Sun Nov 30, 2014, 02:34 PM

off duty Texas cop responds to honk with bullet aimed at motorist's head

A reserve police officer in Houston has been charged in the shooting on a woman in an apparent road rage incident in which he shot her in the head.

Kenneth Caplan, the reserve deputy, cut the woman off and she responded by honking her horn. Caplan then got out of his car and shot her; the bullet grazed her in the head.

“I honestly got a taste of death. My heart was slowing down and I couldn’t really breathe,” the woman, who wants to protect her identity, told NBC2 in Houston. ”He was aiming at me and I thought he was going to cuss me out. It didn’t register that I was, you know, going to get shot. The blood was in between my nails, just crazy blood, and all over my cellphone, just covered.”

Investigators said Caplan’s female passenger leaned back in her seat while Caplan shot at the woman’s car. Caplan reportedly fled the scene, and has been charged with aggravated assault. The woman was hospitalized, but had “non life-threatening injuries.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/texas-reserve-police-officer-shoots-woman-in-face-in-road-rage-incident/

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
off duty Texas cop responds to honk with bullet aimed at motorist's head (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2014	OP
Give the guy a break.	Socal31	Nov 2014	#1
This is one of the good guys or non criminal	upaloopa	Nov 2014	#2
I'm quite sure you believe that's true- I, for one, would never imply that a fellow DUer...	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2014	#10
ammophobic AAAAAAAAAAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAAAGHA	belzabubba333	Nov 2014	#13
"Never serve a dish you wouldn't want to eat."	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2014	#16
theyre all good guys/gals with guns until they kill with someone	belzabubba333	Nov 2014	#14
I'll wager the badge motivated him more than the gun did. nt	Nuclear Unicorn	Nov 2014	#20
Actually, he's one of the cops anti-self defense sorts rely on to enforce gun control laws. nt	Nuclear Unicorn	Nov 2014	#19
So he's not?	BrotherIvan	Nov 2014	#38
Yeap. Another responsible gun owner until he wasn't. Something the	madinmaryland	Nov 2014	#24
We get that the concept of "precrime" is un-American. Do you?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2014	#33
Obviously you and Wayne LaPierre do not...	madinmaryland	Nov 2014	#37
Explain, if you would- your statement is somewhat...murky	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2014	#43
road rage or roid rage	olddots	Nov 2014	#3
When are police departments going to start testing these bastards	Warpy	Nov 2014	#11
Athletes are role models for our youth	Fumesucker	Nov 2014	#32
Agree 100%	BrotherIvan	Nov 2014	#40
"aggravated assault"	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2014	#4
She was honking like a demon.	bravenak	Nov 2014	#5
'jaydriving'	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2014	#6
I know.	bravenak	Nov 2014	#7
I am too.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2014	#9
Either laugh or go completely out of your mind...	NoJusticeNoPeace	Nov 2014	#27
She had honked at somebody up the road	BrotherIvan	Nov 2014	#41
WE NEED MORE "GOOD COP" THREADS OBVIOUSLY!!!	Katashi_itto	Nov 2014	#8
#notallcops	belzabubba333	Nov 2014	#15
You stake your life on that idea. Not me.	Katashi_itto	Nov 2014	#23
I'm sure there's a perfectly logical explanation	gollygee	Nov 2014	#12
Some cops behave like delicate little flowers over the smallest things, I declare.	nc4bo	Nov 2014	#17
Caplan probably is contacting Ferg PD about a recent position that has just open. nt	NCjack	Nov 2014	#18
and remember only cops should have firearms...	ileus	Nov 2014	#21
Yes, she should have been armed so she could shoot back.	louis-t	Nov 2014	#22
After the incident in Illinois a few years back where a nut shot up a lecture hall, the gunsters	Doctor_J	Nov 2014	#26
No shit, that there is downright HIlarious	NoJusticeNoPeace	Nov 2014	#28
You do realize people just might not want to answer your questions, right?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2014	#31
Since you read no such posting at DU, where did you read this?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2014	#30
Sounds like Daily Kos.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#34
Well give me slightly expanded explanations of these attitudes among the 2A crowd	Doctor_J	Nov 2014	#39
None of the first two statements were made about the incident in the OP...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2014	#44
"(T)hat's where ammosexuals go with this story?"	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2014	#29
Only in Texass! n.t.	RoccoR5955	Nov 2014	#25
That's a bullshit post...	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2014	#35
But what had she been up hours before, HUH?	WinkyDink	Nov 2014	#36
No a RESERVE police officer did a stupid thing	whistler162	Nov 2014	#42

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 02:37 PM

Socal31 (2,481 posts)

1. Give the guy a break.

It states he is a reserve officer. Obviously he was trying to show his boss he is ready to be one of the big boys.

off duty Texas cop responds to honk with bullet aimed at motorist's head

1. Give the guy a break.

2. This is one of the good guys or non criminal

10. I'm quite sure you believe that's true- I, for one, would *never* imply that a fellow DUer...

13. ammophobic AAAAAAAAAAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAAAGHA

16. "Never serve a dish you wouldn't want to eat."

14. theyre all good guys/gals with guns until they kill with someone

20. I'll wager the badge motivated him more than the gun did. nt

19. Actually, he's one of the cops anti-self defense sorts rely on to enforce gun control laws. nt

38. So he's not?

24. Yeap. Another responsible gun owner until he wasn't. Something the

33. We get that the concept of "precrime" is un-American. Do you?

37. Obviously you and Wayne LaPierre do not...

43. Explain, if you would- your statement is somewhat...murky

3. road rage or roid rage

11. When are police departments going to start testing these bastards

32. Athletes are role models for our youth

40. Agree 100%

4. "aggravated assault"

5. She was honking like a demon.

6. 'jaydriving'

7. I know.

9. I am too.

27. Either laugh or go completely out of your mind...

41. She had honked at somebody up the road

8. WE NEED MORE "GOOD COP" THREADS OBVIOUSLY!!!

15. #notallcops

23. You stake your life on that idea. Not me.

12. I'm sure there's a perfectly logical explanation

17. Some cops behave like delicate little flowers over the smallest things, I declare.

18. Caplan probably is contacting Ferg PD about a recent position that has just open. nt

21. and remember only cops should have firearms...

22. Yes, she should have been armed so she could shoot back.

26. After the incident in Illinois a few years back where a nut shot up a lecture hall, the gunsters

28. No shit, that there is downright HIlarious

31. You *do* realize people just might not want to answer your questions, right?

30. Since you read no such posting at DU, where *did* you read this?

34. Sounds like Daily Kos.

39. Well give me slightly expanded explanations of these attitudes among the 2A crowd

44. None of the first two statements were made about the incident in the OP...

29. "(T)hat's where ammosexuals go with this story?"

25. Only in Texass! n.t.

35. That's a bullshit post...

36. But what had she been up hours before, HUH?

42. No a RESERVE police officer did a stupid thing

10. I'm quite sure you believe that's true- I, for one, would never imply that a fellow DUer...

31. You do realize people just might not want to answer your questions, right?

30. Since you read no such posting at DU, where did you read this?