You might find this interesting.   We continue to look at resource avenues to unearth the factual story of what took place in Waco Texas at the Twin Peaks restaurant.  Toward that end we reached out to a local reporter covering the entire story with some general communication and questions.
As a result of that contact the following excerpt is direct from them (emphasis mine):

…[…] Also, to be clear, according to my research, 18 PD officers were on scene but only 4 fired weapons. All of those officers are considered “involved”, even without having fired.

waco 8So the number of officers who are on administrative leave, pending customary investigation, includes more than just those who participated in the shots being fired.
Waco Spokesperson W. Patrick Swanton was previously quoted as stating:

[…]  In anticipation of possible problems, 14 Waco officers and four Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were positioned around the restaurant, where a coalition of biker groups planned to meet on Sunday.
The 14 officers involved in the gun battle are all now on administrative leave, which is standard protocol in officer-involved shootings, Swanton said.

[…] They remained on duty in the immediate aftermath of the gun battle because they’re among the department’s most experienced and best trained officers, he said.  (link)

So, everyone who was there is on “administrative leave”, but only four people actually discharged their firearms.
Four.
Four out of 18 (plus 2 Sgts, a rookie, and an Asst. Chief  makes the 22 previously noted).
Only four LEO fired shots.   Makes a person wonder why the other 14 did not engage?
Four law enforcement officers killed up to (9) and wounded up to (18)?
Interestingly we know the approximate location of some of the four who fired shots based on the apparent shell casing markers (evidence cones):
waco twin peaks from Don Carlos 2
Waco Shooting
waco 11 - 1 Thoughts on this previously unknown aspect of only FOUR officers who fired?

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