Читать книгу Newhall Shooting - A Tactical Analysis. An inside look at the most tragic and influential police gunfight of the modern era. онлайн

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This general tendency is made even worse by the nature of a large-scale gunfight such as the Newhall shooting, because the action is fast, dispersed, and constant, and because multiple storylines are being played out simultaneously in a way that none of the participants or witnesses can actively track each of them with any fidelity as they occur. Gunfights are not tidy, linear actions that can be neatly recreated in sequence, but rather messy, confused events in which the participants are keenly aware of their immediate situation, but largely unaware of their place in the larger picture.

This is certainly the case in the Newhall shooting. While the general narrative is agreed upon, there are certain aspects of the event for which information is not clear. The physical evidence is incomplete, and witnesses provided conflicting testimony about various aspects of the shooting. While we can hazard our best guess of the situation, based on known evidence and a preponderance of testimony, we may never know exactly what happened during portions of this fluid, fast-paced action. The task of recreating the sequence of the Newhall shooting is further complicated by the fact that five of the seven principal players were killed during or shortly after the incident occurred. Fortunately, there are also many factors that helped to mitigate these concerns.