The officer’s statement:
“Meanwhile, the officer involved in the shooting released a statement Thursday afternoon saying, “I took this job to save lives and help people. I did what I had to do in a split second to accomplish that and hate to hear others paint me as something I’m not.”
“The officer has not been identified, but police said he is a 30-year-old Hispanic man who has been with the police department for four years.”
It seems he didn’t evaluate the situation very carefully especially when the therapist was yelling that the guy had a toy truck and that he was there to calm him down. I’m not pre-judging, all I’m doing is going by what’s been reported so far which really doesn’t mean much yet but bottom line, he was aiming for the autistic guy and shot the therapist instead.