Soldier Dies After Gunfight With Md. Cop

[Ghost in the Machine]

Soldier Dies After Gunfight With Md. Cop
Published: 7/22/07, 9:45 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) - An Army corporal out on the town opened fire on a police officer who was working overtime as a security guard early Sunday, then was fatally shot in return, police said. The officer was not injured.

Cpl. Alexander E. Larkin, 25, who was stationed at Fort Meade, was club-hopping before the gunfight with Officer Jared Stern in a parking garage shortly before 2 a.m., said Officer Nicole Monroe, a police spokeswoman.

Stern, also 25, was working in the parking garage when he came upon an altercation between two men, Monroe said. Two other men, including Larkin, appeared ready to get involved, she said.

Stern tried to break up the fight and used a chemical spray on the men. Larkin pulled out a .50-caliber semiautomatic Desert Eagle handgun and opened fire, Monroe said. It was not a military-issue sidearm, she said.

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[TomInTib]

1. Carrying a .50 cal Desert Eagle? Now there's your everyday good citizen.

What an idiot.

That is an offensive weapon, not defensive.

No-good skunk.

I wonder if he had been deployed in ME?

[krispos42]

2. Jesus, a Desert Eagle?

That's one hell of a piece of hardware. They start at $1,400, and the .50 Action Express round is NOT something generally considered 'self-defense' appropriate. Hell, it's nearly twice as powerful as a .44 Magnum and almost three times as powerful as a .357 Magnum! Imagine the recoil!

Shortest available barrel is 6", and the thing weighs four-and-a-half pounds empty!

http://www.magnumresearch.com/Expand.asp?ProductCode=Black-6