So a not very large or muscular unarmed woman, with her back to the officer “had to” be shot in the back and a police review said “the officer in the situation had no other choice.”
Maybe he feared with increasingly intense anxiety building into a surge within him that this woman would turn suddenly, grab a large automatic weapon from somewhere and drill him full of holes.
Or, maybe she wouldn’t.
So he killed her.
She was shot in the back?
They taunted the shooter and effectively waited for him to get into position. Only until he was in position facing in Babbitt’s direction, was Babbitt then assisted into the window frame.
Yes, they taunted the gunman, awaited his readiness, and then helped Babbitt progress into his line of fire.