No he didn’t know if she was armed or not. The real threat wasn’t just her, but the group breaching

the door into the hallway where the evacuation was occurring. You can hear what that crowd was yelling before the breach. They were a clear threat to those evacuating through that hallway. He made a very quick decision and it was justified under the law. A warning first would have been better. That’s what the officers guarding the chamber did with the assholes trying to breach those doors. But the shoot was legal based in the video evidence.

What amazes me are the continuing efforts to downplay what happened that day. That group was acting like a lynch mob threatening those lawmakers. Yet MAGA nation treats them like hero’s. Makes me want to puke.