OK he does have a smoking gun, but not the way you think.
Piers Morgan opened his show tonight with new video from March, released by police, of James Gilkerson, who at a traffic stop bolted from his vehicle and got off about 37 rounds from his AK-47 at the officers in the police car behind him. He shouted “kill me” to the officers before they returned fire and ended up shooting him dead (they don’t show that part). Neither of officers sustained any critical injuries.
As you might expect, Piers blames the gun and the 40 round magazine instead of blaming solely the madman who tried to kill the police officers. He offers it as evidence of why the gun and the magazine should be banned.
He also plays video of what he says is a personal attack against him from Wayne LaPierre today. It wasn’t. Piers is just a drama queen.
Watch:
Below is the full video of the incident above that police released. It is GRAPHIC because it shows the officers killing the madman. HEED THIS CONTENT WARNING.
Here is more info on the incident:
“He got of the vehicle, intending to kill my officers. We don’t know why he did it,” said Police Chief Arnold Stanko.
Stanko said police found eight, 40-round magazines for the AK-47 in Gilkerson’s car along with a number of books and magazines about militias and terrorism.
The names of some of the literature were “Backyard Rocketry: Converting Model Rockets Into Explosive Missiles,” “Advanced Close-range Gun Fighting,” “Homemade Detonators: How To Make Them.” Another described how to get rid of a dead body.
“He was a scumbag, and a terrorist, and he’s dead,” Stanko said.
Gilkerson fired on the officers on Ohio 608, near Pierce Street.
Stanko said one of his officers, Erin Thomas, got out of the patrol car after Gilkerson was pulled over, walked around the car, and got to about the driver’s side door of the cruiser when Gilkerson bolted from his car and began shooting.
Stanko said Thomas fired back, as did her partner Brandon Savage. Stanko said Savage returned fire through the windshield of the cruiser.
Stanko said Gilkerson was shot several times, but kept firing. During the gunfight, Gilkerson shouted, “Kill me.”
Thomas, a former Woodmere officer, still is not back to work. She lost a finger in the encounter. Savage had minor injuries to his left thigh. He is back at work, the chief said.