[PoorMuttly]

This unfortunate, "normal kid" used CRACK Cocaine, marijuana constantly, probably drank had PERMANENTLY actually affixed a LABEL to himself as THUG LIFE, was suspected of dealing drugs, was stabbed in the gut, and still "hung out" on the street, "trying to clean himself up"...how ? By lying/dreaming/ giving lip-service about it, breaking in to somebody's garage, hiding from then attacking the owner, who identified himself as an armed police officer, was shot while attacking...then shot again until he posed no more threat of murder...shot with a FAMOUSLY deficient pistol...when ONE .45 may have stopped his attacking an innocent man...and...WHAT is the problem here ?

I don't get it.

[PoorMuttly]

Some drugged, rampaging men have had to be stopped by a shotgun blast to the head, when ALL else failed. Ask the men who tried to kill Rasputin...or many modern American prison guards. This is no story...it is a matter of record, and fact. BTW...Police, unlike civilians, are NOT required to back down from a homicidal attack. This is what they're paid, and respected for.

[Spiritus Gladius]

The problem here, for one, is that everyone keeps referring to this 20-year-old man as a "kid." Sorry, I knew too many 18- and 19-year-olds who lost limbs, organs, or their lives in the service of our country to be willing to accept this schlub as "just a mixed-up kid" who "made a few mistakes."

The problem would seem to be that NO ONE in his family ever demanded that he grow up, act like a man, and take responsibility for himself and his actions. Instead, he apparently was granted unlimited adolescence --- until in the end, he finally ran into the ultimate behavioral limit.

Sad, but neither necessary nor surprising. I mean, just look at the photo of Joe Sr. Sheesh....