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Doesn't appear to have happened 2 weeks prior. I think there were mistakes by all involved, including the lady from the leasing office who met the officer.
The fact that she wasn't sure should have given the officer pause IMO. If you are going to call the cops and accuse someone of something, then that cop is going to go in guns blazing, you have got to know 100% you have the right apartment. "Not sure where it came from" doesn't cut it IMO. Officer should have said "well until you know for sure we can't do anything."
Answering the door with a gun in your hand was dumb. I don't know why that is getting a pass by most folks. Cops are humans as well and if someone answers the door armed it is going to freak most people out. He did not give much time between "step back" and firing for the guy to do much of anything. He didn't say "drop the gun" until the guy hit the ground.
This is why I say everyone messed up. The lady not being 100% sure, the airman for answering the door armed and the officer not giving him enough time to respond to his step back command or the late drop the gun command.