I'm still unsure how he ended up wandering around amongst an unfriendly crowd alone - there seems to be a missing chunk there somewhere or I'm missing it. It seems either spectacularly naive or intentionally going out looking for trouble.
Likewise, I find this strange. His reaction to the first shooting was really odd. Phoned a friend, then there are videos of him just wondering through a crowd (with what looked like other militia like people such as himself) - the video where he incorrectly claims Rosenbaum had a gun when someone asks him about the shooting. i think i recall them saying in the trial earlier that he did actually find a friendly and spoke with them for a bit.
Not really quite clear on why he didn't just stick with some people at that point (if he did find someone). Or even perhaps he could have shown some sort of surrender - hands up, gun behind back, try to calm the situation, say loudly to those around that he acted in self defense . Instead the video just shows him running about still holding his rifle.
I realise people will just say that he needed to keep hold of his firearm in a ready position for self defense, but as has played out, this likely only made things 100 times worse.
I guess a reaction like this is the perfect example of why such a young and inexperienced kid should not have been anywhere near a situation like this.
