Wonder what "brandished" means in this context? Was he pointing it forward in the shooting position or would this include holding it in the ready position with the muzzle pointing at the ground?
Stow your weapon when the threat is gone.
Stow your weapon when LEOs arrive, or risk being mistaken for the threat.
You would think tons of mall video exist, and the actual shooter would be identified by this point and the cops on the trail. Yet, none of that seems to be happening. In this case, people are asking questions and the police response is marginal.
“21-year-old Army veteran”
As I understand the guy did not make it through AIT before he was released. That does not qualify as an Army Veteran to me.
Umm,,, why not release it now? Afraid it might show a trigger happy cop trying to be a hero? Still need time to come up with a plausible explanation?
Ruh Roh, the police screwed up bad it would seem
Well color me confused... We had friends in the mall when this went down, so I have been following here locally. The initial report was an 18 year old and a 21 year old got into an altercation and the instigator (21 year old) was shot by a “good guy with a gun” but not before an innocent 12 year old was also hit. Then it was changed from “good guy with a gun” to mall security. What didn’t change was the age of the instigator (21) and his name (this guy).
Too many details missing from this story. Something is just not adding up.
This is a sad situation. It has been a topic of debate here at FR for years.
“If you are carrying and a situation breaks out, should you engage?”
Clearly for EJ, the answer was no.
The best term to describe a black man who concealed carries is “suicidal”.
I saw a series of photos of the recently deceased this weekend with many showing his fingers doing gang signs. Now I see the same photos cropped at the elbows.
The cops got home safe that night? Right? That’s ok then. /s
There’s a lot more to this story than what’s being reported. Bradford was party to the argument that lead to the first shooting. It’s not totally clear what involvement he had.