If the guy was half as smart as he thought he was, he would have been twice as dangerous. THEN going straight to burning him out once they cornered him would have made better sense.
What's the matter with those cops who had him surrounded? Did they get all civic-minded, deciding to save taxpayer's the costs of additional over-time wages, had they tried some less incendiary?
Questions should be asked. If we can limit ourselves to asking the right questions, carefully worded just so...perhaps something positve can be recovered from the results of the idiot's rampage.
Other than those he most likely did kill, that is... Those folks are still dead, I take it.
*shrugs*
It points to a complete loss of overall control and lack of communication between departments/jurisdictions.
No way in heck was any of this a truly well coordinated operation.
It was “How to do a Charlie Foxtrot 101” on live coverage.
If he’d stayed in LA he’d likely still be alive.