Police Shoot, Kill Ax-Carrying Felon

This dudes cheese slid off his cracker. Good work Officers!

Paul Bunyan would be soooo disappointed.

was it a knife or an ax?

i would of done the same thing, aparently the man was on drugs or wanted to die.

Great Job....keep up the good work!

Makes you wonder what happened to a man like this to kind of go off the deep end. Personally, I'm glad the officers and the employee are okay.

I believe that the officers acted appropriately in the situation that they found themselves in; although by eye-witness accounts and my limited medical training I would assume something internal may be at fault here. “Witnesses told police the man had been stabbing himself with a knife … …A store employee said the man confronted him and told him he “killed people,” then tried to stab the employee and walked away”. The officers had to protect themselves and society first before being able to defuse the situation. The officers found the man hiding in a walk-in freezer where he attacked and perished.
There is a sense of unity between citizens and law enforcement officers when judging this incident. Both citizens and LEO’s are cheery at face value. A citizen with the handle Angels4Ever commented “Oh well shouldn't of tried to kill someone with an ax. I have no pity for these people now a day. To many weird people in this world. Where does it stop?” A confirmed LEO with the handle Rhood commented “Cause of death, poor decisions on the part of the suspect. A justified shoot.” Everyone seems happy with the result, but I think if the suspect was unarmed or survived that further testing would show some internal problem.
As something internal may have been at fault; the biosocial perspective would be a good explanation for the suspect’s behavior. The suspect had been stabbing himself and acting irrationally leads me to believe that there is either an underlying mental or medical condition. Tibbetts explains that genetics, hormones, neurotransmitters, etc. could all correspond to the suspects altered state of mind.
If the officers were permitted to use non-lethal force by means of a teaser; I believe that the suspect would have been disarmed, diagnosed, treated, and released; instead his lethal actions forced the officers to protect themselves and society. The community and LEO’s are celebrating this as a win, but I can’t help but see further past the initial incident and see with proper equipment and training this death could have been averted