Officer Ends Rampage With One Stellar Shot

By Bob Owens

Authorities in Colorado have released the body camera footage from a Parker Police Department officer who brought a suspect’s bloody rampage near a middle school to an end with a single well-placed shot.

The video begins with Officer Ronnie Dorrell running down a Parker street after learning that Det. Dan Brite had been shot by a suspect since identified as Randall Rodick. The 40-year-old had been spotted near Sierra Middle School with a gun.

His wife had called 911 to say that he was “really, really drunk” and armed with a 9mm pistol and AK-47. She claimed he said he would kill anyone who tried to stop him, and believed he was suicidal. Police came to his home and later saw him loading guns and ammunition into his RV. He fired at responding officers from the driver’s seat, hitting Brite.

The man later took off in the RV, crashing through a white fence, barbed wire and a large field. Witnesses say Rodick drove erratically, making multiple loops and going over curves as he powered through a small gully.

He later crashed into a small retaining wall just east of a retirement home. A man in the area who …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms