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Sound guy SHOT filming Cops... 8/27/14


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2735460/Cops-TV-crew-member-shot-armed-robber-killed-gun-fight-took-place-filming-police-Nebraska.html

 

This article says cameraman, but all other reports have been corrected to say the Sound engineer.

 

 

NBC Omaha reporting an audio engineer has died while filming Cops.... 

 

  Sad..

 

Dangerous show to work on...  for sure...

 

Sorry for him and his family...  

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this just in: http://deadline.com/2014/08/cops-spike-crew-member-dead-shot-robbery-825551/

 

" Dion was wearing a ballistic vest, but the bullet “came in under his left arm and slipped in between the vest, " 30 rounds fired... was " the number of shots fired by the three police officers who went into the restaurant was excessive... suggestions the hail of bullets suggests the police were showing off for the Cops camera. , " ?

 

" Bryce been with us seven years, and he really is one of our best,” John Langley said during the news conference.  Dion, who had recently been promoted to sound supervisor,  “was a very talented guy and he did something he loved and was passionate about. We’ve been very fortunate over the years that we’ve never had an incident like this. Unfortunately this happened and we’re dealing with it and it’s a very sad day for us.” "

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Regardless the numbers, I wanted to share the painful and unfortunate death Dion went through. Perhaps brining up such details like amount of bullets didn't make sense in the first place. My bad! I think, we don't need to discuss that detail any further. 

 

My condolences to his family... 

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Dion was in one of the doorways into the store and the robber ran for the same door as the police fired on the robber. This put Dion in the line of fire with nowhere to go. He could have been turning to leave when the bullet caught him under the armpit where there was no armor. Sad day in Omaha.

 

I've been an ER room when a person was brought in with the same type of wound. The ER team would have put up a great fight to save Dion, but bullets coming in there have a habit of going through all the organs you need to live. When it was over, it effected everybody involved. I have never forgotten that day even though its been more than 10 years ago.

 

Scott.... 

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This terrible accident has gained international acceptance. I found this news yesterday on our local newspaper website in Hamburg / Germany

 

http://www.mopo.de/promi---show/zwei-tote-im-schnellimbiss-bei-dreh-fuer-reality-serie--cops---polizist-erschiesst-toningenieur,5066870,28246140.html

 

Risking life for TV has been discussed in Germany for some time since a young man was paralyzed from the neck down two years ago, doing a stunt in a TV show, watched live by 8 million viewers.

 

We do so many dangerous things day by day, thinking that we will be home with our families afterwards ... 

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We do so many dangerous things day by day, thinking that we will be home with our families afterwards ...>>>

 

oh, probably not just this, but maybe a lot of money involved compared to some other 'usual' sound gig...?

 

 

but to be taken down by friendly fire is a major tragedy...>>>

 

damn, this was not a war zone! 

 

more i think of it, more ridiculous it all seems to me. 

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