The report states the gun was jammed. It does not say “on subsequent trigger pull(s)” as you stated in your post. A jammed weapon is just as easily identified when, in the course of acquiring possession of a firearm, the chamber is routinely cleared for safety.
How does what you said explain this from the article:
“Sumter County sheriff’s Cpl. Alan Hamilton was sitting five seats away and grabbed the gun from Reeves, deputies say. The two struggled for control for a few seconds before Reeves let go. The gun was jammed when Hamilton turned it over to deputies.”
Right, it’s a semi auto so it jammed on the reload. My bad. But have you ever known a LEO to only fire once? And he struggled with the arresting deputy.
He’s retired yet brings a loaded pistol into a theater that does not allow firearms? Ergo, he had deadly intent and willfully violated the theater’s rule to facilitate that intent.
IMO he goes off on the first cell phone user he sees and escalates it to the point of exercising his deadly intent. The fact that in a prior incident he was irate and screaming at cell phone users indicates ‘a priori’ motive against theater cell phone texters.
I don’t text btw.