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and fired the pistol from a few feet
away, hitting Officer Pence in the
back of the head and killing him
instantly.
Gary Kness heard Twining ex-
claim, "I've got you now, you dumb
son of a bitch!" Twining retreated to
the Pontiac while taking a revolver
from Officer Gore's lifeless body.
Davis had made his way around the NEWPPQ M2®
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front of the Pontiac and entered
the driver's side of the vehicle to
WE ENGINEERED
prepare for their escape.

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The first unit on scene was 78-16R THREE NEW PRODUCTS
and as Officer Richard Robinson ex-
ited the passenger side of the patrol
car with a Remington 870 shotgun,
the last .45-caliber bullet from Twin-
ing's handgun hit the door of the
car.
Officer Robinson hadn't seen
NEWPPK/S .22™
Twining. The first man he observed
was Kness, who pointed toward
the fleeing felons with one hand,
still clutching the empty revolver. AND WE'RE RE-ENGINEERING
Officer Robinson crossed the ditch
and leveled his Remington 870
shotgun over the top of the fence at A GREAT BRAND
the escaping Pontiac, too late to fire
a shot.
Officer Ed Holmes exited the
driver's side and saw Twining fire
at them. Holmes fired one shot at
Twining with his revolver and once
more through the shattered rear
window of the escaping vehicle as
it sped off northeast through the NEWPPX™
gas pump islands with Davis at the
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