This thing has been haywire from the beginning. First he was armed and fought and used a woman as a shield, then he was unarmed and did not use a woman as a shield. If he was unarmed why couldn't they capture him alive???
I think he was probably armed and fought back they just don't want to sell that image because it makes him look like more of a martyr to his people, hence the story change.
And also if we can see images of be-heading's and people falling to their death on 9-11 repeatedly why cant we see this ass with a well deserved .223 lobotomy?