Probably.
Posted on: June 24, 2019 at 21:06:11 CT
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And hopefully someone learns something from it (not being a smartass here) so he doesn't die in vain.
A story I read in the Post-Dispatch suggested the officer appeared to throw the guy to the ground prior to the shooting. I would bet that at some point before that, there was a crucial split-second that made the difference between life and death.
And FWIW, this case—a guy trying to cash a bad check for several thousand dollars—is quite a bit different than the Dollar Store theft. If the police had responded to this case like they did that one, the officer would probably still be alive, and it would've been more justified than it was there. Someone trying to get that much money in cash is almost certainly planning something worse.