911 call logs are kept, short, factual and concise. But, conversation can take place between the responding officer and the 911 staff that is not recorded on the call log. The first officer to arrive might have been told it was a hang up call and "yelling" was heard before the call was ended. "Yelling" may have caused the officer to conclude that an argument was taking place in the home and that he was responding to a domestic situation. When he arrived he saw that a man was down on the floor by the door because he saw the man's feet by the doorway. If he thinks there was an argument going on just before he arrived and now someone is down he may, understandably (to me) conclude that the man killed himself. Iow, he is still in the mode of thinking "husband and wife argument." He may have gotten close enough to see a head wound. Often times a person who is arguing with someone will leave the home to "cool off" or just escape the turmoil of "fighting" so, being found by the front door is also not unexpected. Some people do threaten leave the house or kill themselves and carry through with that threat during an argument. So the officer having an initial reaction that the man killed himself is not that far fetched to me. Once another officer arrived and they began to see more information the conclusion(s) and how to handle the situation would naturally change.
This is just speculation and jmo.
