[sargon]

It seems that if there were multiple charges, a simple effort to shoot the kid in the leg might have sufficed.

I'm not looking for hysterical second-guessing here, it just seems that a non-lethal shooting might have been plausible.

[expat1000]

The next issue is where to aim. The law enforcement hit ratio in gunfights hovers around 17%.

www.guns.com/shoot-to-wound-shoot-to-kill-shoot-to-live-327.html