Within 6 to 10 seconds the deputy pulled his weapon, opened his door, got behind it, fired 8 shots hitting his target with 7.
Where in there was there time to tell him anything much less make sure he heard him and give him time to respond before taking his life.
I was trying to figure the timeline posted on the first 20 page. Those are seconds at the end, not minutes?
• 1514:15 hrs – Sonoma County Sheriff’s Dispatch created an incident of a suspicious person in the area of Moorland Ave. and West Robles Ave.
• 1514:19 hrs – The Deputies call for emergency assistance from other Deputies in the area
• 1514:25 hrs – The Deputies notify dispatch that shots have been fired
• 1514:41 hrs – Emergency medical advised to respond to the scene
——So....in about 30 seconds the deputy called it in, shot the kid and then called for an ambulance? That sounds like that spoofed airline pilot’s name, Sum Ting Wong
Event stress changes time perception. My instructor has a shooting simulator, very cool, and he demonstrated reaction shooting, laying about 5 shots into the hypothetical perp in maybe two or three seconds. They train on minimal trigger movement to get very fast repetition. The trained response is to keep shooting till the target stops moving. So no, the reported sequence does not surprise me, including the shouting. Ten seconds can be a long time when you think you might die. So this reaction is exactly what I would expect given what I have just learned about the training. If there is fault to be found, the training itself should be reviewed. Because that’s the tape that plays when you’re running on pure adrenaline.