Forensics Guy Interviewed Regarding Recent Phoenix Police Officer Slaying

Forensics Guy was recently inter­viewed by the Phoenix CBS local affil­i­ate KPHO, regard­ing the type of ammu­ni­tion used in a recent Phoenix Police Officer slaying.

Below is a por­tion of the rel­e­vant text from the arti­cle, with a clar­i­fi­ca­tion for accuracy.

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PHOENIX — A .223-caliber bul­let was used to kill Phoenix police Officer Travis Murphy, accord­ing to the Phoenix police department.

“It’s vir­tu­ally the same ammu­ni­tion that they use in the U.S. mil­i­tary,” said Erik Brown, a foren­sic firearms expert and founder of www.forensicsguy.com.

Brown said a .223 round can be lethal no mat­ter where some­one is shot. [Please note, I never said this. — Forensics Guy ]

“This pro­jec­tile, once it hits the body, will break apart into many dif­fer­ent pieces and cause a lot of dam­age,” said Brown.

The .223 is pri­mar­ily used with assault rifles, such as the AR-15.

Arizona Tactical Firearms owner Ron Uthe said he requires a clean FBI back­ground check before sell­ing any weapons, but said they often wind up in the hands of con­victed felons. “The sta­tis­tics show that they steal them,” said Uthe.

Officers in the Phoenix police Special Assignments Unit carry AR-15 firearms, but the major­ity of offi­cers only carry a handgun.

“The rank and file offi­cers on the street can’t match the fire­power that some of these bad guys have,” said Uthe.

Read the rest of the arti­cle on KPHO’s Website.