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I'll play.
Not ready to put my cards on the table as a fully formed scenario but I'm hoping that above all,no matter how any of us are leaning,this more than anything else is a search for the truth.I'll take all the help I can get.....
Walker007 and Japple have made some observations that mesh with some of my thinking,this is where I'm running with it.
No set up,no suicide...Joe knew at least one of the 3 once Joe saw him,Joe had to die.
1.One of the male whites was a cop
2.Either the male white or the male black was a drug connection
3.There are cops in the area playing along with people moving drugs
4.All 3 if discovered would have enough to lose to warrant murdering Lt.JG
5.Even if escape was possible,the dirty cop would have been ID'ed by Lt.JG
6.Joe got out flanked somehow and was forced to drop his gun= No Sign of struggle
7.A cop would know how to kill a cop with his own gun leaving little to no evidence
8.The scanner thread radio times can fit
9.Neither Lt.JG or the 3 subjects expected to see each other that morning (again No SetUp)