Rule #1 - broken again

One more ex-dirtbag who broke Rule #1 - he brought a knife to a gunfight. Although, this story would have been better if it was his ex-wife who reduced his IQ to zero with a well-placed hollow point, but a happy ending is a happy ending, nonetheless.

FOXBORO, Mass. - A police officer shot and killed a man who was advancing towards her brandishing a knife early Wednesday morning, the Norfolk district attorney said.

Thomas K. Shea, 45, of Walpole, died around 1 a.m. following a domestic disturbance at the home of his ex-wife, District Attorney William Keating said.

Keating said Shea threatened the female officer, who was not immediately named, with a knife that was 10 or 12 inches long. The officer warned him and backed away to the end of the driveway and then retreated across the street before shooting him when he advanced within 10 to 12 feet of her.

Keating said reports from several witnesses and preliminary forensic evidence indicated the officer had no choice but to fire her gun.

As much as this sounds like and open-and-shut case, bear in mind that this IS Massachusetts. I'm going out on a limb here and predicting we haven't heard the last of this story. Expect statements from the grieving relatives of the former scumbag to follow.

"He was such a loving husband."
"Why did she have to gun him down in cold blood?"
"Couldn't she have shot the knife out of his hands?"

I hope I'm wrong here, but I smell a wrongful death lawsuit coming down the pike Route 1.

This story exemplifies the saying "Gun control means hitting your target". The radio reports I've heard indicate the officer's single shot hit the man in the neck, killing him instantly. Kudos to this police officer for ridding the world of this dirtbag. Hitting a paper target indoors at 15 yards is worlds different than hitting a moving, armed, hostile target at close range in low-light conditions.