Not to mention that it was coming from Colombia...
Hel-LO???
My thoughts exactly when I read the articles.
My bet is that there may be more to this than we will ever know. I'm glad to know those air marshals are there.
That's irrelevant. The aircraft being boarded happened to have originated in Columbia, but the guy did no arrive on that flight, and all PAX on that flight had to pass through Miami security.
The inquiry boils down to whether or not the shooter reasonably apprehended a deadly threat. If the shooter thought the guy had a bomb (and security is presumed to be imperfect - anybody could have a bomb), then the shooting is justified. The official position is that the shooter thought the guy had a bomb. Case closed.
I personally think it was a tragedy, but innocents are killed by LEO from time to time. It's part of life. Certainly a big deal to those personally affected, and I don't mean to belittle that, but it is unreasonable to expect perfection from humans.
In fact, that's one of my general beefs with the entire "security" racket promulgated by Congress - the aim to instill a sense that "they" can perfect security, if only we give more money, etc.