Originally Posted by
Mauser KAR98K
I watched that.
The officers that were shooting were on the passenger side were at an off angle (away from the fatal funnel) as they engaged. The hostage was behind the shooter the police were engaging as he tried to slide out.
Off angle with bad guy in focal point.
Tunnel vision.
Probably First combat experience.
Fight or flight.
Everyone shooting.
Condition Red since the police chase, and getting fired upon.
Rush hour.
All of those elements are a major factor that the officers didn't have in their minds. It was just shoot bad guy with these cool tools I have. Some probably shot at the van because everyone else was shooting. Don't want to be that guy who didn't fire at bad guys.
These factors in force-on-force engagements are know, and should have been taught to these officers. When I went through the Academy in Florida in 2003, these very factors were mentioned, and we were told to read further about them. (Iwould later do so in college for a paper I did for the benefits of shooting sports that led me down a rabbit of the mind during combat).
The fact that they were 'mentioned' and not driven in with force-on-force scenarios or use-of-force simulations (which I assume you would have mentioned) is one of the reasons stuff like this happens.
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