...nah, too many shots fired after he stopped shooting, turned, and headed for the truck...we're not talkin' a great distance according to the dashcam...once he got into the truck, I'm agreein' with you...but he never should have made it into the truck...and, no, I haven't been in any gunfights, but success is measured by making your shots count...pistol or revolver shoulda had him before he got back into the truck...[/quote]speedsix wrote:
So what was in the truck that you wanted him to get to? Someone jumps out of a truck and starts shooting, and only then realizing that that he made a large tactical mistake, does not get a free pass from the police he just tried to kill. You shoot until the threat stops or is dead. In gunfights suppressive fire making the bad guy worry about surviving and not getting effective rounds down range is also a good thing. His retreat into the truck could have been to just escape the firefight he started, or it could be to get the AR, AK, pipe bombs or what every extra gear he had to help him kill the officers, but he was not surrendering.
Let him escape to take hostages somewhere else? Not a good idea either. Also success in any gunfight is measured by who goes home and who doesn't. The bad guy didn't make it so I would say it was a good gunfight.
