Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Man With AK-47 Opens Fire on Police, Officers Kill Him

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Wild Shootout: Man With AK-47 Opens Fire on Police, Officers Kill Him

Posted May 4, 2013 11:44am by Slade Sohmer

Tags: AK-47, Dash Cam Video, Gun Violence, Guns, Ohio, police, shootouts

“He was a scumbag, and a terrorist, and he’s dead.” –Arnold Stanko

One of the books found in James Gilkerson’s car after his fatal shootout with police in Middlefield, Ohio, was called “Advanced Close-range Gun Fighting.” It’s not clear from the video released this week that Gilkerson read that one.

<img src="http://cdn.hypervocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/12674358-small.jpg" alt="12674358-small" width="155" height="187" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-128032" />On March 10, Gilkerson ran a stop sign, and the sirens blared behind him. Instead of a routine police encounter, Gilkerson chose to come out guns blazing, firing 37 rounds from an AK-47 rifle at the officers.

The two officers, Brandon Savage and Erin Thomas, fired 54 rounds back at Gilkerson, killing him. Ohio officials released the dash cam footage on Friday.

Warning, this is a pretty wild shootout:

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Here’s more on the shootout from Cleveland.com:

[Police Chief Arnold] Stanko said Gilkerson was shot several times, but kept firing. During the gunfight, Gilkerson shouted, “Kill me.”

Thomas, a former Woodmere officer, still is not back to work. She lost a finger in the encounter. Savage had minor injuries to his left thigh. He is back at work, the chief said.

The chief said police could find little in the way of ammunition and books in the home Gilkerson shared with his mother. He said he did not know if Gilkerson kept his weapon, ammunition and the books in his car all the time or if he had piled it all in side that day.

A Lake County prosecutor issued a statement calling the shooting by police “justified.” The matter will not be taken to a grand jury.

 

 

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