Hamilton said that right after the shooting, he acted quickly to take the gun from Reeves -- who was sitting, as he'd been during the shooting -- and subdue him.
Before more authorities arrived, Reeves' wife told her husband "that was no cause to shoot anyone," according to Hamilton, the law enforcement officer who was then off-duty.
Reeves responded by pointing his finger at her and saying, according to Hamilton, "You shut your f**king mouth and don't say another word."
The off-duty corporal said that at one point, Reeves pushed back his glasses and said out loud, "Holy f**k, what have I done?"
Sounds like Reeves was aching to prove himself as more powerful than others and probably did his best work at home. His account that the other guy came over the seats at him doesn't seem to jibe with the victim's wife getting her hand in the path of the bullet.
Either way - he is criminally stupid. Carrying a weapon puts some responsibilities upon one - like not getting so passionately involved in such a petty situation and being the main ignition for it escalating into a killing. I willingly stay out of serious arguments when carrying (almost always) just because I don't want to be the one to incite a stupid incident that results in a lost life - dis me all you want; my skin is thick and I won't shoot you for it, especially before the actual movie starts....
This is the first time I’ve seen proof that text dude got out of his seat and turned around. That was a very aggressive move. Remember the retired cop had just returned from the lobby so his vision would not have acclimated to the dark. The vision of the elderly doesn’t acclimate as quickly as younger people. I wonder if the retired cop has cataracts or the beginnings of cataracts.
The retired cop was obviously as surprised as anyone judging from his statements and actions right after the shot. Top athletes drill on committing reactions to muscle memory. Actions are turned into habits which are stored in the basal ganglia. Cops drill the same way as athletes.
Text dude hit the suicide by cop trifecta when he jumped up, turned around and “lost” control of his popcorn. Everyone there stated the shot happened very, very fast. It was a self defense reaction based on habit.
Well I'm sure being married to him was a real treat.
^^^^THIS^^^^ is why he should be found guilty and why self defense is a no-go argument. Don't want none, don't start none.
But I also think Oulsen's bad manners contributed to his own death. Good manners are free, easy to use and can save your life.