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Awful business. Based on the OP I would bet Peters is a good cop but so many shootings. You have to ask some questions. Maybe it's the area he served in but so many is really troubling.

And to shoot someone while they're carrying a child is extreme to say the least. They may have ordered him to do someone and he didn't comply. Ok... So they need to do something before he gets back inside the house. Reaching for a cell phone at that time sealed the guys fate. Based on the info in the OP I think Peters did the right thing. Think about the child... I can't imagine such a decorated officer taking that risk without justification.

This reminds me of another incident discussed here.

Some time ago there was a thread here about a cop who chased someone near a river. The video showed clearly that as the cop got closer the guy he was chasing pulled a pistol. The cop was carrying a pistol in his right hand and a stun gun in his left. As soon as he saw the pistol he used the stun gun and brought the guy down. Risky to say the least... I still think that cop was lucky and he would have been justified in shooting the guy rather than using the stun gun.