The gunwomanâs unnamed son was shot in the head during the shootout and is currently âfighting for his lifeâ, said police. It is not clear who shot the boy.
And then later in the articleâŚ
Police said the suspect used an AR-15 rifle for the attack. She also had a .22 calibre rifle, but did not fire that weapon.
It is extremely unlikely that she shot her son, because he would be dead, not fighting for his life. A shot from an AR-15 to a childâs head would do catastrophic damage. That child was shot by the police. Not on purpose, probably, but he was shot by the police.
Largely agree, butâŚ
A 28-year-old Houston police officer and a 38-year-old agent with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), both of whom were off-duty and had been hired as church security, returned fire.
More like wannabe police? Though close cousins, I suppose.
TABC agents are fully empowered state police officers with statewide criminal jurisdiction
But, off duty, so⌠complicated. And multiple persons, so âwho shot the boyâ would likely need to be narrowed down to a specific shooter.
It doesnât get more American than that. 
So many threads this could go inâŚ
A document laying out the investigationâs findings would be comical if the stakes werenât so high. It describes Hernandez falling over, rolling on the ground for several seconds, falling over again while struggling to stand up and breaking his sunglasses, sending a piece flying into the frame. He shouted âshots firedâ four times, said the shots were coming from the car, and claimed he was âhit.â His partner, who also unloaded into the car, seemed confused, at one point simply asking him, âWhat?â The sound of an acorn hitting the car is barely audible before the shooting begins.
During the investigation, Hernandez was initially adamant that shots had been fired.
Eventually, investigators showed him frame-by-frame footage of an acorn hitting the car. âAcorn?â Hernandez asked. âAcorn,â the investigator responded.
ACORN: All Cops Out Right Now.
he trained at West Point and served as an infantry and special forces officer for a decade, which included two rotations in Afghanistan. He said that he never faced combat because he was an officer.
Also because there arenât quite as many acorns in Afghanistan and they arenât as scary as American acorns.
My ex is a cop. There is not enough discussion about the fact that many cops suffer PTSD and they receive little support with it.
A lot of cops come into the job because they were raised in households where there was abuse. Sometimes they were the person protecting one parent from the other. They grow up with this hero mentality. Often the whole situation they grew up in is completely unexplored. Then they are expected to respond to domestic cases without any insight into how this might trigger them.
Although there is nominally psychological support for police, itâs a big CYA thing for the agencies. Police have very high rates of suicide. If the agency gives them counseling, then when the cop commits suicide, they can say, âWe did our best. See. We sent them to counseling.â But there is a big conflict of interest, because the counselor has the authority to recommend that they lose their badge and gun. So, they donât really open up in counseling - especially if their PTSD has gotten their whole identity wrapped up into their job.
When I was on Long Island, 9/11 was still very present in peopleâs consciousness. One of the referrals my therapist could give was to a counselor who specialized in working with first responders UNDER THE TABLE because they didnât want their agencies to know they were seeing a therapist.
I didnât really understand these kinds of triggers like the sound of an acorn dropping until I went to Israel. When the war broke out, planes and drones would fly overhead at night, whereas before it had been quiet. It took me about 2 months being back in the US before I didnât freak out at the sound of a plane.
Joining us now with his analysis of the new data and to talk about how policy changes have contributed to this alarming trend, especially in certain states, Chip Brownlee, a reporter at The Trace, a nonprofit news site that covers gun violence. His latest is titled, Youâre More Likely to Be Shot in Selma Than in Chicago .
Maybe that will make some kind of difference?