Officer Lives After Criminal Can’t Figure Out Gun’s Safety

By Bob Owens

An Evansville, Ohio, police officer is lucky to be alive after the suspect he was chasing turned to fire a gun at the officer—whose own weapon was still holstered during the chase—but couldn’t figure out the safety on the pistol.

The criminal, Cornelius Ratliff, was the front-seat passenger during a routine traffic stop by Evansville police. Officers asked Ratliff to step out of the car for a pat-down, and Ratliff took off running through a residential neighborhood. The pursuing officer does a phenomenal job of keeping up with him as they run around homes and …read more

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