I watched all five of the body cam videos of the officers involved in the shooting of Mr Reed.
Just two reloaded. One was done shooting when they noticed they were slide locked and put in a fresh magazine.
One officer never fired a shot because he'd dropped his pistol when he reacted to being shot.
Four officers shooting. One firing more than one magazine's worth.
Assuming the full load of 16 at the start and another 15 in the reload who kept firing.
79 shots, max.
If 96 rounds were fired, 17 belong to Mr Reed.
Two officers spend much of the fight running around not doing much constructive. One of these is the reload after noticing slide lock after the fight.
The officer who reloaded and kept firing seems most focused on being in the fight.
The fourth firing officer spends a portion of the fight noticing he's down range from his partners, so loses some shooting time deconflicting.
It's likely less than 79 shots fired. Especially since many cops I've talked to don't top up after chambering a round. 15 in the magazine, drop the slide, 1 in the pipe, 14 in the hole.
We're probably talking 50 shots. I suppose I could go back and count.
Update:
Hey, there's reports in that big dump CPD put out. Not the 15+1 Glock 22's that Not-The-Bee says.
Officer 1: Glock 17, 12 shots fired. 17+1 capacity.
Officer 2: Glock 19, 16 shots fired. 15+1 capacity. This is the slide lock reloader, the video shows the 15 shot magazine clearly during the reload.
Officer 3: Glock 45, 34 shots fired. 17+1 capacity.
Officer 4: Glock 17, 17 shots fired. 17+1 capacity.
Officer 5 (the injured one): No shots fired.
79 rounds! Yet every single media report is saying 96 rounds.
Like you said above, if the guy who got shot dumped 17 rounds at the police the total number adds up. I have no problem with any of the news clowns being pro or anti cop, it would just be nice if they were honest about it.
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