Suicide by SWAT

Near the University of Chicago:

• Chicago police officers shot and killed an armed man Wednesday after he barricaded himself at home near the University of Chicago and fired shots outside. A man called police about 10:15 a.m. to report that his son, who had bipolar disorder, was armed and distraught at a home in the 1300 block of East 61st Street in Woodlawn, Chicago Police Lt. [...] said at a news conference. He asked for police to help.
  
  Officers arrived and negotiated with 22-year-old Myles Frazier, who was barricaded inside, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. During negotiations, he fired at least five gunshots from inside the home, Valdez said. Some of those shots went outside.
  
  A SWAT team was called to the scene and entered the home after Frazier refused to come out after at least 45 minutes of negotiating, Valdez said. Two officers shot him during an “armed confrontation” inside the residence, Valdez said.

And predictably, guess who knows better than the police?

• Someone who lives a few houses down from the shooting said he didn’t known Frazier, but questioned if police could have waited longer to enter the home, or used less lethal means.
  
  He said that sending people into the home is what escalated the standoff and made it fatal. “They could’ve thrown a robot into the home or something,” he said. “Who cares if a robot gets hurt?”

Well thank goodness the unnamed citizen was there to tell everyone how a mentally ill offender throwing lead around the neighborhood, with a previous charges for UUW, VOOP and THREE different Domestic Battery charges should be handled.

We'd say he made his own bad decisions then and now.

Good job SWAT.