Again, for the Nth time, this account is from the Chief who was NOT at the scene, and this account does not coincide with eyewitness accounts.
I have no issue if the guy pulled his gun and threatened police or civilians having his brain turned into sidewalk paste. However if they unleashed a dog on him, and he defended himself against the dog, and was shot for that and that alone, that’s dubious.
Dogs are fast, police dogs are fast and aggressive and specifically trained to disarm gun wielding “threats”.
If the dog had been loosed before the deceased pulled out his gun, the dog would have had him down on the ground BEFORE he could pull it out to shoot the dog in self defense. It is very unlikely that he would have had enough time to pull, aim and fire accurately enough to kill the dog unless he already had his finger on the trigger and already formed the decision to shoot.