Although during one of the instances a buddy heard the birdshot from his shotgun hitting the bad guy's truck while the bad guy was loading up the stolen property and getting in it to escape, he probably hit the bad guy, but not hard enough to do much damage (ie - stopping)...he had been dove hunting a few days before, forgot to load up with 00 buck...he won't make that mistake again. He thought the neighbors (alot of elderly and a few folks of alternative relationship lifestyles) would be upset about shooting at the bad guy - quite the contrary, they all congratulated him for taking care of business, even the Dallas police...this neighborhood had been hit by crime quite a bit and this incident put a stop to it.