Guns will protect you from tsunamis.

[Hippikos]

A man who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop in Florida ended up "executing" the deputy who stopped him. The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.

A statewide manhunt ensued.

The gunman was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun. SWAT team officers fired and hit him 68 times. Asked why they shot him 68 times, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel...:

“That's all the bullets we had.”

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Hippikos

A man who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop in Florida...

Hardly plausible that seven shots were fired *after* the close range headshot. The headshot was probably coupe de grace last shot to make sure the deputy would not be able to identify the shooter. Not what is ordinarily meant by "an execution", but it makes better news copy.

Human emotion can be a funny thing; I suspect the cops emptied their guns into this guy because he shot the dog. Somehow that was seen as more venial than shooting the cop.