Resisting got him killed. Having a gun got him killed.
Reaching need not be proved. At this point, the officer need only perceive that his life is in danger or in fear of great bodily harm to shoot FIRST.
But wait..... Isn’t it against the LAW for a convicted felon to possess a gun? So he couldn’t have had a gun because gun laws have prevented felons from having guns.
Maybe if we passed more gun laws restricting law abiding citizens from having guns, the criminals won’t have them either because the laws aimed directly at felons have worked so well.
Actually, he was also accused of threatening to kill someone. I think if he was just selling CD’s, they would have let him go. But his record proved he was a menace.