A witness said he'd broken open a package of sports drinks and was seeing how many could fit into a backpack. If true then they were the actions of a jerk but not a berserk person. But again, I haven't seen any account where anyone but the police described him as such.
You know, there are a lot of unkowns here. For example, witnesses say the victim was confronted outside the store. Why? Why did police zero in on him? Has anyone heard? Did the Costco employee point him out or did the police order him to halt for another reason? All the witnesses seem to start their accounts from when the police began yelling. It was a bad situation all around and a man is dead who shouldn't be. So regardless of why they were called to begin with, unless there is some indication that the victim acted improperly or dangerously to the police then the responsibility for the death lies with the police officer's themselves. And for the earlier poster to say that all the blame for the death and what will happen to the police officer's lives and careers is nonsense.
Also a Costco employee is to blame for hyping the situation when he/she called 911. The police came into Costco expecting a crazed gunman. There was no crazed gunman but the police acted as though they had one on their hands. It seems Scott was given contradictory commands. When he obeyed the order to give up his weapon he was shot. My bet it was one of the two rookies who shot him
Gross stupidity and incompetence. Three Stooges episode
A witness said he’d broken open a package of sports drinks and was seeing how many could fit into a backpack. If true then they were the actions of a jerk but not a berserk person
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Oh please, that doesn’t even mean he was a jerk. Maybe he was buying the sports drinks and was looking for a backpack to purchase. Maybe he was trying to see which back pack would hold them so he would know which one to buy. There is NOTHING wrong with that.
“Why did police zero in on him? Has anyone heard? Did the Costco employee point him out ...”
That is what my understanding from one of the early reports.
When the police got there, an employee had to identify the soon to be murdered man. He had no idea what was coming.
Nazi employee should be charged with accessory to murder.