By DAVID SCHULTE World Staff Writer
11/1/2008
To police officers, any hesitation when determining whether to fire their guns can mean the loss of their own lives or those of innocent bystanders.
And any unjustified shooting by police can lead to the wrongful death of another person.
Within the past two weeks, Tulsa police officers have had to make that fatal decision twice.
On Tuesday, Cpl. Matt Hart and Officer Phillip Forbrich killed Michael Julian Buck- nor, 25, when Bucknor reportedly refused to drop a gun outside the Cobblestone Apartments, 7643 E. 51st St.
Bucknor was a suspect in the shooting of Mahdi Ouni, 22, on Sunday in a parking lot at the Westminster Apartments, 4828 S. 74th East Ave.
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