gljjt wrote: You can't shoot someone acting normally because they might have a gun.
As for there being "more to the story", it's possible, but sure doesn't seem likely. The officer states that he stopped him for a seatbelt violation and the man says he just took it off because he was pulling up to the pumps. There doesn't appear to be any reason for the officer to have been feeling so threatened before the victim had even been asked for his ID. In regards to the possible 20 year sentence, the only reason it might not be appropriate is because he didn't actually kill him....but it was not for lack of trying...that was his intention...he wasn't missing him on purpose.