She was with him, only a few feet away. She was shrieking at the top of her lungs at the executioners.
I wondered for a while why she didn't just go wrap herself around Erik to protect him, but after listening to her interview with Metro (a couple of hours after the gundown), I think she herself would have gotten shot by the trigger-happy Metro boys. I think Mosher panicked & screwed up the verbal commands, as evidenced by the audio, and the other two started shooting because Mosher was shooting.
I agree. I think Officer Mosher had PRE-DETERMINED that this was a dangerous criminal, on drugs, who had weapons and had been 'flaying' his gun around the store. I think that is the 'story' the COSTCO employee conveyed. Senior officers were not on site, and other junior officers who happened to be near jumped at the chance to 'TAKE CHARGE'. I heard it on the AUDIO of the police scanner.
The three cops involved in the shooting had different plans. One was 'shoot him if he moves', the other was 'shoot him if he doesn't'.
Mosher fired first, and the other two cops fired in response. Mosher's bullets spun Mr. Scott around, and the other four fired shots hit Mr. Scott in the back, and knocked him to the ground.
Then, one of them shot him while he was on the ground (dead?).
Trigger happy is one thing. That final shot is another.
Thank you for that info.