W1:  This story is so incomplete that I don't think it's fair to criticize anyone using it as a basis for such criticism.   I don't know if they "stormed" the house....if he took any threatening actions......if he fired a weapon after their arrival......or anything about the circumstances preceding his death.  I'm sure the investigation will establish all those details.  

If, in fact, he threatened them with a weapon, it's very hard to fault their decision.  I simply don't know that.  The incident does highlight the problems and shortcomings of our mental health support system and, it seems, crisis intervention protocols.  One would think that, after the death of Brian Babb, local enforcement agencies would have developed more effective methods of addressing mental health/threatened "suicide by cop" instances.  Gary Crum