We've known for a long time that most reporters just kinda make it up as hey go along. It is still startling to see proof so often though...
“We’ve known for a long time that most reporters just kinda make it up as hey go along.”
They probably have a boilerplate paragraph that they use for every shooting story. Sounds like the police chief is an idiot as well. Not to denigrate the “boys in blue”, but if I’m “staking out” two people that are suspected of having shot and killed during armed robberies, they aren’t going to have the opportunity to raise the muzzle of the shotgun in my direction, let alone shoot 4 of my friends.