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surprise_i'm_armed wrote:Since the pharmacist's aim was so good with the head shot, and having been wounded in one of his hands, it seems that he could have kept his distance from the wounded youth and shot him from a distance.

Or he got lucky with that shot.

Frankly, I look at it like the time I shot a feral hog, then as I started to turn it over to see where I'd hit it, it kicked. I drew and put four rounds of .45ACP into the hog in the time it took my brain to fully process its only thought at that moment: "Pig still fighting! STOP PIG NOW!."

I expect that in a combat situation I might react the same to a violent BG trying to get up with a bullet in his head as I did to the pork zombie.

HGWC wrote:The kid looked unarmed. He was down on the floor. Sure doesn't look like he gave any thought to avoiding having to kill the guy. Doesn't look like his intent was to defend himself.

Doesn't look like the kid wasn't renewing his attack either. Doesn't look like anything meaningful at all; that's what off camera means.

TexasComputerDude wrote:I wish we had an unedited version of the video to watch.

+1, and I would be surprised if there's not at least one, possibly two more cameras that we're not seeing anything from. (I can't imagine spending the money for a DVR and cameras, and being satisfied with just that lousy angle for an interior view. A camera behind the counter would show what happened a lot better, but might be seen as "too graphic"for the TV audience - and too revealing if it happened to show the BG getting up.) Two camera setups aren't particularly cost effective when four camera setups are not much more expensive, and allow for dramatically bettter coverage.

Also, just before he fires the second set of shots, it looks like, as he comes around the counter, he slows, possibly says something, (maybe "stay down?") then takes the next couple of steps toward the BG more quickly than he was walking from the back of the store, as if he's seen something unexpected and quickened his pace to deal with it. That's exactly the reaction one would expect if a threat popped up again.

LaserTex wrote:In the video, he was not afraid of the robber when he walked back in, turned his BACK to him, walked to get another gun, came back and shot him.

The robber was down when he walked away, so the owner was dealing with the rest of the situation. When the robber tried to get back up, presumably still armed, he became a priority again.

IMO, it's another case of needing to have enough gun that you don't have to explain a half-dozen or more bullet holes in the attacker. If you must use a mousegun, double-tap every target before moving on to the next one.