But that’s just it, none of us was there and we don’t know how close the perp was to the officer, whether the perp had armed himself in anyway, whether or not the perp was in any position to attack the officer etc.
Ofc it may be that the chief thinks all these questions already have been answered to his satisfaction....
My smaller point is there are a bunch of posts declaring the shot as justified because he used a vehicle to ram the police vehicles...
If they shot him while in the vehicle, I'd call it a HAPPY ENDING...
Except he wasn't in a car when he was shot, he was shot while on foot and fleeing...which goes to your point...