re: Florida deputy fatally shot US airman that answered the door with a gun

it is a bad shoot for one simple reason

when the deputy saw the gun in his right hand it was pointed down and the Airman had his left hand up in a “dont shoot manner.”

At this point the deputy should have swung back out of the doorway to cover and said drop the gun multiple times

He did not, he stayed square in the door frame, drew his weapon and fired and then said drop the gun after he shot him.

this s a fairly simple case of recognition, evaluation, reaction going wrong.

The deputy’s weapon drawing and firing training is better than his verbal command training and the Airman died because of it.

bad shoot