So the moral of this story is that stores and their employees shouldn't call 911 unless they want to leave themselves open for liability?
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.
An inept performance on their part. And a presumably innocent man is dead. Blame the police for their on incompetence.
“So the moral of this story is that stores and their employees shouldn’t call 911 unless they want to leave themselves open for liability?”
So, employees shouldn’t call 911 and LIE about a suspect.
“Blame the police for their on incompetence.”
Sure. BUT, the employee who escalated this tragedy deserves equal blame.