Defensive Systems Unit

Ballistic Research Facility

FBI Academy

Officer Involved Shooting

11/29/2006 6:00 PM EST

A Pennsylvania police department

Thirtyone s!orn o""icers

#ive o""icers / shi"t

Three o""icers involved in shootin$

%ne assailant& 1' year old male

Weapons and Ammunition

Police: (loc) 22/Speer 1'0 $r* (old +ot

M,/-ornady TAP .. $r* carried
/y tactical 0S1AT2 o""icers*
M,/-ornady TAP 3. $r* carried
/y patrol o""icers*

Assailant: %ne pistol/*,. A4to

Initial Concerns of olice

Stemmed "rom apparently inacc4rate initial

in"ormation "rom 5oroner and/or Medical
E6aminer*

7es4lted in a /elie" /y Police o""icials that

*,0 S81 amm4nition "ailed and *229 amm4nition
:saved the day;*

Prompted the S1AT T< to post in"ormation on

=T%A !e/site*

FBI!DSU Involvement

=T%A post !as disseminated over the #>?@s

intranet /y an #>? Special A$ent*

:Sno!/all; e""ect res4lted in n4mero4s phone

calls/emails to +SA and >7# !hich B4estioned
the per"ormance o" #>? *,0 S81 service
amm4nition*

>7# contacted the involved P+ and Pa* State

Police& responsi/le "or the shootin$ investi$ation&
to o""er assistance*

"#OA Blog
All,
The following was posted on an NTOA blog last night:
3 officers were involved in a shooting this week. An ambush was set up for the officers prior to
their arrival, the took fire while still in their cruisers. One officer was hit in the forearm, another
received wounds to his forehead from a ricochet, another was in!ured "N#$%. The suspect was armed
with a .&' handgun. The officers were armed with (lock ))*s and +,--. /01 gr. (old 2ot 3ollow
,oints.
Officers fired on the sub!ect and hit him in the left arm, completel shattering the bone. 3e was
also hit five times in the chest and abdomen. All rounds penetrated less than /4. All of the rounds
e5panded full but did not cause incapacitation due to the lack of penetration. According to the
6edical -5aminer, none of the rounds caused an life threatening in!uries. The sub!ect also
received one round into the front of his throat, it penetrated less than /4 as well. The 6edical
-5aminer stated that the recovered rounds were in pristine condition "still had rifling marks on
them%.
The sub!ect was wearing a down !acket at the time of the incident. 3e was finall taken down after
receiving rounds from an 67& .))3, with 3ornad Tap '' gr ballistic tip rounds and 3ornad Tap 8)
gr. 3ollow ,oints.
The officer with the 67& was able to shoot underneath a vehicle and hit the suspect in the ankle.
The officer then flanked the sub!ect, who continued to engage officers, and was eventuall killed b
the officer with the 67&.
The sub!ect had a trace amount of mari!uana in his sstem.
.ange between sub!ect and officers: )1 feet.
+ub!ect had a t7shirt on under his !acket.
+ub!ect received appro5imatel si5teen .))3 rounds, thirteen of these rounds went completel
through. One round struck his hip and completel shattered it. Another .))3 round struck his
aorta and another pierced and collapsed his lung. 9oth of these rounds lodged themselves inside
the sub!ect. The 6edical -5aminer stated that the .))3 rounds caused massive internal damage.
This is the second shooting that the ,2 has e5perienced where the had to shoot a sub!ect in e5cess
of ten times with .&1 +:; ammo to incapacitate or kill. There was another incident where a sub!ect
was shot inside of his vehicle. 3e was struck appro5imatel ten times, all the while continuing to
fire at officers. 3e was eventuall killed after suffering a shot to the back of his head. $n this same
incident, the back of the sub!ect*s seat was struck multiple times, the .&1 +:; rounds never
penetrated through the seat. $n this incident, all shots had passed through either the windshield or
rear window. $nvestigators assume that this was the reason for the poor ballistic performance.
"The% ,2 is now considering replacing their (lock ))*s with (lock )/*s.





BRF #esting of Officer$s
Ammunition on %&!%'!()

5onsistent !ith all /are $elatin and /arrier

testin$ done previo4sly "or amm4nition data
5+*

7es4lts o" Speer 1'0 $r* (old +ot satis"y

#>? standards "or terminal per"ormance*

7es4lts o" -ornady ..$r* and 3. $r* TAP

do not satis"y #>? standards "or terminal
per"ormance*

Facts

At least 103 ro4nds 0*,0/*2292 !ere "ired /y t!o

o""icers*

#irst o""icer on scene serio4sly !o4nded in le"t

"orearm and seat/elted in cr4iser !as 4na/le to
ret4rn "ire*

Assailant "ired 26 ro4nds and reloaded ma$aCine

"rom /o6 o" loose amm4nition*

Assailant !as shot 13 times !ith 11 ro4nds

e6itin$ /ody*

?ncident lasted appro6imately 9*. min4tes*

Facts

Si6 *,0 S81 ro4nds& "ive !hich e6panded& !ere

recovered on a4topsy*

?t is impossi/le "or *,0 S81 1'0 $r* D-P

amm4nition to e6pand !ith only 1 in* or less
penetration in a h4man /ody*

After all *229 ro4nds had /een "ired& assailant !as

hit !ith 1'0 $r* (old +ot in right arm a/ove the
el/o!*

%""icers had to :"i$ht; assailant in order to $et

handc4""ed*

*essons *earned

There is plenty o" inacc4rate in"ormation

re$ardin$ /allistics/terminal per"ormance
disseminated on !e/ "or4ms& even those !hich are
dedicated as <E only*

The *,0 S81 amm4nition did not "ail in this

incident*

The per"ormance o" the *229 TAP amm4nition&

altho4$h consistent !ith man4"act4rer@s claims&
did not per"orm terminally as this Police
+epartment e6pected*

*essons *earned

+etermined individ4als can s4stain many

$4nshot !o4nds in areas that prod4ce $reat
pain and contin4e to "i$ht a long time& even
!itho4t the aid o" dr4$s or alcohol*

Shot placement is everythin$ in a $4n"i$ht

and always the )ey to stoppin$ a threat
e""ectively*