Armed cops must kill anyone who touches them in order to prevent their weapon from being wrested from them.
Anybody else think this is perhaps a reason to reconsider having armed cops? If the presence of a weapon itself creates a situation where somebody is inevitably going to die, is it a good idea to have so many weapons around?
Sterling logic.
And, yeah, it's not like the dead guy had a gun, already.
Maybe he was urgently seeking the officer's assistance in wresting his own gun from HIMSELF, in order that he not use his weapon on himself.
And the officer's gun discharged accidentally...