I know my first post being in a two-week old thread (though I wouldn't have posted if the previous post wasn't almost two weeks before its previous) disagreeing with the general flow of the conversation isn't good for my life expectancy here on eLightbars, but here goes.
The article only mentions the man having a gun. Not pulling it, not aiming it, not even having it OC. Now of course it does say that the man shot the off-duty cop, but it doesn't say the circumstances that lead up to it. Now I know many members of this forum are officers of the law, but my experience with police officers while carrying has been completely and wholly negative. It would be my experience that the initial confrontation was not as it seems, and I can guarantee the details aren't all there, but I'm glad the officer was only wounded in the hand. Though, that really depends which hand and which part, gunshot to the hand is rather complex rehabilitation.
But then again, I don't live in Texas.
Also, early May is a pretty hot (metaphorically and actually) time on Texas campuses, but I do agree, he shouldn't have been canned.