Fact is, Wilson DID shoot Brown in exactly the way naysayers demand he should have: first in the arm, second in the arm, third in the arm, fourth in the arm, and THEN, Brown having failed to get the message & stop attacking, fifth in the head, and that having also failed, a sixth in the head.
So, for sake of argument, we momentarily grant “debating the fine points of aiming, number of shots, placement, etc”: Wilson DID, for whatever reason (be it sheer chance of gross motor skills under extreme stress, or extraordinary skill with cold calculation), place those shots as anyone could demand (there’s even word of 1-4 warning shots preceding injurious/terminal ones). He did everything exactly right by anyone’s standards - and Brown STILL came back, despite even 4 shots to the arm, to commence further assault after breaking Wilson’s skull.
Yes, indeed, it was nothing more than firing at center of mass as fast as he could. Result was, in fact absolutely consistent with the highest standards any naysayer could demand - and Browns actions resulted in nothing less than absolute justification for that last, terminal, headshot.
My only objection here would be that he then failed to use the proper “shoot to stop” training.
I doubt he was shooting for his arms or some none lethal area. That only happens on TV when some cop at 50 yards shoots a firearm out of the hands of some felon. It also goes against his training.
Stats show that most gun battles happen within 7 yards, probably even closer than that.
An episode of NYPD portrayed that accurately: one of the characters emptied his Det Special from across the room at a guy in a closet and missed. That is the likely outcome of a stress related shooting.
How do you know the sequence of the shots?