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To: zzpat who wrote (1046436)	1/4/2018 2:23:39 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579732

They saw a gun that looked real and responded to that.

To: zzpat who wrote (1046436)	1/4/2018 2:24:36 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579732

Of the 86 fatal shootings involving imitation firearms since 2015, the most common theme was mental illness: 38 of those killed had a history of it, according to their families and police reports. Fourteen of the calls were domestic disturbances. Ten others began as robberies. The remaining circumstances range from patrolling neighborhoods to serving arrest warrants to making traffic stops. Of the people killed, 50 were white men. .... https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-two-years-police-killed-86-people-brandishing-guns-that-look-real--but-arent/2016/12/18/ec005c3a-b025-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html?utm_term=.42e731d65ca0