I'm inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to the cop who shot Hurley; you're a cop responding to a call of an active shooter, come on the scene, and you see a civilian down on the ground, as well as a fellow officer down, and a guy is standing there with an assault rifle over the bodies; so, let's do the math: officer down call, active shooter reported with assault rifle, you come on the scene, see two down and a guy with the AR-15 in his hands standing over the bodies; with the knowledge of an active shooter situation, one who has already killed a cop, and maybe the guy on the ground, making him a highly unpredictable perp, with the possibility he may open fire not just on you, but, also, civilians in the area, you move to neutralize the perceived threat, as you have been trained to do in active shooter situations...
The whole situation is tragic, but consider: if Hurley, after shooting the killer, had just kicked away the AR-15 from the proximity of the dead killer's body and holstered his own sidearm, the responding officer would have seen a very different scene when he rolled up, and a far lees tragic result would have occurred...
I also feel for the officer who shot Hurley because, given what he knows now about the situation, the fact he shot and killed an innocent man, and a hero, to boot, is something that will haunt him probably for the rest of his life...
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