What if Dorner had been shot and killed at that point? Would that have been OK?
YES! Then announce you shot him. But don’t burn the building down then deny it. Obviously someone with the SBCSO, probably an attorney, is telling the sheriff that it’s not in the best interest of LO to admit it.
I really don't care. Honestly. He had already killed one deputy at that location. What difference does it make if he was shot or roasted? It ended the incident without further jeopardy to the LEOs there.
Too many posters are trying to make this into another Waco. It isn't.