This guy is so full of excrement that his breath stinks and no amount of Scope or Listerine will remedy it. He is solely responsible for what happened. The death weapon discharged in his hand, killed one person and injured another. In my book that is Reckless Homicide or Criminal...
One way to allay any fear is to load the chamber and secure the firearm away. Give it 24 hours, check on it to see if it fired itself. Usually they don't. I carry a 1911 all of the time, and have no worries. One only need to get used to it.
One shoots to stop a lethal threat and one shoots at the widest part of the target. I'm not a fan of Ayoob, and I take what he says with a large grain of salt. A recent article in American Handgunner written by him in "Coptalk" suggests having police agencies having press conferences in OIS...
I use a Galco Avenger for both my 5" and Officer's ACP. I also have kydex from Contact!Concealment for both pistols, both work well and made here in LaPorte County
We can look at the footage all day long. Since we were not there, our opinions are not relevant. No police officer goes to work thinking that he/she will have to kill someone. One must prepare one's self for the possibility, but no one goes out with a "hunting license." The silliness...
Definitely some after market work on the barrel, if not a replacement barrel. Initially, I would have said the barrel was from a Dan Wesson, but looking at the muzzle, it is not.