"Something like this is shocking to all of us," Mayor Barnes said. "It does happen. Obviously, we see that across the United States, but really this is not a characteristic of DeKalb."

Deluded. If it's the USA, this will happen.

The police always shoot as the first option. They could use buttons and whack him across the head, tazer him, use pepper spray - many options, non fatal. Going to the handgun as a matter of course suggests training is pretty poor. It's about self preservation first, policing second.