I read his ‘manifesto’, for want of a better word. Scary stuff. This would have ended very differently with unarmed officers.
Lots of complaints in his manifesto about firearms licensing refusing him on several occasions, which is good. Him being able to purchase his own firearms and ammunition is a genuinely terrifying thought.
Interested to see the inevitable opinions from people who think this was unnecessary, unjust or excessive.
Damn. This guy sounds like a special sort of domestic terrorist. He didn’t even have a larger agenda, just a list of people he wanted to hurt.
What a terrifying individual.
A man accused of assembling an arsenal of weapons for a ‘revenge’ killing spree at his former primary school was shot by a police officer who was fearing for his life, a court has been told. Reed Wischhusen, 32 was seen in body camera footage rushing downstairs to confront police officers with a gun.
In footage which has been shown to the jury, three shots are heard being fired as officers battle to restrain him. Officers later found a chilling ‘kill list’ Wischhusen had created, the court heard, which listed former classmates, teachers and police staff he wished to target, reports Somerset Live.
Officers attended Wischhusen’s home in Wick St Lawrence, near Weston-Super-Mare on November 28 last year to follow up intelligence he had purchased blank weapons capable of being converted into viable firearms. During the visit, the defendant can be heard excusing himself to the upstairs bathroom during which time officers heard a gun being cocked and a single shot being fired.
Wischhusen is then seen coming down the stairs armed with the weapon, which was later found to contain live ammunition – and armed officers discharged three rounds. The defendant survived but spent four months in hospital recovering from his injuries.
One of the firearms officers, known as L4, told the jury the defendant had asked if could go to the toilet. He said: “After a short while I heard a loud bang. It sounded like a gunshot or an explosion.
“I had to do a quick risk assessment. I withdrew my issued handgun and covered the stairs where I perceived the threat to be. A colleague was running down and I thought the threat was high. I adopted a tactical position at the stairs to allow them to get out the house safely.
“It was really quick. I was concerned I did not know where he was. My colleagues were outside, maybe others were outside and there may be a threat to them if he had a weapon.
“I had a degree of concern that I did not know what happened – so I shouted to him to come to the top of the stairs. He came to the top of the stairs, and pointed his gun directly at me. I thought I was going to die.”
He continued, telling the court he recalled “saying things like ‘drop the gun, put the gun down”. But the defendant “didn’t do that,” the officer added.
“He rushed down the stairs towards me. The gun was pointed directly towards me. It was all so quick I started to move away and I fired two shots.
“It happened so quickly. I withdrew towards the door. I fired a further shot and he dropped to the ground. He was still coming towards us with handgun pointed towards me.”
The officer said Wischhusen then “slumped on his side” and was restrained in handcuffs. The officer added: “I could recognise he was severely injured and we gave him first aid, and saved his life.”
“At one point he reached for the gun. one of my colleagues stopped him and he kept trying to kick out. It came in waves as we were giving treatment. He was saying he wanted to die.
The defendant was later charged with multiple firearms offences and is on trial at Bristol Crown Court. Prosecutor Jonathan Rees KC said the defendant had developed a “macabre interest in infamous killers” over a “sustained period of time,” such as Thomas Hamilton, the Dunblane shooter, Raoul Moat, and an American cop killer. He said Wischhusen had also obsessed over mass shootings and bombings such as Columbine and the Oklahoma bombing and he had illegally sought to build a small armoury of firearms and explosives.
The court was told he had drawn up a ‘revenge-list’ of those he wanted to kill, documenting planned attacks on his old school and Avon and Somerset Police HQ. During a police interview, Wischhusen claimed the incident on November 28 was a ‘suicide attempt’ and he shot himself before running at the officers ‘hoping they would kill me.’
Referring to his ‘kill-list’ he accepted he had a ‘macabre interest’ in mass shootings but denied any intention to carry out the shooting. He added: “It is just fantasy, that is all.”
Another neighbourhood police officer who was also at the scene said he left into the garden to seek ‘hard cover’ as the two firearms officers on the scene drew their weapons. Giving evidence on Wednesday, October 4, the officer said: “It was a bit surreal. We expect risk in our job. But you never expect to be in that situation. As an officer that is not armed, I felt extremely vulnerable.
“As they (the firearms officers) stepped back in – I did not know if they were going to come out or if he was going to come out. It was a difficult moment.
“They started to shout ‘put the gun down, put the gun down and then there were gun shots. I did not know if they had been shot or if he had been shot – but I knew I had to do something there and then so I looked into the house.
“I stepped in and could see they were restraining him – he had clearly been shot. I could see what I believe to be a very small pistol on the floor that wasn’t there earlier.”
To treat his wounds, they had to take his jacket off and remove handcuffs and the officer said the defendant tried to reach for his pistol. He added: “I pushed the gun away.”
The trial continues.
Seems like an odd oversight to let him use his own bathroom given that his arrest clearly warranted several armed officers showing up in the first place
An astounding amount of difference in the training level and approach of our AFOs and those in the US it’s honestly shocking how much better our police handle these incidents.
Comments in here are mad.
Chris Kaba was guilty and had it coming even though he was unarmed?
This loon in the article actually had guns + ammo, grenade, and a bloody manifesto with intentions to harm minors… but people are still defending him? like wtf? This country has lost it.
Yup, there was no way this guy was not going to end up doing something unspeakable. He was determined to hurt people and I fully support the officer that took him down.
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I read his ‘manifesto’, for want of a better word. Scary stuff. This would have ended very differently with unarmed officers.
Lots of complaints in his manifesto about firearms licensing refusing him on several occasions, which is good. Him being able to purchase his own firearms and ammunition is a genuinely terrifying thought.
Interested to see the inevitable opinions from people who think this was unnecessary, unjust or excessive.
Damn. This guy sounds like a special sort of domestic terrorist. He didn’t even have a larger agenda, just a list of people he wanted to hurt.
What a terrifying individual.
A man accused of assembling an arsenal of weapons for a ‘revenge’ killing spree at his former primary school was shot by a police officer who was fearing for his life, a court has been told. Reed Wischhusen, 32 was seen in body camera footage rushing downstairs to confront police officers with a gun.
In footage which has been shown to the jury, three shots are heard being fired as officers battle to restrain him. Officers later found a chilling ‘kill list’ Wischhusen had created, the court heard, which listed former classmates, teachers and police staff he wished to target, reports Somerset Live.
Officers attended Wischhusen’s home in Wick St Lawrence, near Weston-Super-Mare on November 28 last year to follow up intelligence he had purchased blank weapons capable of being converted into viable firearms. During the visit, the defendant can be heard excusing himself to the upstairs bathroom during which time officers heard a gun being cocked and a single shot being fired.
Wischhusen is then seen coming down the stairs armed with the weapon, which was later found to contain live ammunition – and armed officers discharged three rounds. The defendant survived but spent four months in hospital recovering from his injuries.
One of the firearms officers, known as L4, told the jury the defendant had asked if could go to the toilet. He said: “After a short while I heard a loud bang. It sounded like a gunshot or an explosion.
“I had to do a quick risk assessment. I withdrew my issued handgun and covered the stairs where I perceived the threat to be. A colleague was running down and I thought the threat was high. I adopted a tactical position at the stairs to allow them to get out the house safely.
“It was really quick. I was concerned I did not know where he was. My colleagues were outside, maybe others were outside and there may be a threat to them if he had a weapon.
“I had a degree of concern that I did not know what happened – so I shouted to him to come to the top of the stairs. He came to the top of the stairs, and pointed his gun directly at me. I thought I was going to die.”
He continued, telling the court he recalled “saying things like ‘drop the gun, put the gun down”. But the defendant “didn’t do that,” the officer added.
“He rushed down the stairs towards me. The gun was pointed directly towards me. It was all so quick I started to move away and I fired two shots.
“It happened so quickly. I withdrew towards the door. I fired a further shot and he dropped to the ground. He was still coming towards us with handgun pointed towards me.”
The officer said Wischhusen then “slumped on his side” and was restrained in handcuffs. The officer added: “I could recognise he was severely injured and we gave him first aid, and saved his life.”
“At one point he reached for the gun. one of my colleagues stopped him and he kept trying to kick out. It came in waves as we were giving treatment. He was saying he wanted to die.
The defendant was later charged with multiple firearms offences and is on trial at Bristol Crown Court. Prosecutor Jonathan Rees KC said the defendant had developed a “macabre interest in infamous killers” over a “sustained period of time,” such as Thomas Hamilton, the Dunblane shooter, Raoul Moat, and an American cop killer. He said Wischhusen had also obsessed over mass shootings and bombings such as Columbine and the Oklahoma bombing and he had illegally sought to build a small armoury of firearms and explosives.
The court was told he had drawn up a ‘revenge-list’ of those he wanted to kill, documenting planned attacks on his old school and Avon and Somerset Police HQ. During a police interview, Wischhusen claimed the incident on November 28 was a ‘suicide attempt’ and he shot himself before running at the officers ‘hoping they would kill me.’
Referring to his ‘kill-list’ he accepted he had a ‘macabre interest’ in mass shootings but denied any intention to carry out the shooting. He added: “It is just fantasy, that is all.”
Another neighbourhood police officer who was also at the scene said he left into the garden to seek ‘hard cover’ as the two firearms officers on the scene drew their weapons. Giving evidence on Wednesday, October 4, the officer said: “It was a bit surreal. We expect risk in our job. But you never expect to be in that situation. As an officer that is not armed, I felt extremely vulnerable.
“As they (the firearms officers) stepped back in – I did not know if they were going to come out or if he was going to come out. It was a difficult moment.
“They started to shout ‘put the gun down, put the gun down and then there were gun shots. I did not know if they had been shot or if he had been shot – but I knew I had to do something there and then so I looked into the house.
“I stepped in and could see they were restraining him – he had clearly been shot. I could see what I believe to be a very small pistol on the floor that wasn’t there earlier.”
To treat his wounds, they had to take his jacket off and remove handcuffs and the officer said the defendant tried to reach for his pistol. He added: “I pushed the gun away.”
The trial continues.
Seems like an odd oversight to let him use his own bathroom given that his arrest clearly warranted several armed officers showing up in the first place
An astounding amount of difference in the training level and approach of our AFOs and those in the US it’s honestly shocking how much better our police handle these incidents.
Comments in here are mad.
Chris Kaba was guilty and had it coming even though he was unarmed?
This loon in the article actually had guns + ammo, grenade, and a bloody manifesto with intentions to harm minors… but people are still defending him? like wtf? This country has lost it.
Yup, there was no way this guy was not going to end up doing something unspeakable. He was determined to hurt people and I fully support the officer that took him down.