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20 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 critically wounded a suspect. He recorded that his first Shot was fired from a distance of ten feet and noted the distance of his second shot by a question mark. Meanwhile the other shooters were moving toward the front bedroom where Satchel, Anderson, and Brewer lay huddled on the floor. Broderick, located in the bathroom, and Ciszewski, positioned in the corner of the dining room, fired several blasts from their shotguns into the front bedroorn. Simultaneously, Gorman ad- vanced down the hallway and approached this bedroom. Seeing the forms of Anderson and Brewer rising between the beds, he aimed and fired his machine gun into the bedroom. At that point Carmody charged through the front bedroom doorway and the occupants surrendered. When the guns were stilled, Satchel had been struck four times, Anderson and Brewer, twice. All three plaintiffs denied firing weapons. While the sur- vivors were gathered into the kitchen the nonshooters entered the apartment. According to the survivors’ Delain they were then physically and verbally abus- ed. The evidence introduced by defendants at trial produces a portrait of the incident which barely resembles the one depicted by plaintiffs. All the officers testified that they were fired on from within the apart- ment as they attempted to serve the search warrant. Groth testified that he and his men announced their pur- pose to the occupants on the morning of December 4 while standing on the apartment porch. After receiving no response, Davis struck: down the front door of the apartment. As he lunged into the living room a shotgun blast flashed through the room from Clark’s gun. Seeing Harris’ gun directed at the front entrance door, he fired and hit her in the leg. Fearing for Davis’ life, Groth stepped into the living room and was met by the barrel of Harris’ gun aimed in his direction; believing that she had fired a shot at him, Groth responded by firing at her. Davis noticed Clark rising from his chair, “pump- ing” his shotgun, and turning toward him. Davis fired three shots while simultaneously rushing at Clark. A struggle for Clark’s gun followed and the men dropped to the floor. In the meantime, Gorman had entered the