What if it had been a squirt gun and he was playing with his kid who was looking out the window of the building. Or playing laser tag. If they made no attempt to talk to him, how could they know his intention. I can easily see how a freind could have been up in a window and he was playing or teasing him. Seems like a definite over kill. If he was pointing it at the building, he wasn't pointing it at them. I have a hard time seeing how they felt it was immediate threat.

Officers, in my opinion, are often gun happy. Last year I witnessed several of them draw their weapons on a stopped car. The occupants of the car were just sitting there, except for one which apparently was using al phone to call someone to pick up the child in the car. The officers could have moved 10 feet and had a forest backstop. Instead they choose to use a the busy highway as their backstop. If they actually had discharged a weapon there was 90% chance they would have hit a travelling car. So, one can only assume either they were idiots, or they never expected to use them. But, why aim a weapon at someone if you really know you aren't going to use it. In my world, you never point a loaded weapon at anything you don't intend to shoot. Also had neighbor held at gun point because he told them he had a concealed permit and was carrying a weapon. He was stopped for speeding, told them, and then ordered out of the car and handcuffed at gun point. He is a retired master sargent that was a weapons expert and ran the range. As he said, if anyone under his command pointed a weapon at anyone they would face immediate action. You just don't do it. when you do, things like this are bound to happen.