We don’t have the full story. They could have fired in self-defense. As an LE officer in the 50’s investigating a one car accident, I was attacked by an armed passenger. There was no fatality, but could have been.
I just finished reading other stories from local media outlets, and it seems that the rancher was a very prominent businessman and pillar of that community. Makes no sense that he and the deputies would get into a shootout, with him getting killed over a wounded bull. Somebody clearly overreacted and escalated the situation.
The rancher had been told his bull was hit.
It’s pretty damn obvious he went to put the bull down, except the cops were too stupid to figure that out.
We don’t have the full story.Â
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You are correct but to many people that doesn’t matter.