Silverstar_Lawman
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One night while I was still a patrol officer we got a call of a burglary in progress. Me and one other guy get to the home, and while checking the outside find a side window on the house open.
The senses go into overdrive as we can hear people talking in low voices from inside the home. I climb inside and drop into a bedroom and can still hear the low voices although I can't make out what they are saying. The officer that arrives with me can not get himself up and into the window as he was carrying quite a midsection, and tells me to wait on some more officers. Thinking that if these people are here they must be hiding and if the burglar finds them before I stop him no telling what he will do.
So I creep up to the door and clear the hallway or so I thought. I step out and in the low light see a flash of movement to my left, I turn, face the threat, gun drawn and begin shouting commands, it is then I see the threat is also armed and less than 5 feet from me. I move left keeping my weapon trained on the suspect, he moves left, I duck down he ducks down, my mind racing pull the trigger slack, breath control, aim center mass, all this occurring in a matter of seconds, and just as the trigger begins to release the hammer for the shot I realize I'm looking into a stand up mirror at the end of the hall
I did not put a bullet into the mirror after all but I had the trigger pulled so far back that when I let it go it reset!!!!!! If you needed a laugh there is one at my expense
Oh and the low voices we heard was the TV, they left it on so any burglar's would think someone was home
The senses go into overdrive as we can hear people talking in low voices from inside the home. I climb inside and drop into a bedroom and can still hear the low voices although I can't make out what they are saying. The officer that arrives with me can not get himself up and into the window as he was carrying quite a midsection, and tells me to wait on some more officers. Thinking that if these people are here they must be hiding and if the burglar finds them before I stop him no telling what he will do.
So I creep up to the door and clear the hallway or so I thought. I step out and in the low light see a flash of movement to my left, I turn, face the threat, gun drawn and begin shouting commands, it is then I see the threat is also armed and less than 5 feet from me. I move left keeping my weapon trained on the suspect, he moves left, I duck down he ducks down, my mind racing pull the trigger slack, breath control, aim center mass, all this occurring in a matter of seconds, and just as the trigger begins to release the hammer for the shot I realize I'm looking into a stand up mirror at the end of the hall
I did not put a bullet into the mirror after all but I had the trigger pulled so far back that when I let it go it reset!!!!!! If you needed a laugh there is one at my expense Oh and the low voices we heard was the TV, they left it on so any burglar's would think someone was home
