This Taylor guy, I'm wondering what's up with him. Is it possible that he is an unstable sort of person and just was talking out of the side of his mouth on that tape? Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending anyone here. I think it matters, though, what kind of person this Taylor fellow is. I don't think it's impossible that information is misleading on both sides.
O'Shea, who recklessly fired an automatic weapon into a crowd of students escaping the school, was obviously determined to kill SOMEBODY, and by crackey, he got one. In spite of his criminal stupidity and incompetence, he is still employed with the Denver Police Department, but they did somehow come up with the common sense to transfer him off the Death Squad and put him on Horseback Patrol.