I'm going to say that the highlighted bit is largely immaterial, and that people make way too much out of it. Real life is not like the movies.Thank you! That explains it a bit more. Doesn't sound good for the PD.
"Sources say some of the last shots were fired while Walker’s body was on the pavement. Walker was on the ground dead when medical help arrived. Autopsy records show he was handcuffed after the shooting. He was not armed at the time he was shot, sources said.
A gun, however, was recovered inside Walker’s car, the same sources confirmed."