State Police release more details on I-90 shootout AND DETAILS
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Monday, January 12, 2009
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. -- "This incident quickly went from a routine traffic stop in to a police officer's nightmare."
State Police released more details Monday about the shootout on I-90 in Rensselaer County over the weekend. They held a news conference from Troop G headquarters to give details about the incident, answer questions from the media, and play a portion of a video taken from the trooper's car during the ordeal.
State Police said Darrel Brown, 22, of Hartford, Connecticut was the passenger in the taxicab who opened fire at troopers and other officers on Saturday.
State Police release more details on I-90 shootout
Watch the State Police news conference from Troop G headquarters in Loudonville.
The incident began around noon when a trooper pulled over a taxi for speeding between exits 9 and 10 of I-90 westbound. Brown had paid the driver to take him from Hartford to the Albany area.
As the trooper was interviewing Brown and the driver, police said Brown pulled out an assault rifle from his bag. The trooper and the driver retreated, and Brown began firing the weapon. More police arrived, and after a shootout with police, Brown was subsequently shot and taken into custody. Police said Brown fired nearly 30 rounds.
Major William Sprague said, "We know he shot out the back window of the taxicab as you saw in this video and begin firing at the troop car. You can see the spider webs from the bullets hitting the windshield of the troop car appear in the glass in the image captured on the on board camera."
Brown is currently on life support at Albany Medical Center and is not expected to recover. No one else was injured.
The incident lasted for almost an hour. There is no word yet on why Brown opened fire.
AND MY DETAILS:
I just watched the police press conference video.
It occured 1 mile west of Exit 10.
Mr. Darrel Brown shot 28 shots. They found 28 rounds. There was a clip for 30 with 15 left, so there could be 14 rounds missing??
He fumbled with the gun lock for "3 or 4" minutes. And instead of shooting after the cabbie and trooper who were running to safety, he turned around and shot out the back window.
There were six police officers who shot at Mr. Brown. They fired off 33 shots. 12 from 12 gauge shot guns, 21 from pistols and 1 from a sniper rifle. Mr. Brown suffered extensive injuries. (I added the word extensive). ;) 33 shots??? geez!
They traffic was stopped for 51 minutes but the closing lasted until 8pm because a snow storm was coming and they would lose the evidence. They also had drivers to talk to and set up interviews.
There is no indication the cab driver was speeding on purpose.
Mr. Brown told the cabbie to take him to upstate ny and then later specified albany area.
Mr. Brown was shot several times - not just the sniper shot to the head. "extent of his injuries" geez.
It was hard to hear the reporter's questions. The speaker should have repeated the questions.
They are saying it turned into a "suicide." He shot so many times, but from the video it seems like he was just shooting to shoot - like he wasn't even aiming. And no one else was hurt. He fumbled with the gun lock for "three or four minutes." Like he wasn't used to it. He shot four shots or so just at the troop car's windshield. He shot at two passenger cars. It was just like Grant Theft Auto for him. Then he started getting shot at for REAL. he was fucked.
poor guy. what happened in his life that was so bad?
Monday, January 12, 2009
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. -- "This incident quickly went from a routine traffic stop in to a police officer's nightmare."
State Police released more details Monday about the shootout on I-90 in Rensselaer County over the weekend. They held a news conference from Troop G headquarters to give details about the incident, answer questions from the media, and play a portion of a video taken from the trooper's car during the ordeal.
State Police said Darrel Brown, 22, of Hartford, Connecticut was the passenger in the taxicab who opened fire at troopers and other officers on Saturday.
State Police release more details on I-90 shootout
Watch the State Police news conference from Troop G headquarters in Loudonville.
The incident began around noon when a trooper pulled over a taxi for speeding between exits 9 and 10 of I-90 westbound. Brown had paid the driver to take him from Hartford to the Albany area.
As the trooper was interviewing Brown and the driver, police said Brown pulled out an assault rifle from his bag. The trooper and the driver retreated, and Brown began firing the weapon. More police arrived, and after a shootout with police, Brown was subsequently shot and taken into custody. Police said Brown fired nearly 30 rounds.
Major William Sprague said, "We know he shot out the back window of the taxicab as you saw in this video and begin firing at the troop car. You can see the spider webs from the bullets hitting the windshield of the troop car appear in the glass in the image captured on the on board camera."
Brown is currently on life support at Albany Medical Center and is not expected to recover. No one else was injured.
The incident lasted for almost an hour. There is no word yet on why Brown opened fire.
AND MY DETAILS:
I just watched the police press conference video.
It occured 1 mile west of Exit 10.
Mr. Darrel Brown shot 28 shots. They found 28 rounds. There was a clip for 30 with 15 left, so there could be 14 rounds missing??
He fumbled with the gun lock for "3 or 4" minutes. And instead of shooting after the cabbie and trooper who were running to safety, he turned around and shot out the back window.
There were six police officers who shot at Mr. Brown. They fired off 33 shots. 12 from 12 gauge shot guns, 21 from pistols and 1 from a sniper rifle. Mr. Brown suffered extensive injuries. (I added the word extensive). ;) 33 shots??? geez!
They traffic was stopped for 51 minutes but the closing lasted until 8pm because a snow storm was coming and they would lose the evidence. They also had drivers to talk to and set up interviews.
There is no indication the cab driver was speeding on purpose.
Mr. Brown told the cabbie to take him to upstate ny and then later specified albany area.
Mr. Brown was shot several times - not just the sniper shot to the head. "extent of his injuries" geez.
It was hard to hear the reporter's questions. The speaker should have repeated the questions.
They are saying it turned into a "suicide." He shot so many times, but from the video it seems like he was just shooting to shoot - like he wasn't even aiming. And no one else was hurt. He fumbled with the gun lock for "three or four minutes." Like he wasn't used to it. He shot four shots or so just at the troop car's windshield. He shot at two passenger cars. It was just like Grant Theft Auto for him. Then he started getting shot at for REAL. he was fucked.
poor guy. what happened in his life that was so bad?