"Hospitality Major" Shot After Advancing On Cop With Tomahawk

By Bob Owens | 11:22 AM | December 17, 2015

When you advance upon an officer with a weapon in your hand as University of North Texas student Ryan McMillan did early Sunday morning, the officer has no other option than to protect himself.

UNT Police officer Cpl. Stephen Bean, a four-year veteran, tried backing away and gave McMillian every opportunity to drop his tomahawk. Instead, McMillain closed to within 5-6 feet before Bean fired. McMillian finally turned away and fell after the final shot.

Police were responding to calls that a man was smashing car windows.

McMillian had just turned 21.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.