“Shelby reacted unreasonably by escalating the situation from a confrontation with Mr. Crutcher, who was not responding to verbal commands and was walking away from her with his hands held up, becoming emotionally involved to the point that she overreacted,” according to the affidavit.

Wood countered by saying the situation escalated because Crutcher repeatedly failed to comply and kept reaching toward his left front pocket as if he had a gun there. Shelby pulled her handgun instead of her Taser because she felt he might be armed and was exhibiting signs of being on PCP.

“If you think someone has a gun, you don’t get your Taser out,” Wood said, calling Shelby’s response “appropriate.”

The affidavit indicates that Shelby told detectives she was “in fear for her life” and shot Crutcher after he reached through the SUV’s window. It states that police helicopter video footage shows Crutcher’s right hand in the air when he was shot but that his left hand is “unobservable” in the video as he stands next to the driver’s side window.

‘Terence was not a threat’