West Virginia cop fired for not killing a man with an unloaded gun

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(09-15-2016, 10:34 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: It's hard to fault the two who came late. They see an armed man who is walking towards them with a weapon. We know he wanted to get himself clear, so we can only imagine how he acted.

The fault against the first is that, since he doesn't know the gun isn't loaded, not taking him down could have killed the two who arrived later. At the same time, that suggests that the only response to an armed person is to kill.

The fired officer used his training and what he knew about the call:  The man wanted to kill himself.

And he was fired for using his training and NOT shooting a man who wanted to kill himself.