As I try to recall the events, its seems the manner of his death in the end was rather fortuitous, as in his death alone in the end was about the best scenario possible. The media feeding frenzy about him (which he had access to) pushed him so far into a corner he could have very well come out all guns blazing, injuring and/or killing many more officers and bystanders. The results could have been a lot worse and because this time it kind of worked out, doesn’t mean another time if handled in the same way it wouldn’t be a complete cluster ****.
IMO there are some very big questions to be asked about the role of the media and the media briefings made by the police.