[Harmless Teddy Bear]

So that's what a routine traffic stop is.

And this is why police officers often are critized for "overreacting". Every stop they make has the possiblity of ending this way.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Every stop they make has the possiblity of ending this way.

It certainly does. If what has been told is accurate, this officer never even got that close to the suspect's car before the gun was fired at him.