[kellyhound]

During a recent traffic stop in South Carolina, a 70-year-old man was shot after the responding officer mistook his cane for a shotgun.

The officer was put on administrative leave pending an investigation into the incident which occurred in February.

Bobby Canipe, the North Carolina resident and Vietnam veteran who was a victim of the shooting, was returning form attending the Daytona 500 when he was pulled over for an expired license plate. “It’s a walking stick,” Canipe said when the shots ended.

“I promise to God I thought it was a shotgun,” replied York County Deputy Terrance Knox.

The officer is later heard crying while explaining to a fellow officer why he shot Canipe.

Fox News reported on Thursday that Knox’s commanding officer said, judging from the dash cam tape, that Knox “did the right thing.”

[Kai_Wolf]

That is a tough situation..

[Arevalosocom]

Good shoot..........officer screamed orders multiple times. Much like a CCW, he honestly "fear for his life".

[LeadHead]

Cop should be fired jailed and never allowed to be around a weapon again.

[uncleanone]

Paranoid of so much shit they see. id probably think it was a gun too.
He is an old man maybe he couldn't hear the officer yelling at him.

[rambo19]

Originally Posted by LeadHead ↗

Cop should be fired jailed and never allowed to be around a weapon again.

What bollocks!

[Desensitisation]

That was sad. Young cop made a snap decision based on what he thought he saw, but was proven wrong. You can hear he immediately regretted what happened; I don't think he's the kind of cop that will need to be stripped of his badge and gun for what happened. Can't fake that kind of remorse, and knowing what cops go through, I can't exactly blame him. There was a cop who was shot with an automatic rifle by some old crazy bastard a couple of years ago, and that cop gave him the benefit of the doubt... and died for it.

Here's hoping the old fellow that was shot lived.

[Shakey]

Trigger happy.

[Faline]

Tough one

[nat906]

survives Vietnam to be shot down back home . killing of America right there folks.