Terry Hull

Deadly force

At about 12:10 a.m., an off-duty officer and a friend left the B.M.G. bar, got into the officer's car and drove a short distance down the street. According to police, the officer stopped his car to change a CD when two men in a car drove up alongside them. The passenger in the other car allegedly jumped out, pointed a gun at the officer and his friend and told them to get out of the car and to take their clothes off. While the officer and his friend were disrobing, police said the man with a gun was distracted. The officer drew his pistol and fired several shots at the man, who returned fire. The man died and the officer was reportedly shot in the back, foot and thigh.