[JoeDetweiler]

For what it’s worth....

“The Boiling Spring Lakes Police Chief has cleared his officers of any wrong doing at the scene. Chief Brad Shirley says an internal review shows his officers did not break any laws. They responded to help Keith Vidal’s family, during what they called a schizophrenic episode. Ultimately, Vidal was shot and killed.”

“Seventy seconds later, Unit 104 radioed out that he had to fire shots at the subject in order to defend himself.”

http://www.wect.com/story/24367610/officer-involved-shooting-reported-in-boiling-spring-lakes

They aren’t really saying what happened yet, but that’s pretty typical when lawsuits get involved.

[PistolPaknMama]

he had to fire shots at the subject in order to defend himself

Three cops and the boy's father there to subdue the boy. And the cop felt threatened? I'm not buying that at all.

[the808bass]

From your link (bold mine):

According to the report, the first unit on scene was a Boiling Spring Lakes officer who arrived at 12:34 p.m. He was joined shortly after by two additional BSL officers and a Brunswick County Sheriff's Deputy.

The first unit on scene reported a confrontation in the hallway, but told Brunswick County Dispatchers several times that everything was OK.

Unit 104 from Southport arrived on the scene at 12:48:41, fourteen minutes after the first officer had already been on scene.

Seventy seconds later, Unit 104 radioed out that he had to fire shots at the subject in order to defend himself.

Not encouraging.