Post by "DoubleAction" on Jul 31, 2012 15:43:58 GMT -5
.......I don't know if I ever mentioned this before, but, I'm mentioning it now :
....I'm most sure that theres more less publicized of these trajectories, but nothing hits more at home when it's Law Enforcement in our own county who is involved.
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Blank Cartridges
Actor Jon-Erik Hexum killed himself with a gun that was verifiably loaded with blanks. He put it to his head and pulled the trigger.
The father of a St. George 15-year-old who was killed by a blank-loaded prop gun Saturday before a school
play said he was astonished the teen had been allowed
to handle the weapon without supervision.
play said he was astonished the teen had been allowed
to handle the weapon without supervision.
Brandon Lee
Death
n March 31, 1993, while making The Crow, the crew filmed a scene in which Lee's character walked into his apartment and discovered his girlfriend being beaten and raped by thugs. Actor Michael Massee, who played one of the film's villains, was supposed to fire a gun at Lee as he walked onto the scene.
Because the movie's second unit team was running behind schedule, they decided to make dummy cartridges (cartridges that outwardly appear to be functional but contain no gunpowder or primer) from real cartridges by pulling out the bullet, dumping out the gunpowder and reinserting the bullet. However, the team neglected to consider that the primer was still live and, if fired, could still produce enough force to push the bullet off the end of the cartridge. At some point prior to the fatal scene, the live primer on one of the constructed dummy rounds was discharged by persons unknown while in the pistol's chamber. It caused a squib load, in which the primer provided just enough force to push the bullet out of the cartridge and into the barrel of the revolver.
The malfunction went unnoticed by the crew, and the same gun was used again later to shoot the death scene, having been re-loaded with low-power black powder blanks. However, the squib load was still lodged in the barrel, and was propelled by the blank cartridge's explosion out of the barrel and into Lee's body. Although the bullet was traveling much slower than a normally fired bullet would be, the bullet's large size and the point-blank firing distance made it powerful enough to fatally wound Lee.
When the blank was fired, the bullet shot out and hit Lee in the abdomen and lodged in his spine. He fell down instantly, and director Alex Proyas shouted "Cut!". When Lee did not respond, the cast and crew rushed to him and found that he was wounded. He was immediately rushed to the hospital. Lee’s heart stopped once on the set and once in the ambulance. Following a six-hour operation to remove the bullet, and despite being given 60 pints (or 28 liters) of blood[citation needed], Lee was pronounced dead at 1:03 pm on March 31, 1993. He was 28 years old.
n March 31, 1993, while making The Crow, the crew filmed a scene in which Lee's character walked into his apartment and discovered his girlfriend being beaten and raped by thugs. Actor Michael Massee, who played one of the film's villains, was supposed to fire a gun at Lee as he walked onto the scene.
Because the movie's second unit team was running behind schedule, they decided to make dummy cartridges (cartridges that outwardly appear to be functional but contain no gunpowder or primer) from real cartridges by pulling out the bullet, dumping out the gunpowder and reinserting the bullet. However, the team neglected to consider that the primer was still live and, if fired, could still produce enough force to push the bullet off the end of the cartridge. At some point prior to the fatal scene, the live primer on one of the constructed dummy rounds was discharged by persons unknown while in the pistol's chamber. It caused a squib load, in which the primer provided just enough force to push the bullet out of the cartridge and into the barrel of the revolver.
The malfunction went unnoticed by the crew, and the same gun was used again later to shoot the death scene, having been re-loaded with low-power black powder blanks. However, the squib load was still lodged in the barrel, and was propelled by the blank cartridge's explosion out of the barrel and into Lee's body. Although the bullet was traveling much slower than a normally fired bullet would be, the bullet's large size and the point-blank firing distance made it powerful enough to fatally wound Lee.
When the blank was fired, the bullet shot out and hit Lee in the abdomen and lodged in his spine. He fell down instantly, and director Alex Proyas shouted "Cut!". When Lee did not respond, the cast and crew rushed to him and found that he was wounded. He was immediately rushed to the hospital. Lee’s heart stopped once on the set and once in the ambulance. Following a six-hour operation to remove the bullet, and despite being given 60 pints (or 28 liters) of blood[citation needed], Lee was pronounced dead at 1:03 pm on March 31, 1993. He was 28 years old.
....I'm most sure that theres more less publicized of these trajectories, but nothing hits more at home when it's Law Enforcement in our own county who is involved.
Lieutenant Robert Gerald Bridges
Clayton County Sheriff's Department
Georgia
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 9, 1986
Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Date of Incident: Wednesday, July 9, 1986
Weapon Used: Officer's weapon
Suspect Info: Not available
Lieutenant Bridges was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer during a SWAT team training exercise. Live ammunition had accidentally been mixed together with training rounds and loaded into one of the training weapons.
www.odmp.org/officer/2247-lieutenant-robert-gerald-bridges
July 9, 1986 Clayton County Sheriff's Department, Georgia Lieutenant Robert Gerald Bridges During a SWAT training exercise, Lieutenant Bridges was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer with a .38 caliber revolver. Live ammunition had been unintentionally mixed into the training rounds.
www.ntoa.org/pdfs/2009PTDReport.pdf
Georgia
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 9, 1986
Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Date of Incident: Wednesday, July 9, 1986
Weapon Used: Officer's weapon
Suspect Info: Not available
Lieutenant Bridges was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer during a SWAT team training exercise. Live ammunition had accidentally been mixed together with training rounds and loaded into one of the training weapons.
www.odmp.org/officer/2247-lieutenant-robert-gerald-bridges
July 9, 1986 Clayton County Sheriff's Department, Georgia Lieutenant Robert Gerald Bridges During a SWAT training exercise, Lieutenant Bridges was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer with a .38 caliber revolver. Live ammunition had been unintentionally mixed into the training rounds.
www.ntoa.org/pdfs/2009PTDReport.pdf
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Copyright 2006 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A similar incident happened in Clayton County in 1986, when a deputy loaded his gun with live ammunition before shooting a sheriff's lieutenant to death during a training exercise.
Deputy William T. Cassells, then 34, told investigators he thought his .38-caliber revolver was loaded with blanks. No charges were filed against Cassells, who is now Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill's chief deputy.
www.policeone.com/training/articles/126568-Response-by-Ga-sheriff-angers-family-of-killed-recruit/
A similar incident happened in Clayton County in 1986, when a deputy loaded his gun with live ammunition before shooting a sheriff's lieutenant to death during a training exercise.
Deputy William T. Cassells, then 34, told investigators he thought his .38-caliber revolver was loaded with blanks. No charges were filed against Cassells, who is now Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill's chief deputy.
www.policeone.com/training/articles/126568-Response-by-Ga-sheriff-angers-family-of-killed-recruit/
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