We also know, so far as the article is reliable, that no weapon was recovered at the scene. I’d bet that that detail was accurate. I(’d also think that if he was carrying something that looked like a gun that would have been reported.
Maybe a flash light if he is out walking around at 12:30 in the morning. Why was he walking around at 12:30 in the morning if his dementia had taken a turn for the worse? Obviously he did something to attract the attention of the neighbor.
We also know, so far as the article is reliable, that no weapon was recovered at the scene. I’d bet that that detail was accurate.
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I bet it is, too. All these determinations are easy when I’m in my soft chair in front of the computer screen reading about the event with hindsight.
The report about the police being told that the deceased was armed was probably accurate, too. It’s also likely that the officer who fired didn’t know the deceased was unarmed at the time.