This photo is one of the most macabre I've seen. It's chilling to see the eyes of the killer for one thing. But to consider that the victim is taking the photo pushes it over the edge. I don't think the victim was aware of the killer. If he were, would the photo be more or less intense? I can't imagine.
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police investigating the New Year's Eve shooting death of a local councilman did not have to look further than the last photograph the victim took. That photo led to the arrest of two suspects.
The picture, taken outside the councilman's house in metropolitan Manila, clearly shows a man aiming his gun from behind the victim's smiling three-member family, seconds before he was shot.
The relatives , Councilman Reynaldo Dagsa's wife, daughter and mother-in-law , are seen standing beside the family's car, which has lights on, and the gunman, wearing a baseball cap, is bracing himself against the vehicle and pointing his gun at Dagsa. His face is slightly obscured by the gun.
The car was parked along an alley outside the Dagsas' house. In another corner of the photograph is a man police identified as the assassin's lookout.
Police said Tuesday that Dagsa was shot seconds after the photo was taken and died of his wounds by the time he reached a hospital. His family gave police the photo, which ran on the Philippine Daily Inquirer's front page Tuesday.
Caloocan city police chief Jude Santos said a man identified as the gunman in the picture was arrested Monday. His accomplice also was arrested in a separate raid in Manila the same day, Santos said.
He said the main suspect was a car thief who was out on bail and likely sought revenge against Dagsa for ordering his arrest last year.
Dagsa's wife and daughter, speaking to reporters at their home Tuesday, said the victim had asked them to wake him up before the stroke of midnight so he could join in the usually noisy New Year's street revelry that comes with lots of firecrackers.
The family members said they did not hear a gunshot because the firecrackers were exploding all around them. They only saw Dagsa falling to the ground after he was hit.
They said they rushed him to the hospital but it was too late.
Pro or military double hand combat grip on the pistol. Evidence of training in accurate shooting.
Or maybe he learned about the combat grip from the same web page that you did. :)
It's a good grip, which reduces the kickback effect.
Interestingly enough, despite the lack of overall marksmanship, the technique does indeed seem to have controlled muzzle lift quite well, with the bullets striking fairly level, one in the chest and one in the arm... Looks like it works quite well.
I'm glad he didn't use the sideways ganstah grip they use down here in New Orleans....everyone in the foreground would have been shot...including the shooter's helper.
The only survivor would have ben the target.
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Mick:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Pro or military double hand combat grip on the pistol. Evidence of training in accurate shooting.
Or maybe he learned about the combat grip from the same web page that you did. :)
It's a good grip, which reduces the kickback effect.
Interestingly enough, despite the lack of overall marksmanship, the technique does indeed seem to have controlled muzzle lift quite well, with the bullets striking fairly level, one in the chest and one in the arm... Looks like it works quite well.
Weapon does not look like .45 cal to me. More like .22 cal. Very hard to tell with the
low quality photo available for our perusal. The eyes of the gunman tell all though. I see
death there. A perfect double-tap with the impacts with in a few inches would require
a complete suppression of emotion. The slightest fear, anger, whatever would cause a significant
change in grip pressure on the handgun. If it was a .45, constant repeatable firmness on the grip
is required for good grouping. I suspect the camera operator saw what was coming and tried to
escape. Would have been hard to hit a fast moving target. Were I there it would have only been
possible to hit me in the ass. :)
