What possible difference could it make?
She was not a threat.
“What possible difference could it make?”
Ambien makes some people operate in a trancelike state. Google “Ambien Zombie.”
I think he’s going for the “startled” defense, which is probably pretty close to what happened. She probably popped up at the driver’s window and scared the cops witless resulting in Noor capping her.
Doesn’t excuse it, but it might explain it.