re: Hoover Police mall shooting-UPDATE pg 9- 2/8/19: Shooting is under Federal review

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I get your point, but the counter to that is he was running back towards the scene with a gun drawn, and there were several innocent bystanders in the area. The LEO didn't know his intentions in that moment

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And I get your point as well. But I know the layout of the Galleria well. I'm from Hoover, I've probably been there 1000 times throughout my life and I don't even like going there. I almost always use that entrance right by the footlocker Bradford was killed outside of. From the spot where Bradford fell dead, to the spot where the injured man was laying that the officer said he thought Bradford was going to kill, there is enough distance that they could have issued a verbal command, then make their split second decision on his life. And if he were heading for JC Penney to find his friends who had run off in that direction, which is much more likely IMO, then there is twice the distance and twice the time.

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I don't see how anyone can argue it was an unjustified shooting

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I've already said that it's easy to understand how the officers jumped to their conclusion in that moment. However, I feel that there was an opportunity to at least attempt to order him to stand down before resorting to lethal force.

That said, while I wouldn't call this man's death justified, I also wouldn't call for criminal charges. His career as a LEO, yes. Criminal charges, no.

This case is different from any of the other highly covered police shootings in the last several years IMO. All the others have been fairly straightforward. Mostly in favor of the cops who's lives were in immediate danger in those cases, or in the case Philando Castille who's died because of the officers incompetence. This is not so cut and dry. It's unique among these high profile police shooting cases. I don't think there's any answer that's going to be satisfying