[user104658]

In all seriousness though, it's sort of worrying that you think it's "meaningless" to express concern that an innocent man was shot on his own doorstep for nothing... But "genuine" to express concern for the jumpy officer who shot him. I actually do feel bad for the officer as well. This will likely haunt him for life. The idiot who made the call should be charged - and not just with manslaughter IMO - with full murder. Everyone knows that these calls have ended with deaths, therefore he knew when he made the call that someone might die. That's premeditation and therefore, murder.

However, the people who came off worst from this are the man who is dead and his poor family.

Also, it is concerning that the officer fired as quickly as he did when he can't possibly have identified a threat (as there wasn't one, the guy simply answered his door and had absolutely no idea what was going on). The other officers on scene did not fire. The one speaking hadn't even finished his sentence. One officer prematurely fired his weapon, probably because of anxiety, which yes is a natural response, but trained officers carrying lethal weapons are NOT supposed to respond that way - he needs to be psych evaluated and have his gun taken away if he's too twitchy to carry it safely. Simple as.

If you can't see why that is the case then there's not much more to say.