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Wilmington Police Department (In the video):

When the officers engaged him, they were able to see that he had a weapon... And Information prior to them getting there, was that he had Inflicted Injury upon himself with the handgun.

It's a pretty simple equation- where's the weapon/handgun? The police shot him and the gun vanished? Despite the poor footage, there's no view of a handgun or anything representing a hand-held weapon. If the police followed protocol, they sure better find that gun.

Based on all this, I don't see any grounds as to why the police had to "shoot him dead".