For those of you that think that my original comment regarding the officer doing the right thing, it's because of an earlier post that I made.

 

The audio at about the 0:34 mark sounds like the officer said a couple of expletives and said "I told him not to reach for it, I told him to get his hand off of it"!  It would be interesting to know where exactly this firearm was located.  If it was on that side in view of the officer and if he placed his hand on it, then it looks like it might be an unfortunate accident which is still a justified shooting.

 

Based on the audio in the video and the original article, (the article linked in the OP has been changed/updated) the guy tells the officer that he has a gun, the officer sees it and it appears that he is reaching for it and/or put his hand on it when the officer told him not to would justify the shooting.  In the original article, it was his girlfriend that told the officer that her boyfriend had a permit for the weapon.

 

I'm not saying that's what happened, I'm just speculating based on the officer's reaction and what he said on the video.  An officer doesn't draw his weapon for no apparent reason, and certainly doesn't discharge it unless he has a very good reason for doing so.  He also seemed pretty upset that he had to use deadly force.

 

Based on what we know and that audio in the video, there is the possibility that the shooting was justified.

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