Quote Originally Posted by Kmanbay View Post
It is a total catch 22 situation, and they made the best possible decision based on the information they had gathered in the few seconds before they fired.

If the cops were wrong and it WAS an AK then they would have been outgunned and possibly dead. Car doors and Kevlar vests are no match for rifle bullets.

My prayers go out to all involved.
FTFY. Car door or not, if it was real they'd be in a real scary situation.