i just had a cop remove a leg with a nightstick thru police body armor just how can this be done

(copy of screen)
Police Station
#-CODE NAME------------SKILL---WEAPON---------ARMOR----------HEALTH---TRANSPORT-
1 Tetsuo Brewster+H 9/0 .44 Mag. (3) PoliceBdyArmor LtWound On Foot
2 Kweisi Krasow 8/0 .44 Mag. (3) PoliceBdyArmor BadWound On Foot
3 Akira Youngblood 4/0 .44 Mag. (3) PoliceBdyArmor Wounded On Foot
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D - Try to lose them! O - Change the squad's Liberal order
E - Equip # - Check the status of a squad Liberal
F - Fight! 0 - Show the squad's Liberal status
G - Give Up
Police Officer MISTAKENLY swings at Veronica Griffith with a Nightstick!
Police Officer hits the right leg BLOWING IT APART!
Police Officer
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note Veronica Griffith was dead first.
and it read as only bruised on the dead screen.