The news is already laying the foundation that this black guy really didn’t mean to shoot the officer, but was shooting at someone else...
Here it comes....
That story originated with Mr. Williams. Ignore the fact that intent is one of the elements of the most serious crime.
Be fair. “The news” didn’t say that; the law enforcement spokesman did. He indicated that the perp was making that claim, but the investigation isn’t over.
The news report you heard was only correctly quoting from the press conference.
Sorry, when you wound a cop it becomes personal to the Blue Brothers...