Strange situation in Texas

Wonderful , Thank you for sharing

..Say, isn't bow season over in Texas now ? Looks like the CCW marksmanship qualification levels are set too low. Same with the cop qualifications. Why is this woman not room temperature ?

Sounds like attempted assisted suicide.

More details of the story, from one of the CCW's, was posted at AR15.com in the Texas hometown forum:

Okay, from the top: In my office when I hear my boss SCREAMING something. I run out to the reception area (RA) and see him with a small 380 drawing a bead on some chick with a COMPOUND BOW - and I see my friend standing with a f*ng arrow IN HIS CHEST. Boss has the gal covered so I drag my friend into his office to get him out of the line of fire should she draw again.

I RUN out of his office, thru a side exit and retrieve my HK from my vehicle. Woman now in conference room (CR) in the front of the building. I position myself outside in the parking lot on a vehicle to watch her hunkered down in the CR. I can see her clearly, boss now cannot see her as there is a wall blocking his view.

My intent is to keep he in that CR so she doesn't get to anyone else.

A few minutes go by and she sees my employees exiting the building through an alternate exit going across the parking lot. She stands up and points a SA pistol at them (first time I saw a pistol) so I double tap 2 rounds right over her head to drop her down again in the corner of the CR. She drops.

Several minutes later she hears something in the RA, where boss is with his 380, and she stands up again and points the gun at the wall as if she's about to shoot through the wall (potentially at boss or our man down and 2 employees that are tending to him.

I shoot again a gnats ass over her head and she drops again. Now before you guys hammer me for not tapping her CM (which I could have as I shoot regularly), I learned when I was dragging my friend away that this woman is the daughter of one of our engineers. She has severe mental issues. My goal again was to keep her in that CR until HPD arrived.

That didn't happen.

A few minutes later she charges out of the CR and my boss unloads his 380 on her (6 rounds). I flank the vehicle I'm behind and take bead to the front door. I see her down on the floor, some blood under her. I enter with my weapon covering her every second and verify that the pistol had been dropped and was a good 15 feet from her.

I try to apply compresses to her wounds (one knee and one upper chest near shoulder). She's freaking out screaming that I work for the devil and I'm a coward for not killing her. I back off and then saw something that I didn't f*ng expect.

She got up, grabbed her bow and went back into the CR! Remember that boss is out of ammo as his 380 is a little bitty bug. I retreat to the entryway of my friend's office where he is down, arrow in chest, (with 2 other employees), knelt, and drew a defensive hard sight bead on that CR door with my finger on the trigger.

I told her that if she came out of that room I would shoot her before she got a single step. Must have taken HPD 25 minutes to arrive and enter but they finally entered and shot her several times (not sure how many actual hits).

Found out that friend is going to be okay as the arrow went all the way across his chest but was not deep with respect to the front of his body. Not sure if the arrow clipped lungs or not. Will see him tomorrow.

Shit.

Not your average day at the office.

CMOS

...Perhaps it should not be this way, but events that end well, as this appears to have done, usually reflect well on shooters. The same events which don't end well often go very poorly for the shooter(s). Lotsa ways this could have gone ( how does the media put it: " terribly wrong " )but looks like CMOS gets a pass. He doesn't state what caliber his HK was, but wallboard doesn't stop much. I wonder where those scare shots went ? If he'd shot someone else, nothing in the world would have saved him from major grief. Accidently shooting someone while using deadly force to maintain custody is hard to justify.

He didn't do himself any favors by posting this story.

Not sure he's helping himself by posting the whole story on the internet in detail right after it happened. My understanding is the less you say after an event like this, the better. What you say can and will be used against you. But it's good that it all ended about as well as one could hope under the freaky circumstances.

..Zachary ! That's why you hire a lawyer before the gunsmoke clears. ANYTHING you say can AND WILL be used against you. NOTHING your lawyer says can be used against you. Nothing he hears can be wankled out of him. The truth is no defense against anything except lying. Don't hide anything, and you're not hiding if you identify yourself and refer any questions...EVERY question, to your lawyer. Nobody gets a do-over for the shooting and especially not for the questions you answer.
..I was a cop for 32 years and I distrust and dislike many lawyers. I know they cost money, big money. But not having one can cost bigger money, and your freedom, and your civil rights ( voting, guns, ammo, property ) for the rest of your life.
...Miranda doesn't apply over the phone, or to voluntary statements like this guy made on that website. STFU. Patience, Grasshopper, you will get to tell your story in detail. But not now, later. Now is time.....to talk to your lawyer. And don't pour out your heart to a relative, or a friend. They can be subpoena'd and they will be. Button up. Man up and talk to your lawyer.
...Lastly, don't get cute, or clever, or nuanced, or semantical. NEVER, NEVER lie. Not to anyone. Practise your " I'm not going to talk about that " and say it sincerely. The press would love to get a photo of you tonight yukking it up at the club with a beer in your hand, which they'd publish under something like " twelve hours later, the shooter was all laughs and smiles ". Everything changes when you become involved. For a long time you are going to have to ask yourself ' How would it look or sound if I.....'
..All changed, changed utterly. Best know that going in, 'cause you're going to know it coming out.

Interesting recount of what happened, but egads, I'm not sure whether that information should be public at this time.

Don't bring a crossbow to a gun fight?

... sound advice I read some years back ...

"My name is Bobby. You will have my complete cooperation in 24 hours once I have spoken with my attorney..."

Well, my question as to the type of bow used has been answered. And also why she was carrying it - the gun was a fake.

However, if the arrow had been equipped with a properly sharpened broadhead, the victim would probably be dead. There have been instances in the past where a person is accidentally stuck by a broadhead and, even with quick medical attention, they bleed to death.