This account (from reader Fred) is told from the perspective of the police.  Here’s a better report.

Sandler said Lemp’s grief-stricken family is traumatized. Their statement says they intend to “hold each and every person responsible for his death.”

“We believe that the body camera footage and other forensic evidence from this event will support what Duncan’s family already knows, that he was murdered,” the statement says.

Lemp worked as a software developer and was trying to raise money for a startup company, according to friends and co-workers.

“He was a talented, smart guy. Super nice. Didn’t deserve to get shot,” said Samuel Reid, whose Canadian software company employed Lemp as an independent contractor.

Tsolmondorj Natsagdorj, 24, of Fairfax, Virginia, said he met Lemp in 2016 and bonded with him over their shared interest in cryptocurrency. They also talked about politics. He described Lemp as a libertarian who frequented the 4chan and Reddit message boards, sites popular with internet trolls.

“Duncan was a young guy with a bright future as an entrepreneur,” Natsagdorj said. “He was working on things to change the world.”

On social media accounts that friends said belonged to him, Lemp’s username was “YungQuant.” On an internet forum called “My Militia,” someone who identified himself as Duncan Lemp, of Potomac, and posted under the username “yungquant” said he was “an active III%’r and looking for local members & recruits.” That’s an apparent reference to the Three Percenters, a wing of the militia movement. The group’s logo, the Roman numeral “III,” has become popular with anti-government extremists, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

On his Instagram account, Lemp recently posted a photograph that depicts two people holding up rifles and included the term “boogaloo,” slang used by militia members and other extremists to describe a future civil war in the U.S.

Well there you have it.  Reddit is a place for trolls.  Some of the best and quickest news you’ll ever find is over reddit.

“Boogaloo” … “militia” … III’per … that’s why he was shot.  And until I see evidence that he shot at the police first, I’ll assume the police executed him.  In fact, I wouldn’t have had any problem with him shooting the police.  After all, they invaded his home.

I’ve seen speculation that he had an unregistered SBR, a bong in one of his pictures, or whatever.  Note: I don’t believe in the righteousness of the NFA, and I don’t believe in the war on drugs.  I don’t use drugs, as my faith has a lot to say about that.  But I don’t care if you do.