Thanks. I love the reporting. She whips it out! OMG...
Looks like I was partially correct. Watching the video closely frame by frame, when she initially fired and hit the suspect in the 10 ring with #1, I believe she fired at least once more, #2 within a second, just as the suspect hit the ground, clutching his chest with this left hand and pointing his gun right at her with his right. I believe her #2 and #3 missed their mark.
Btw, I noted the article said "Fired three times" and not, "Suspect was shot 3 times".☺
She did a great job regardless. And the suspect would have been DOA with that first round anyway. But she was lucky, as he was looking right at her and aiming right at her as he hit the ground. I'm surprised he appeared that focused a second after taking a round where he did. It was an eye opener looking at that single frame on the video. Less than a second later he was all but out of the fight on his way to checking out. This is why cops shoot so many rounds.