I did my own forensic analysis of the Minneapolis ICE shooting.

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By now we all know about the shooting of an unarmed woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Minnesota. I believe that the perp will get away with a Voluntary Manslaughter conviction, but that's a subject for another post. As I was leaving Casper's the other night with a hot dog in my hand, I passed in front of my truck and saw a brief flash of light as a street light caused a tiny chip in my windshield to remind me of its presence. I was right at the corner between the front of my truck and the side, about two feet away from the truck. I paused and noticed that the wheels of my truck were turned hard to the right (for parking), just like the wheels of the lady who got shot and killed. Of course, my mind started working, even though I was hungry (I had just gotten off from one of my longest work days). If I shot at "myself" from that angle, and created the ding in my windshield, the bullet might have hit "me" in the right shoulder. . Had I been further to the left, or partially in front of the vehicle, a shot at the same angle would have passed through the windshield further to the left, and might have "winged" the victim in the right shoulder. In the videos I have seen, the bullet hole in the windshield looks "down and to the right" from the shooter's perspective. If there is evidence that the first bullet grazed the victim's LEFT arm, or missed her entirely, then the shooter could plausibly argue that he was still partially in front of the car when he fired the first shot. But if the next two shots were fired through an open driver side window, I don't know how the shooter could claim those shots were in self defense. I look forward to information how many times she was hit (we clearly heard three shots) and where. I am not in any way defending the officer's actions. Minnesota law clearly states that an officer can only use deadly force if there is no other way (e.g., jumping out of the way of a stopped car that is starting to drive off) to avert serious injury or death. What are your thoughts? Is my analysis sound?