pointed a gun at me, I would not shoot to wound and we should not expect the police, whose job is to protect citizens to have to stop and ask the person who is pointing the gun at them "excuse me sir? are you going to shoot that? A bb gun is a gun. It can still hurt someone!"}],"error":"","totPages":2}

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