“Taylor, who was about seven feet from Wrana, then shot a beanbag from a shotgun at Wrana and then shot four more, causing Wrana to bend over, according to the prosecutor.
Based on the training Taylor received, the optimum firing distance for that weapon was a minimum of 15 feet, Delaney said, and Taylor also should have considered Wrana’s age before shooting.
“Even after the missed Taser attempt, the officers still could have safely retreated from his room before resorting to violence, and the defendant himself chose to open fire on Wrana, failing to consider the full effect five beanbag rounds fired in quick succession, at close range, would have upon a 95-year-old man,” Delaney said.”