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Yeah...if she was shooting at people then it was 99% justified. No matter how sad and tragic, what could the officer do?


The people to blame here....the 93 year old woman, sorry but she if she started the shooting she bears primary responsibility. Secondarily I put some responsibility on the family. There are ways to handle things. You gotta know your relatives. If they are going to go nuts, do not provoke them. Be smart. Be sly.

mojo84 wrote:I still do not have an opinion on whether or not shooting the 93 year old woman was necessary and the result of good judgement.

This is true we do not know.

However if one of my family had a psychotic episode, I would be very reluctant to call the police.

I don't know what happened. Unless she was a threat to others it probably would have been better to have just left her in the house alone for a while. She is 93....she will go to sleep soon enough and then you can get the gun easier. If she was not a threat to others the worse she could do was to kill herself....which already happened.



It is sad and terrible. We need to wise up as citizens and realize when we should call for police (who may or may not use restraint) and when we need to be responsible people and use restraint ourselves. If there is a burgler in the house...call the police. If your son or daughter or elderly mother is having a psychotic episode....maybe not.