on the face of it to me a form of suicide by cop whats most interesting is jury decision and judges actions after.
quite peculiar but i think i agree
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/082011/08052011/643662UPDATE: (6:47 p.m.) Judge strikes jury's finding of excessive force in Stafford fatal shooting case
A jury found that a Stafford sheriff's deputy used excessive force when he shot David Gandy in 2008, but a judge immediately struck down that ruling Friday because the jury also found that Deputy Neal Robey had reasonable belief to fear bodily injury or death.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema's ruling negated the $267,000 in punitive damages that the jury had also awarded Gandy's widow in the civil suit.
Terry Gandy had filed a $65 million wrongful death suit against Robey; Deputy Joseph Pittman, one of the deputies at the scene; and Stafford Sheriff Charles Jett. But Robey was the lone remaining defendant.
David Gandy, 48, was shot on June 29, 2008 at his Hickory Ridge home