What in the world?! The they shot him without any provocation. Talk about crazy overreaction.
The caller’s viewpoint was so restricted. The victim was not threatening anyone at any point. He was simply chatting on the phone and swinging a toy gun distractedly.
His behavior does seem bizarre from the view of the security cameras, but it is also pretty clear that the guy was not even thinking of pointing the “rifle” at anything or anyone. There was a mom and kids right down the aisle, and they did not seem afraid at all.
Of course, none of this was clear, but damn, the cops just killed him in cold blood. Couldn’t have even made a basic assessment before they shot.
Many are robotic killing machines these days with no sense of reasoning. They scare me.
It was not a toy gun. It was an air rifle about as powerful as a .22 LR capable of killing or seriously injuring someone.