“It appeared that he had some accessories to the handgun that he was trying to install on it or put pieces of this gun together,” said Yakima police Captain Rod Light.
By their own admission, it was unassembled. And they still started blazing away.
So, what you're saying is that the kid was an accessory either before or after the fact.
DEATH!!!
Peasants are target practice and we are in a virtual free-fire zone at times without knowing it.
Heck, when I was sitting behind a .50 cal BMG, I often could not shoot back even when tracers went zipping past, until we were given clearance to fire back.
Cops seem to have clearance to open up on just about anything that loosely fits whatever their rules book says might be a threat. Like that kid near SF a few months ago.