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front fender and hood of the Dodge. Officer
                                                                  Frago, armed with the Remington 870 12-gauge
                                                                  shotgun, established a position just aft of the
                                                                  right front headlamp of the patrol car. Officer
                                                                  Gore ordered the occupants out of the car,  "Get
                                                                  out with your hands up." He repeated it twice
                                                                  before Davis exited the vehicle while Twining
                                                                  remained in the car.
                                                                    Officer Gore ordered Davis to spread his
                                                                  legs, place his hands on top of the Pontiac,
                                                                  and lean on the car. When Davis assumed the
                                                                  directed search position, Officer Gore advanced
                                                                  the short distance between them to search the
                                                                  suspect. Witnesses reported that Officer Gore
                                                                  holstered his revolver to conduct the search.
                                                                    Meanwhile, Officer Frago approached the
                                                                  passenger side of the Gran Prix and reached
                                                                  for the door handle. Twining suddenly opened
                     Officer Pence '5 initial fighting position as Ile battled Twining.  In   the door and fired twice with a four-inch Smith
                     the afternoon of April 6tf1  the Pontiac wm towed back into lhc
                     po1ilio11  where it initially stopped in the driveway of the  'itondard   & Wesson Model 28 .35 7 Magnum revolver,
                     Station, to help reconstruct tfJe scene.  Tf1e narrow channel   striking Officer Frago in the left armpit area
                     between  Unit 18-12 and Unit 78-8 is  w/Jere Oavi5  advanced with
                     the shotgun and killed Officer Alleyn with two 5holgun bias ls  lo   with both shots. The bullets from the Western-
                     the chest and face as he popped up at the left rear of Unit 78-8   brand .35 7 Magnum cartridges traversed Officer
                     During their escape, Davis and Twining drove  the  Pontiac .1traiqhl
                     oheod through tile gos pmnp i:,lands of the Standard Station in the
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                     The position of the shooters near the end of the gun battle.  The  yellow circles are Davis and Twining.  The  brown circles ore t/1e officers
                     represented by the fint letter of their last name.  The  white circle is  the civiliun Gary Kne.u  and the brown rectangle is  the ditch where Ile
                     took cover  The long fines  indicate gunfire and the broken lines  1/Jow the movement of the participants

      42  I GunDigestthemagazine MAY 6, 2013                                                   g un d i ge st .c o m
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