'Flashlight' shoot happened before (Accidental Cop shootings - NY/TX)

[shadowrider]

The shooting of an innocent, unarmed elderly Bronx man by a cop who was trying to turn on a pistol-mounted flashlight is at least the second accidental police shooting in the US involving that same flashlight model.

But unlike Saturday’s shooting of 76-year-old Jose Colon — who survived a cop’s bullet to the stomach — an unarmed Texas man died Oct. 13 under what reportedly were strikingly similar circumstances involving the Surefire X300 flashlight.

The family of that dead man, suspected drug dealer Michael Anthony Alcala, is now suing the city of Plano for negligence in the shooting, where a cop claimed he inadvertently fired instead of turning on the flashlight as intended.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/flashlight_shoot_happened_before_idVqywoSeilX8BauI38OJN

Only the police should have guns. They're trained.

[RamboLiberal]

1. Had his finger on the trigger

Probably while trying to switch the light on with his off hand.

May be a sympathethic tightening of the trigger finger in reaction.

That's the danger of weapon's lights.

They have their purpose, but you have to remember where the light is pointed the barrel of the gun is pointed.

That's why a lot of trainers like Ayoob advise to not use as your primary light.

[Straw Man]

2. Poor trigger discipline.

There was no reason to have his finger on the trigger while messing with the light.