Yeah, it would seem to be.
In that case, the only way the authorities could reasonably contort this situation is suicide-by-cop, which obviously wasn’t the case if any of these reports are accurate. As far as I’m concerned, they’re innocent until tried and the preponderance of the evidence looks otherwise. Even so, the mood of despair is more likely to lead to immobilization and/or self-destructive acts (only my own observations.)
Additionally, people look at a photo and declare a person “white trash” or “idiot” or something. I live in a rural setting and some of the other humans here might look somewhat atypical, but they are honorable, honest, work for a living, etc.