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2 bystanders wounded in Midtown Manhattan police shooting

Published September 15, 2013

Associated Press

NEW YORK –  Police say two bystanders were wounded during a police shooting on a crowded street in midtown Manhattan.
It happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue near the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Police say officers saw a man on foot weaving erratically through traffic and sometimes blocking vehicles. After approaching him they say the man reached into his pocket as if grabbing a weapon, and two officers fired shots.
Police say they missed him, but a 54-year-old woman was struck in the knee, and a 35-year-old woman was grazed in the buttocks. Both were taken to a hospital, but police say neither had injuries considered life threatening.
Police say the man was subdued with a Taser and taken Bellevue Hospital.
No other information was immediately available.

A few thoughts occur:

• Those 12lb "safety triggers" on the NYPD Glocks seem to be working out so well.
• Boy I'm glad Police are the only people who can be trusted to carry guns on the streets of New York.
• CCW holders are always taught that we are responsible for every round we fire even in self defense, anyone want to take side bets about what Joe CCW would be charged with?
• Obviously this only happened because these weren't ultraleet SWAT officers we need to start using them for more types of police calls.