I am not a liberal by any means, and I am very accomplished at shooting many types of weapons I own and I can tell when I hit even at the distance in this case. By your account, policy and procedure (even training) demands the full 9 yards then.
Here’s a prediction. The family or estate gets $10 Million for each of the 8 shots. Put that in your policy and procedures. This was murder.
Here is a prediction. Officer gets negligent homicide or less and probation or walks. Family gets less than $1 million.