Exactly, this was not a life or death situation, it was a call for help from someone with no criminal background or previous mental health problems. Other means should have and could have been used. He did not shoot AT LEO, only into the air. If they feared their lives why did they keep moving in closer to irritate him more so, nobody else was in danger he was alone on his own property. Is there a time limit on these situations? Why not stay back while keeping a visual on subject, wait for other means to apprehend him, as long as no ones life was in danger.