Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt speaks after months in hiding: ‘I saved countless lives’

Ah, sitting here in the comfort of our homes, drinking our morning coffee, how easy it is for us to judge.
Keep in mind the situation, a loud, angry, aggressive crowd is smashing down doors and windows, intent on getting into the area where our elected representatives were being protected. Chaos reigns. A trained, experienced officer sees a threat, and his training and duty kick in.
It is very regrettable the lady lost her life.
But that officer did his duty!

He saved countless lives? How so? From the 5ft, 125lb unarmed woman? Like all those other tens and hundreds of people who were killed in the riot?
When you have SWAT officers standing 6 ft away from her in a position to grab her if they chose to, there is no reason this guy fired his weapon. He even states he didn't know if she had a weapon or not.
Disgraceful.

"Last resorts" are usually followed by a series of actions indicating that other methods were tried first. In this case, all they have was the barricade (one attempt). No verbal warning issued that officer would use deadly force, no warning shots fired, no non-lethal means other than the barricade attempted. It screams lack of training more than anything else. The radio chatter could have been wrong and he needs to deal with the radio chatter like that when a civil disturbance is underway.....it should not lead him to panic or skip basic steps he learned as a LEO. Did anyone tell the protestors that the House was still in session? Did anyone tell the protestors breaking in that door they were crossing a red line to the use of deadly force. I'm not reading about either ever happening. The fact that the House marked this a justified shooting without more than a very summary investigation is a travesty of justice and ensures this type of thing will happen again in the future.