I give a lot of leeway to police or any private citizen defending themselves against a criminal. It’s close but I don’t blame the officer and wouldn’t blame a private citizen. In this case a 13 yr old age unknown to the officer is out running through alleyways at 3:00am in the murder capital with a gun in his hand. Bad things can happen to a kid out looking for trouble at 3am and running from the police with a gun and in this case they did.
I’ve seen to many random gunshots from weird angles or without really aiming that wind up killing someone due to bad luck. Running in a dark ally with limited lighting and shadows chasing an armed person making quick moves I can’t fault a cop for being short on BS and quick to shoot before he gets shot.
