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I would have done exactly the same thing based on that scenario. If a knife was recovered, the entry wounds are in the chest, and there are non-family/friend witnesses corroborating the officer's statement (dash cam?) then there is little else to discuss. He met deadly force with deadly force and the other consideration is the response of all those other people if he had gone non-lethal. He might have been mobbed. With a gun, it pretty much diffuses the situation instantly. But then again my experience is from the Army and we tend to be biased towards pulling the trigger.
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