I would think, Sir, that this was what initially derailed the discussion:
Bullets and guns are made for just one purpose.
Back on Topic:
Heres more info:
Shooter was Jeffrey Johnson, 58, used a .45-calibre pistol, bought in Sarasota, Fla., in 1991. He had served in the U.S. Coastguard in the mid 70s. Ballistics results showed he had fired six times - there were two rounds left in the pistol.
He expired from nine police gunshot wounds to the chest; 3 bullets were recovered from his body, 4 bullets exited his body, and 2 are still unaccounted for.
His victim was Stephen Ercolino, 41, former co-worker, shot five times in the head by Johnson. He had also received a non-life-threatening chest wound.
This was a workplace-situation over Johnson, who worked as a clothing designer, being laid-off by the company (Hazan Imports), that had then escalated over the year into aggressive workplace confrontations.
Both Ercolino and Johnson had filed prior complaints to the police about each other.
The two men had grappled in an elevator before moving outside to the sidewalk where Ercolino was then shot. No one else had been shot or injured at this point.
At this point construction foreman, Brian Dillon, called attention to what was happenning, shouted for police, and despite being told by his co-workers to desist, persued the shooter who was walking east down the south side of 33rd street.
NYPD officers, Craig Matthews, 39 years old, and Robert Sinishtaj, 40, both veteran officers with the Force for 15 years, and who had never discharged their guns before, had split seconds to react, and together fired 16 rounds at the shooter. Matthews got off seven rounds, Sinishtaj nine.
Nine pedestrians, in a very crowded location - a bustling sidewalk full of workers heading to their workplaces, suffered injuries, three from bullets, six from fragments, all from police shots. There were bystanders just feet away from the shooter when this happened - any of them could have been taken hostage or injured or killed by the shooter.
Investigations show that Johnson left his apartment at 8.00 A.M. leaving his keys and never planning to return to the home he had been living in; reports say the owner had asked Johnson (who was a sub-tenant) to vacate the premises due to the apartment undergoing renovations. Investigators have found print-material at the apartment pertaining to guns/sniping, etc.
No job. No home. Just a gun and a whole lot of anger.
There is also no doubt the policeman involved will live with this for the rest of their lives.
Many facets of this incident that warrant discussion, apart from the 'thing' used.