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"Smith, who was also inside the home, then fired his rifle through the floor into the crawl space where he believed Jaster was located."
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... where he BELIEVED Jaster was located??  Good God, I'm glad I'm not a police officer with a guy like Smith for a partner.  Did Smith know or care that there were two of his fellow officers down there in the crawl space along with the suspect?  I'm assuming he knew that.  And that makes it all the more scary that Smith would BLINDLY shoot thru the floorboards down into the crawl space.  What if one of Smith's 10 rounds happened to hit one of the officers down there, and he killed him instead of Jaster?  These guys -- especially Smith -- need some serious remedial firearms training.  You don't go blindly firing at something when you can't see your target, especially when there's fellow officers potentially in harm's way.  Sure, Jaster was practically asking to be shot and killed.  But that's no excuse for irresponsible actions by Smith.