Just ho3w does the family know he was carrying a book???? They were not there.
The cops say a gun...they were there.
Until shown otherwise, I go with the gun story. Was he menacing? dunno. Did he “deserve” it? Again, dunno.
But it just is passing strange that the family is so insistent he had a book and NOT a gun. And they were not there.
Typo: How, not ho3w
The offending finger has been looted and burned. Proper Spelling Matters!