The LEOs heard gunshots, so the homeowner had just fired shots and probably thought there might be other intruders in the house. There is nothing in the article indicating the officers identified themselves, so if they didn’t, they should have a big part of the blame here.
If they did ID themselves, I wonder if the 73 YO homeowner heard them, or if because he was in a self protection mindset, the words didn’t register.
Police officer fatally shoots homeowner who killed intruder
More badly trained LEO’S. This is happening too often.
I wonder why????