In study this week of details in the Ferguson grand jury transcripts, it was noted that Officer Darren Wilson carried a 40 caliber Sig Sauer P229. He explained to the grand jury that it held 12 rounds in the magazine plus 1 in the chamber, for a total of 13. During the course of many pages of testimony, it appears that, in the midst of 2 failures to fire (most likely due to Micheal Brown's having had his hand on the slide) the first 2 rounds were fired inside the vehicle and 10 more fired outside the vehicle.
Officer Wilson also stated that when back at the police station making the gun safe before placing it in an evidence bag, there was just 1 round left in his pistol. That tells me a couple of things: (1). He stopped shooting immediately when the lethal threat was stopped and (2) Had he been restricted to carrying a handgun with a 10-round magazine capacity, Officer Wilson would most likely have been mangled or killed.
Officer Wilson also stated that when back at the police station making the gun safe before placing it in an evidence bag, there was just 1 round left in his pistol. That tells me a couple of things: (1). He stopped shooting immediately when the lethal threat was stopped and (2) Had he been restricted to carrying a handgun with a 10-round magazine capacity, Officer Wilson would most likely have been mangled or killed.
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