Good for him!
This will also bring out the facts unless the town settles early and gag's the details under the terms.
There's precedent. It might be in the thread, 1.5M settlement and no details and no arrests.
Look at it this way. Though we might find it defies logic, who is generally believed when the Judge asks a question at, say a traffic offense. The LEO. Of course, the LEO is allowed to lie but not under oath. If the VSP can't find clear evidence that contradict the LEO's testimony that he was caught and dragged, they can't declare him guilty of anything. How do you handle a volley of shots during what doesn't really seem to be a felony stop, like an escaping murderer, whom you just can't let drive away?
What the authorities did say was that they promote the use of the spray and taser before use of lethal force (I might have quoted it or just missed that quote).
If a LEO has no priors, then even though this is an egregious and unfair shooting, he is pretty much licensed to kill. He didn't hunt her down and premeditate her murder (AFAIK). The 'spurned lover' comments seem laughable.
Finally, the spokesperson said 'an investigation could take weeks, be patient'. What? Weeks? It should be done in hours. Maybe they're waiting weeks to get a look at the LEO's arm (or shoes)...a lot of BGs get off because the investigation is sloppy and drags on. So, they know how to prolong things. Wait out people's anger. They'll return a 'training and internal' path, and thus won't comment except to issue the pay off.
The big thing is to make sure this doesn't happen again. Dash cams always on, maybe call in back up on all stops for a while. Restore confidence. But commenters have been saying all has not been well in Culpeper.