one of them actually hit the headrest of his car. deputy gray arrives at the scene. his dash cam shows rankin on his hands and knees. the adrenaline rush is gone and he s bleeding profusely. he was hollering and screaming and said he d been shot. shot in the face. rankin is amazingly coherent enough to give a description of the suspect. he felt like half his face was gone. some of rankin s teeth are on the ground as well as shell casings and his pistol. i remember asking is my face gone because i still couldn t feel nothing in the face besides just pure pain. within minutes an ambulance arrives and takes deputy rankin to the hospital. that same morning officers find the suspect s car. it s riddled with bullets from deputy rankin s gun and by 9 :30 that morning police arrest 35 ben westbrook for the shooting. he d once served prison time for aggravated assault.
victim s passenger-side window. and then he conducted a simple test. he ran a string from the bullet hole in the back window through the hole in the headrest to the hole in the passenger side window. what we found was that after stringing the trajectory, that the angle was approximately 47 degrees off the back of the vehicle. if the shot had been fired from 200 yards away, as george kerr now claimed, the trajectory angle would be approximately 95 degrees. but the 47-degree angle placed the shooter s car very close, to within seven to 15 yards away. this then put the vehicles in such a close position that it rendered a very easy shot for mr. gustafson when he shot at the victim vehicle. at the murder trial, george
it really just pissed me off. and i shot 16 rounds at his car, and 15 of them hit his car. and one of them actually hit the headrest of his car. deputy bray arrives at the scene. his dash cam shows rankin on his hands and knees. the adrenaline rush is gone and he s bleeding profusely. he was hollering and screaming and said that he d been shot. he d been shot in the face. rankin is amazingly coherent, enough to give a description of the vehicle and the suspect. bray examines the deputy s injuries. he said his face was hurting. he felt like half of his face was gone. some of rankin s teeth were on the ground, as well as shell casings and his pistol. i remember asking him, is my face gone? i still couldn t feel nothing in the face besides just pure pain. within minutes, an ambulance arrives and takes deputy rankin to the hospital. that same morning, officers find the suspect s car. it s riddled with bullets from deputy rankin s gun. and by 9:30 that morning, police arrest 3
that s when deputy mcclain dialed in on the suspect. i knew at that point, stop shooting into the vehicle, focus and kill him quick. hearing these shots, i progressively worked my way up. boom, boom, boom. kept continuing up until the last few rounds. at that time i could realize that i was hitting around the headrest. mcclain s final shots hit the suspect and the blazer veers into the guardrail. when he bounces off, you can actually see his body go limp. i actually watched the suspect roll to the right, almost laying over into the passenger seat, and the vehicle bounces off and continues due to the momentum, continues to go. the chase comes to an end. and other units converge on the blazer. not knowing if the suspect is dead or alive.
watched the suspect turn in the driver s seat holding a pistol and fire rapid fire at us. that s when deputy mcclain bowed in on the suspect. i knew at that point stop shooting into the vehicle and focus and kill him quick. hearing these shots, i progressively worked my way up. boom, boom, boom and and kept continuing up until the last few rounds. that time i could realize i was hitting around the headrest. mcclain s final shots hit the suspect and the blazer veers into the guardrail. when he bounces off, you can see his body go limp. i watch the suspect roll right almost to the passenger seat. the vehicle bounces off and momentum continues to go. the chase comes an end. other units converge on the blazer not knowing if the