“But we can’t predict that, and we can’t know that when someone has a gun in their hand.”
That explanation is little comfort to Thomas’ friend and cousin.
This is not, grammatically or logically, equivalent to your claim that the victim was brandishing a gun.
I am beginning to think that English may not be your first language, if you truly cannot discern the difference between a hypothetical subject and the actual victim.
If the original police claims are true, that this person ran out the door with a gun towards them, then I consider this brandishing a weapon. You refused to accept the fact that the very article you used in this thread, mentioned three times that the victim had a weapon in his hands. I gave you all three quotes from your article and you are still harassing and misquoting me as well as my intent. Stop or I will have a moderator stop you.