I completely undestand the airsoft gun would have looked like a real fire arm especially in the distance, but I think the police officer could have waited, at lesast until the weapon had started to be raised towards him before he shot. To me it seems as though the event happened really quickly from the boy being asked to drop the weapon then being shot. But at the same time he was brandishing what looked like a resal firearm in public.
As for the sghooting in Nevada the child shooter seems to have known what he was doing, it doesn't seem like one of those "a kid finds his dads gun and shows his buddies", the main reason being becasue he took his own life after shooting the teacher and wounding others.
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