[jjsheridan5]

As in most cases, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle ...

What you said is spot on, except for that part. The truth is probably that one of the accounts is correct, and the others false. And in this case, the most likely scenario is that the officer's account given here (assuming it is his actual account) is the true one, and the others were a mixture of mis-perceptions and outright lies. Maybe not, but I doubt it is going to be any more "in the middle" than the Trayvon Martin case was. Usually in these cases someone is lying, and someone is telling the truth.

[BlueNgold]

Well I drew some inferences and filled some gaps... intentionally taking the devils advocate position opposite the media narrative. I intentionally described a righteous shoot.

I doubt my story will prove to be the exact story when the facts finally come out, but it is plausible based on selective accounts, similar to the plausibility of the media story derived from selective accounts supporting their narrative.

My guess is the truth lies closer to my made up story than it does to the media’s made up story. The point I attempt to make ... Both are clearly made up.