![]() ![]() She was standing by the driver’s-side window when the officers opened fire. Mullinax’s mother, Tammy Beason, said she’d been trying to comfort her son for hours after he threatened to kill himself. ![]() The officers said they saw him reach back to the truck’s rear seat, grab the shotgun and point it at them, according to a letter from Solicitor Kevin Brackett clearing the officers. Prosecutors reviewing the case did not charge the four deputies who shot at Mullinax. They came out there like gunslingers,” attorney Justin Bamberg said at a news conference Tuesday. “Those officer went out there like John Wayne cowboys. The barrage lasted all of five seconds, leaving the pickup windshield riddled with bullet holes. The four sheriff’s deputies started shooting only a few seconds after arriving on the scene and yelling “Hands!” several times, as seen in police dash cam video released by Mullinax’s lawyers. ![]()
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