re: #633 Altar Boy of Darwinism

No. You look at enough evidence to suggest that a crime has been comitted. Then you arrest. Evidence gathering does not stop at that point. Yes, the burden is on the police and prosecution to prove that a crime has been committed. Which is how it always is…

I see no evidence that the police didn’t look at the evidence they had at the time. They took his gun and took him handcuffed to be questioned.
They also secured the scene with crime scene tape. They started a crime scene contamination log. They called the Major Crimes to respond. They obtained statements from all the witnesses on the scene, and canvassed the neighbours. They stayed and turned the investigation over to SPD Major Crimes.

However to say that you automatically arrest is simply not true.