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This is my opinion, so please correct me if I'm wrong on this from a legal standpoint.

She would have been ok if she had walked up to observe, but her weapon should have remained concealed at that point. Prepared, yes, but still concealed. She should only have drawn when the perp had gotten away from the men that were holding him. The only way she could have justified the shot, warning or otherwise, would be if the perp had turned and presented a threat of deadly force. Since the perp was attempting to flee and did not have possession of the stolen property, she should not have engaged him by firing a shot. At that point she should have been a good witness. The fact that she left the scene after discharging her weapon was just sheer stupidity.

I live in the Waco area, and I'm at that particular store fairly regularly where this took place. The building in the background of the video is American National Bank. At that time of day, there's no telling how many people were either in the bank or in the teller lanes that were directly in front of her when she fired the shot. Also, she fired towards a Velero station across from the bank, as well as an extremely busy intersection at the IH35 overpass, not to mention IH35 itself. I seem to remember something called "know your background"! Whether she's thought to be ok for her involvement or not, she was an absolute idiot for firing a shot in the air like that. At best, it was reckless endangerment of who knows how many people.

Again, just my opinion.