Harrisonburg Police Officer Shot By Another Officer Attempting To Shoot A Cow
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 9 months ago
News.
A Harrisonburg police officer was shot in a friendly fire incident as officers tried to deal with an escaped cow in the city Saturday night, according to Daily-News Record sources.
An officer attempted to fire at the animal, which had escaped a livestock auction site, and struck another officer, according to sources.
HPD Lt. Pete Ritchie said the incident is under investigation by the Professional Standards Unit and the Major Crimes Unit, which is standard when an officer discharges a firearm.
Ritchie said the HPD officer was struck once. He could not say how many shots were fired and if the officer was injured due to friendly fire, but he said the incident did take place after HPD officers took over the situation involving the cow.
This tweet sums it up well.
HPD now reporting officer was struck once https://t.co/hPOHDIE2Xb
— Pete DeLea (@pdeleaNEWS) March 21, 2021
Good grief. Backstop. It’s not just for noobs.
“You’re never in more danger than when the police are around” – HPS.
On March 22, 2021 at 10:26 pm, MTHead said:
Thank God they didn’t gun down the rancher this time!
On March 22, 2021 at 10:35 pm, SGT.BAG said:
RENO 911 !
On March 22, 2021 at 10:44 pm, Fred said:
The only thing the headline is missing is: Florida Man
Never call the police.
On March 22, 2021 at 11:18 pm, xtphreak said:
Why kill the cow anyway?
Catch it.
Stooopid
On March 23, 2021 at 1:02 am, robert said:
One Vanilla Wafer cookie and the cow would be following them around . Stupid is a requirement for cops now-a-days .
On March 23, 2021 at 5:38 am, Dov Sar said:
The prayers of a righteous cow………
On March 23, 2021 at 6:40 am, Mark Matis said:
So the Only Ones who murdered Jack Yantis now work in Harrisonburg, eh???
On March 23, 2021 at 7:37 am, John Taylor said:
I stopped my truck a while back and herded a stray cow off the highway and back behind the open pasture gate. I am 72 and somewhat less than agile due to nerve damage. I think that the farmer who came along was probably relieved that I didn’t shoot the cow. (Or him either.)
On March 23, 2021 at 8:56 am, Chris Mallory said:
You have to watch this video. Coward cop gets two felony charges after shooting through a shut door. Citizen had kicked his apartment door completely shut just as two cops walk up. The citizen did not see the cops, the door was mostly shut. Cops think they are being shot at. One retreats to cover, saying he didn’t know where shooting was coming from and wasn’t going to shoot randomly into apartments. The other waits 10 seconds and shoots multiple times through the door, hears citizen screaming in pain and fires through the door again before running to safety. Cops at no time announced who they were.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IV4TZDZ7N4
On March 23, 2021 at 10:30 am, Theme from Benny Hill said:
Colonel Cooper and the laws of safe gun handling etched on stone tablets forever.
On March 23, 2021 at 10:54 am, BTPost said:
This idiot cop needs to be delegated to a Non-Armed PR Position for the rest of his Cop Career… He fired three shots a the cow, missed three times and managed to hit his partner, with all three shots… I figure he thought his partner was an adequate safe backstop for his projectiles, as opposed to any citizens in the neighborhood… I mean really, how did this Yahoo ever pass his FireArms qualls, the last time he was required???
On March 23, 2021 at 12:03 pm, StBernardnot said:
Missed the cow & hit the pig! Lololol
On March 23, 2021 at 12:03 pm, StBernardnot said:
Sorry! The debilitating made me do it!
On March 23, 2021 at 1:13 pm, Ned2 said:
Silly beast must have mooo-ved at the last minute.
On March 23, 2021 at 4:24 pm, Jack said:
Not surprised …
At all.
Typical sadly
On March 23, 2021 at 4:55 pm, Jeffersonian said:
The cow made a furtive mooove.
On March 23, 2021 at 5:36 pm, Ned2 said:
How udderly incompetent!
Didn’t he realize what’s at steak when he pulled that weapon?
He needs to hoof it back to the academy.
On March 23, 2021 at 11:08 pm, Elmo said:
Mark Matis-
Thanks for remembering Jack Yantis. His story was the first thing that came to mind when I read this story.
Several years ago, after a cow was loose on a state highway near my ranch, I had an opportunity to ask a couple of CA Highway Patrolmen if they had anyone in their office (in cattle country) that had any experience in the handling or gathering of cattle. When the answer was ‘not really’, I offered to give references to people who could talk to their people and help them prepare for such an occasion as when cows are loose on the road.
Their reaction was pretty much ‘If we want your advice we’ll ask for it’. Which was pretty much the answer I expected to get from them before I asked the question.
On March 24, 2021 at 6:47 am, Wes said:
Deputies in my neck of the woods: Injured deer due to car vs. deer are “dispatched.” They make a point to be adept at it, as no one wants to call back in to dispatch that it required more than “1 round fired” Cattle? Pfft. Owners are contacted and all involved get them wrangled back into their proper place. Can’t think of someone ever going full retard on a functional cow. Jeebers.