#45. If you look at both photos, the police officer nearest the deceased still has his hands in the same position (I.e not moving) so it would be impossible for him to drop a gun down and get back into the same position in one second.
The film would have caught the “plant” either in his hands, falling, or hitting the ground. Guns do not fall flat without moving around on a solid surface like the road.
Also, the other policeman at 1.42 could not have thrown or dropped it in one second. It would have bounced or be seen in the air.
I’ll go with the gun belonging to the deceased. Fingerprints and DNA will tell us much more.
Also, if it was he gun, as others have asked, how did a convicted felon get it, did his wife know that he had it (possibly from her shouting to him), and what kind of medicines was he supposedly own (which would preclude him from even touching a firearm).
Give it a few days and I suspect all these questions will be answered, one way or the other.
Stop the video at 1:06. The gun is behind the officer in red. He then steps back and over it and the gun is obscured for the rest of the video.
Those were gloves the black officer was struggling to put on, so he just dropped them in the stress of the moment.