12-year-old boy shot by Cleveland police has died

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24. but was this cop shooting impulsively

or defensively?

the 12 yr old was reaching for the gun in his waistband

the cop didn't shoot the kid in the face or the chest. the location of the wound could have been an attempt to hit the kid's hand to prevent him from pulling out the gun

and he was told to put his hands up -- and he did not. instead, he was going for the gun

the cop needed to not only protect himself but anyone else who was around.

i read the cop fired 2 shots. was the first a warning shot? or was the first shot the one who hit the boy?

what happened at that park is an absolute tragedy but i don't see it as the fault of the cop.

if that boy was older we'd be talking about s.b.c.
(i did a research paper years ago that had case studies of children as young as four years old either attempting to purposely kill themselves or actually succeeding. for a 12 year old to attempt this is not beyond possibilities)