>> I don't know what happened,I wasn't there - but once he was contained and in
>> sight, why was there any pressure on the police to do anything but wait, and
>> talk? There were no hostages.
>>
>> It is difficult not to speculate that the police were too eager to bring matters
>> to a close and took risks they didn't need to take.
I'm only speculating of course, but it seems likely that the police didn't push matters themselves, and did try to just wait and talk.
But, of course, once he knew that he wasn't getting away, he became under immense pressure and would be working through it in his mind, building himself up to either accept arrest and imprisonment or summoning up the nerve to pull the trigger.
I read a report that seemed to suggest that he had told the police to pass a message onto his family, which they interpreted as being an obvious sign that he was going to take his own life, and that is when they acted with the Tasers.
Again, all speculation at this point, but it seems to stack up, time will tell what really happened.
EDIT: One last bit of speculation, if it is true that the autopsy didn't show up marks from the Tasers, that would be consistent with reports that the Tasers had failed to make proper contact.
Last edited by: SteelSpark on Sun 11 Jul 10 at 23:29
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