[Cen-Tejas]

I agree.

AND, the officers should have had their red/blue/white lights on, and they should have waited (no hurry) and they should have announced themselves loudly. I mean, if I’m an officer, there’s no way I’m going in somebody’s house in the dark of night in Texas because I am going to ASSUME they ARE ARMED and WILL SHOOT !!

An aside comment...........I lived in Midland in the mid sixties for six months or so. 98% of Midland is rock solid conservative. I’m sure that jury hated that the officer was killed but both the officer and the shooter made mistakes and destroying the shooter’s family would not bring the officer back. Terrible tragedy all around.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I mean, if I’m an officer, there’s no way I’m going in somebody’s house in the dark of night in Texas because I am going to ASSUME they ARE ARMED and WILL SHOOT !!

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Just lawman's common sense. The guy on the other side of the door could be drunk, on drugs, hallucinating, etc., or just a fool willing to shoot at anything that moves, without acquiring a target and determining if the target is a threat.

I used to work with a guy whose son was going to be beach, but he decided not to leave town and came back to his dad's house whom he thought was out of town. His dad was home in bed. He could not find his key, so he was entering through a window. His dad said he almost shot him.

[SgtHooper]

“...both the officer and the shooter made mistakes...”

What mistake did the shooter make? The shooter had NO duty to announce anything. The LEO was entering into the house.