You are leaving out key aspects of this that are actually the main points I hang my opinion on.
I guess I just cut human beings more slack than most here. I also don’t believe he was shooting to kill. I believe he was shooting to get her to stop - at the subconscious level.
Being a man, I know the heart of man. Under the circumstances as I understand them, I can see myself doing what she did. I can also see myself doing what he did. Not that either would be right. I feel for both of them.
“I also don’t believe he was shooting to kill. I believe he was shooting to get her to stop - at the subconscious level.”
You know, that is just an enormously stupid statement. Anytime you point a gun at someone, that is a death threat, much less actually pulling the trigger and shooting. This isn’t TV, and you don’t shoot at someone as a warning or just to wound them. Shooting at someone is attempting to kill them, no exceptions.
And of all people, LEO know this. It is part of their training. There is no excuse for this action, none at all.