In article , Gray Shockley
writes:


Actually, it was pretty "cut and dried".

Cooper pulled a gun on a doctor down in the village.
Said doctor swore out a complaint.

Cooper also had - iirc - run off some people
from land that did not belong to him.

A couple of deputies went up on the mountain
(hill? whatever) trying to immitate noisy teenagers.

Cooper shot a deputy in the head. The
other deputy shot (and killed) Cooper.

Remember, Cooper was an alcoholic
and a drunk (those two do not
always go together.) It was one of
the things to listen for in his broadcasts.


I truly believe that all of his actions in the immediate past preceding his
death were - whether he acknowledged it to himself or not - designed for
"suicide by cop".


I really don't think he particularly wanted to go on living.


No matter how you dice it or slice it, it was a tragedy and a pity.





Agree . . .
Had he gotten SOME kind of help, or acknowleged his problem ( Any one of many)
he
( & the poor Deputy He Shot ) would still be alive..

Suicide by Cop

( Following A Cold Blooded Murder )

Very tragic event all around....