".................-- A toddler girl was shot and killed when her intoxicated father used her as a shield during a fiery gunbattle with police following a standoff that lasted three hours, authorities said.

Police Chief William Bratton said yesterday that his officers were well within department policy when they shot carwash owner Jose Pena, 34, on Sunday. Pena also was killed and an officer was shot in the shoulder.

"You aren't going to stand there with somebody shooting at you," Bratton said. "The person responsible for any loss of life ... was the individual who held his child out as a shield and continued to shoot............"

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Just what exactly is the justification for this infants death ?
This is just one of three or four incedents by the LAPD when I 'Googled' the story....

Are there no sharp shooters or marksman out there anymore....I could remove the ears off a teddy bear at 100 yds with an SLR back in the 60's.

Is it all going horribly wrong or is this just me ?


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