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An Eden Prairie police officer who accidentally shot a man in the arm, following a high-speed chase, blames the mistake on the “high stress†of the situation and “muscle memory†from training 20 days before the shooting.
The shooting happened on June 20, 2015. Sergeant Lonnie Soppeland had been pursuing Matthew Hovland-Knase at speeds above 110 miles per hour, according to police reports. At one point, Hovland-Knase pulled the motorcycle over and Soppeland emerged from his squad car with his gun drawn.
In video of the shooting, there is the sound of a gun shot, followed by Soppeland uttering expletives, and Hovland-Knase moaning and saying “I’m bleeding.†Within seconds of the shooting, Soppeland gathers medical supplies and provides first aid. He also apologizes.
“Oh, you actually shot me, didn’t ya? Hovland-Knase asks. “I’m not going to say anything right now, but was not intentional. I can tell you that,†Soppeland replies. “I know it wasn’t,†says Hovland-Knase.
Hovland-Knase was later convicted of fleeing an officer, according to court records.
Soppeland was investigated by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. Three days after the shooting, Soppeland told a detective, “As I was giving commands, I drew my firearm with my right hand, I planned to steady it with my left hand. When my hands made contact, the firearm discharged once unintentionally. It was not my conscious choice…I could feel the effect of the adrenaline.â€
The detective asked whether firearm training 20 days before the shooting, when Soppeland fired 50 to 100 rounds, was a factor. Soppeland answered, “Yes, I feel the muscle memory from that recent training of squeezing the trigger contributed to the unintentional discharge during a high stress situation.â€
Several people familiar with law enforcement firearm training told that they had not heard of other accidental shootings partially blamed on muscle memory from training, but did say that the high stress of a chase can be a factor.
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I hope this man didn’t lose his job
Cops are retarded, defund these pigs
Wait so are you telling me that thumping sound i here while he’s midway in his “get your hands where I can see em†is the gun shot cuss if it is he just shot for no reason at that point he shot him in the back ? Wtf why this one is a head scratcher
Fund the Police
They still charged him after this?!! I hope he sued and won!
Do Americans really have automatic transmission bikes?
ë°”ë””ìº ì—†ë˜ ì‹œì ˆì—는 ì´ìƒí™©ì— ì˜¤í† ë°”ì´ ìš´ì „ìž ë¨¸ë¦¬ì— ì´ìƒê³¼ ì •ì²´ëª¨ë¥¼ 권ì´ì— ì†ì— ì¥ì–´ì¥”채로 장êµëŠ” " 샷파ì´ì–´ " ë¼ê³ ë¬´ì „í–ˆê² ì§€ (In the days when there was no body cam, the officer would have radioed "shotfire" with a motorcycle driver's head shot and an identity in his hand.)
Cop is lucky his aim was that bad
Youtube has a weird humor…
That's why I hate lightweight trigger pulls
Police Officer Accidentally Shoots Fleeing Motorcyclist you don't Accidentally shoot someone
“Accidentally� There’s no such thing as an accidental discharge, just a negligent one.
0:28 "SHOTS FIRED!!" Why didn't he scream that into his radio?
well that was awkward
STAGED …. they're gay couples w financial problems , so they've just came out to road theater !
Shows you how much trigger discipline there was when you shoot some one right after you barely draw your gun
Put it in park 😂😂😂
I mean… Besides the accidental shooting, the cop acted very good in my book
Piece of shit cop. He still is saying that's not an excuse for running.
Yet his muscle memory from the shooting range was for accidentally shooting him? What the flying fukkk
"Put it in park" 😂😂ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Wow I'd be rich right now if I were that victim.
I hope he gets shoved in jail for a couple of years. I don’t care if it was an accident or not, he just bloody shot someone. Kick him off the force and shove him in jail.
Carrying the wrong godsdamned weapons is THE FACTOR!
Cops should always be carrying DA/SA guns, period.
They will never have an AD if they do that.
A muscle memory after 50-100 rounds 20 days before. Wow! Fortunately, he hadn't had sex for a month at least…
lol they still charged the guy with fleeing,
Fire this cop : by fire pls dont shoot him
Blm
50 to 100 rounds? That's not training, it's a vague memory.
What came out of this investigation was….its cool to shoot you if they have an adrenaline surge, a high stress situation, or if they had firearms training 20 days prior to shooting you. Good luck America
well that escalated quickly
That's one incompetent pig, he has no business being a cop
If that’s a black dude that cop racist don’t matter if he helped him still racist
Ups
points gun at biker accidentally shot huh?
Holy fuck that was inches from his back/heart.