"They are faced with a weapon pointed at them. What other choice do they have?"
Well, how about this?
The 1st Jack-Booted Thug to stick his nose/head into the door, was covered from head to toe in body armor AND had a shield.
Why not do (what one would hope these morons are trained to do) and simply duck back and order the suspect to put down their weapon, especially, in light of the fact that Guerena had NOT actually discharged his weapon.
What about all the "Simulator Training" these Goons supposedly go thru which I KNOW (from experience) teaches/trains the LEO's to NOT react in such a Cowboy-Like, manner, whereby they open fire instinctively without thought or taking a second to appraise the situation.
Something stinks here to high heaven and there was NO need for this raid whatsoever.
absolutely.
...but whatever happened before, the Marine was still alive, when his wife and child came out of the closet.
SWAT refused to let the medics in, for 1 hour and 14 minutes.
then, they radioed they could go home, because the “suspect” was dead.
THAT makes it deliberate, calculated, murder.