“The homeowner fired at the police first with a sawed off shotgun. What were the police supposed to do?”
Not raid the wrong house.
They deserved to die, not the innocent man who was defending his home.
My brother is a retired police officer. They are permiitted to fire back when fired upon. They were given the wrong address, and by all accounts they did identify themselves.
No, they did not deserve to die. The homeowner fired first, without determining whether or not he was facing a real threat.