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Saturday's shooting was not the first for Mosher, who in April 2006 was one of two officers who shot and killed a suspect in a car.
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http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/Search/Abst...aspx?id=194601
I have always thought it was a rare case where a policeman had to use deadly force. In trying to find some support for this, I stumbled across the above link which states that there were 78 incidents where the police used deadly force in Minnesota over a 20 year period. I do not know if this is enough to establish that the use of deadly force is rare. I'm sure there are others on this board with better information. Obviously, Las Vegas is a different animal, but I believe many LEO's retire never having fired their weapon in a hostile setting. It appears Officer Mosher is a statistical anomaly.