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of 10 .33-caliber 00 Buckshot pellets work the night shift as a computer advanced on the pair.
in his face and chest. operator when he saw a pair of CHP Seeing the CHP shotgun on the
With his shotgun empty, Davis cruisers in the parking lot and flashes ground at Officer Alleyn's feet, Mr.
went to fallen Officer Frago and of gunfire. His first thought was that Kness grabbed the weapon, aimed it
stripped his weapons. He placed the a movie was being filmed on loca- and pulled the trigger on an empty
unfired CHP Remington 870 shotgun tion, but as he neared the scene and chamber. He racked the slide and
inside the Pontiac, along with his saw Officer Alleyn go down, he real- pulled the trigger again on an empty
empty sawed-off shotgun. Armed ized it was a real gunfight. chamber.
himself with the fallen officer's six- The former Marine stopped his At the sight of the shotgun, Davis
inch Colt Officer's Model Match .38 car, and ran about 70 yards to assist retreated to the front of the Pontiac.
Special revolver, he fired at the prone Officer Alleyn. Kness grabbed him by Once it was apparent the shotgun
body of Officer Alleyn. the gunbelt and attempted to pull was empty, Davis advanced on Kness
him to cover, but he found he could and Officer Alleyn, firing the .38-cali-
A Heroic Attempt not move him. Davis stepped around ber revolver.
Gary Dean Kness was on his way to the right front of the Pontiac and When he saw Davis retreat, Kness
ditched the shotgun and tried to pull
Officer Alleyn to cover. When Davis
charged his position again, Kness
( ( Let's face it, it's no fun shooting picked up Officer Alleyn's revolver.
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a new set of eyes ... ,, single round at Davis.
Kness would later report that
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Kness fired again, pulling the trig-
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approaching, he fled to the safety of a
nearby ditch.

The Flanking Movement
As Davis exchanged gunfire with Offi-
cer Alleyn and Kness, Twining shot at
Officer Pence from near the front left
of the Pontiac. Twining made a wide
flank to Officer Pence's left. Revolver
empty, he moved to the left rear cor-
ner of the patrol car and dumped the
six spent cases.
Twining advanced in the shadows
as Officer Pence reloaded his empty
revolver. He fired four rounds at him
from the left flank, striking him twice
in the legs and twice again in the
lower torso. Officer Pence struggled
to complete his reload and get back
into the fight. Twining pressed closer
and leaned over the fender of the car,

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