So wait until you hear shots and then shoot to kill? Was that the order?
Someone needs to ask what the actual rules of engagement were. I suspect they won’t want to disclose that for security reasons, but it’s critical to know if the SS snipers hands were tied prior to first shot.
We don’t know what the officer saw. He has to make a split second decision that factors in many things. He has one shot.
What should have happened was having officers on the other roof. This was the big mistake yesterday. Not enough security.
No, you wait until you can actually see the shooter above the roofline (or someone shouts a bogey has done so), get him in the sight (in the one vid you can see the sniper raise his head and reposition his rifle to do so), get the crosshairs on the shooter, and fire.) Oh, yeah, in the process ascertaining the figure you see is not a fellow LEO somehow in the wrong place (except that there SHOULD have been an LEO or two up there) and what the hell that figure is doing.
The real question here is why wasn’t the back side of that roof secured. That is inexcusable.