Hard to say exactly what happened in the moment before the shots were fired, but clearly something alarmed the officers as they both moved backwards as the shots were fired almost simultaneously.

Did he say, "now I'm going to carve you up like a Christmas Goose" while lowering his arm? (if that arm was even raised?


In looking at the totality of the circumstances:
-a person with a knife who had used on a female
-a person who is non complaint
-a person who was able to withstand efforts to obtain his compliance by less than lethal force.

Does not seem like it would be unreasonable for an officer to fire one round.



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-George Washington