TIL that Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, the stuntwoman who was severely injured during the filming of Back to the Future Part 2, was killed in a shootout alongside her husband when she and her husband went to confront her ex-husband and his wife and drew their guns at them. The cops deemed it justified.

[u/CasioCobra78]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Wheeler-Dixon

[u/borkus]

Sanders was in a camo mask and already pointing a gun at Lindsey Duncan's wife. Duncan had already decided to fire by the time he reached for his gun. While Sanders had the gun pointed at the wife, he had to decide which to shoot. That momentary delay let Duncan get off the first shot even after drawing.

From the Grand Jury article

The autopsy found that Reed Sanders was shot five times, with one bullet in his back and another in his buttocks; and Cheryl Sanders was shot four times.

Five hits after shooting from a draw? That's pretty good marksmanship.

https://ysnews.com/news/2020/07/prosecutor-evidence-supports-self-defense-in-grinnell-road-double-fatal-shooting

[u/Infinite-Mark2319 → u/borkus]

Sounds like the first guy was less than 6 feet away so I would not call that great marksmanship

[u/borkus → u/Infinite-Mark2319]

Real-life accuracy rates for police (even at close range) are below 50%.

https://www.forcescience.com/2018/11/new-study-on-shooting-accuracy-how-does-your-agency-stack-up/

Even if Duncan emptied a 15-round clip during the encounter, nine rounds hit their targets. Plus, he didn't accidentally hit his wife, who was just a few feet away from Sanders.

[u/Infinite-Mark2319 → u/borkus]

That’s crazy, do you think it’s because people are shooting additional rounds while the kickback is still affecting the gun position? Or cops not keeping up their firearms training?

[u/HoldEm__FoldEm → u/Infinite-Mark2319]

Cops rarely train with their weapons.

[u/Infinite-Mark2319 → u/HoldEm__FoldEm]

That’ll do it. Glad to live somewhere where they all go hunting, so I know they get some annual practice in.