"I didnt know him, however to kill yourself requires bravery."

I don't think bravery (a brave man does not assault women and children) was involved - rather despair and drug induced rage

"Throughout the six hours of negotiations that preceded the tragic finale, officers had attempted to befriend Moat, addressing him only as Raoul while repeatedly offering assurances he would not come to any harm.

Moat kept telling them he had to nothing to live for. "I haven't got a dad," he said an hour into the talks, referring to the fact that he had never known his real father. The negotiators would have been briefed that the reported comments from his mother last week that she would rather see him dead would have gravely undermined his desire to live.

Just before 9pm, 100 minutes into the negotiations that would end with him fatally shooting himself, Moat was overheard telling police "nobody cares about me".'

Guardian report today