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(712 posts)HEBRON, Ky. -- The Boone County Sheriff's Department continued to investigate Monday whether their deputy followed proper procedures last weekend after ending up on the hood of a moving car and fatally shooting the teenage driver.
Officers have to make split-second decisions when a suspect drives away in a car, said Ed Bridgeman, professor of criminal justice and program coordinator of criminal justice technology at University of Cincinnati Clermont College. They can pursue or write down the license plate number.
"If a car drives toward you, that is a threat of deadly force," he said. "That is the same as someone pointing a 12-gauge shotgun at you and cocking the hammer back. You got 2,000 pounds of steel coming at you."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/28/kentucky-cop-shoots-teen-driver/8441425/
Bridgeman said investigators will likely look at Brockman's injuries to see if they are consistent with being struck by a vehicle. Brockman was treated for a leg injury the morning of the shooting.