[DJ MacWoW]

There's seems to be some dispute about there being 2 guns. Also he was always armed because he worked for a medical device company and all of their employees are armed since they have to go to questionable neighborhoods at any hour they are called.

suing Costco is Barbara Streisand

Not really as it was a Costco employee that triggered a swat like response from the police and the majority of witnesses disagree with Costco and LVPD's version of events.

And,lastly,I'd be curious to see if any toxicology tests were done in the autopsy (I'll wager there were)

There were and Scott was under the care of a pain management specialist for old injuries from military training and a car accident. The Coroner claims that he was on enough meds to outright kill someone. That is also in dispute.

Remember that the hearing only tells one side of the story.

[UCANSEE2]

How similar would the toxicology be on someone who ingested a certain drug over a long period of time, and someone who just ingested a bunch at once?

I.E. Might the level in his system be due to long term use rather than a recent deadly dose?

[Gay State Conservative]

There were and Scott was under the care of a pain management specialist for old injuries from military training and a car accident. The Coroner claims that he was on enough meds to outright kill someone. That is also in dispute.

OK,assuming what you're saying is correct (no,I'm not calling you a liar) then,first of all,you feel bad for the guy having sustained a painful,long lasting injury in the military *but* being under medical care surely doesn't mean he wasn't an addict...as the result of long term use of narcotic drugs.It happens,trust me.Having worked for 20 years in an inner city ER I could tell you stories that would make your jaw drop.

And as for what represent lethal levels of a particular drug that is *not* open to debate.Clinical journals and textbooks have clear,unambiguous tables showing that if you have "X" amount of medication "Y" in your system then you're in serious trouble.Trust me on that too....my ER experience involved hundreds of such incidents.

Remember that the hearing only tells one side of the story.

True.But in a trial if it's established that he had huge amounts of habit forming,mind altering,drugs in his system and that he was under investigation for "doctor shopping" (a *classic* addict activity) then the reports of erratic behavior (and worse) could take on an increased level of credibility.Add a handgun (or two) to the mix and...well,I think you get the picture.

[editor-surveyor]

> “Remember that the hearing only tells one side of the story.”

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And remember one more thing:

Las Vegas is the organized crime capital of planet Earth.
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