Police have said a gun was recovered from the scene, and there is a still pic at several web sites that purports to show a small semi-auto handgun on the ground near KS. What will be interesting is the forensic report on the gun, which will take several weeks. Along with potential fingerprints and DNA on the outside of the gun, there will also be potential fingerprints and DNA on the INSIDE of the gun, on the magazine, as well as on the ammunition inside the magazine. Very few people load a gun while wearing gloves.
The serial number, if it hasn't been removed, will also reveal who it was sold to, and if it was ever reported stolen.
There is going to be evidence on that gun, and IMO, it will implicate KS as the "handler" of the gun. Remember, KS is a multiply- convicted felon, with a history of violence and gun crimes. He was not allowed by law to own a gun, or have one in his car, or home, even if the gun was purchased by someone else legally.
The wife was much too far away to know what KS had, or did not have, in his hands. The video makes that clear to me. So the wife saying he did not have a weapon or a gun doesn't persuade me at all that he didn't. The escalating tone of the police commands to "drop the gun" are far more persuasive, IMO.
Police told him at the beginning of the video to show his hands, and then abruptly changed to "drop the gun", at least 12-13 times before the sound of gunfire. They never asked him again to show his hands, because they could now SEE his hands, and what he was holding-- and gave repeated commands to "drop the gun", not "show". That is a HUGE distinction. And that is how police are trained-- orders to "show", are followed by order to "drop" once they see. And there were several officers present.
IMO, this video clearly supports the police version of what happened. It's too bad he chose not to cooperate, and threatened officers with a gun. That is a pervasive theme in these kind of high profile shootings. Not complying with officer's lawful commands to "drop the gun" is a direct threat to their lives.
IMO, this will be ruled a justified shooting-- it will just take months for that to happen.
