According to cnn.com
Officer's attorney: There's more to the story
Wood says there's more to the story than the videos show.
"He had a very hollow look in his face, kind of a thousand-yard stare, so to speak, and would not communicate. And she could tell he was not normal. She thought that when she saw him," he said.
And when the officer opened fire, according to her attorney, she thought Crutcher was retrieving a weapon from his car.
"She was yelling at him to stop, for probably at least 10 to 15 seconds. He gets to the window of the SUV, and has his hands in the air, looks at them ... and his left hand goes into the window," at which point one officer deployed his Taser and Shelby fired her service weapon. Shelby had a Taser but did not take it out, the attorney said.
The incident has nothing to do with race, Wood said, noting that his client suspected Crutcher was under the influence.
"People who are under the influence have unpredictable behavior, whether you are white, Hispanic, or black," he said.