The officers were justified in shooting at Moran, given that they \u201cfaced clear and present danger and there was danger to the public,\u201d the official report concluded. The officers \u201cbelieved they were in a situation in which Moran was attempting to inflict serious injury or death, and responded with deadly force.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Rapid City Police Department officers faced a fluid, tense, and undeniably dangerous situation,\u201d Vargo agreed in a statement.<\/p>\n
“A witness later told investigators Moran had confronted them in the casino\u2019s parking lot before the officers\u2019 arrival. He was drinking vodka from a bottle. Moran then brandished a handgun and fired the weapon in the direction of the witness, the witness said.<\/p>\n
The witness believed he\/she was wounded when debris hit them in the face. Moran also made threatening comments toward the witness.<\/p>\n
Investigators also looked at Moran\u2019s Facebook page, which revealed he was suffering from cancer. He refused to get medical treatment.<\/p>\n
Moran talked about going on a killing spree when he got close to the end of his life,\u201d<\/strong> the report said. \u201cMoran talked about suicidal thoughts and thinking about \u2018going out by cop.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n“Moran also had an \u201curge to kill someone, that he was following people, and he wanted to watch the life leave their body,\u201d the report added. He added in an online message that he \u201cdidn\u2019t have anything to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rapid City, S.D., police continue to search for the suspect who robbed the 777 Casino on Christmas Eve. He fled with an undetermined amount of cash. The incident unfolded at about 2 a.m. on Saturday when a man walked into the casino with his hands in his pockets. He went up to an employee and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":250099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[84296,84297,82338,81860],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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