Posted October 19, 2017 1:30 pm by Comments

By Brian Seay

Shooter James Hodgkinson fired 70 rounds on the morning of June 14. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A use of force report released earlier this month by a prosecutor in Alexandria, Virginia found that officers fired at least 40 rounds to stop the shooter’s attack at a congressional baseball practice in June.
Alexandria Commonwealth Attorney Bryan Porter concluded in his 41-page report that “it was reasonable – indeed it was necessary – for (the officers) to use deadly force in order to repel the assault and neutralize the threat.”
“The facts presented in this case are so clear-cut and so obviously required the agents and officers to use deadly force that one might question why my office even conducted this review,” Porter wrote. “The answer is self-evident: the facts cannot be considered ‘clear-cut’ until their totality is known and sufficiently analyzed.”
On the morning of June 14, the 66-year-old shooter approached Simpson Field as a group of Republican congressional baseball players practiced for a charity event.
“About 20 to 25 people were practicing on Simpson Field, taking batting practice and shagging flies,” the report says. “Representative Steven Scalise (R-La.), the House Majority Whip, was playing the field near second base.”
While standing behind a fence near third

Source: Guns.com

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