Absolutely no excuse for fleeing the scene

[janterry]

53. I agree. For all he knew

there were several assailants. I thought most police call in a problem and wait for back up.

I don't know what this mans training was - in this kind of a crisis (I'm sure there was training). I would want to know what it was.

And even then, four minutes is a terribly long time for the killer - moving in the building.
It's a terribly short time if you're trying to figure out the situation - trying to understand the best approach - and calling in the alarm.

I don't want this man to be blamed for the deaths. The person to be blamed is Cruz. The officer is not to blame. He might be responsible for a poor crisis choice. That does not make him a murderer.

I am sad to think he will be saddled with enormous guilt. Many survivors kill themselves, in the after math of an incident like this.