Or it could be that the accomplice simply lied and told the cops that she made him do it. Wouldn’t be the first time a criminal lied to avoid prosecution, would it?
That could be true as well.
makes you wonder why he didn’t run off after she shot the first one, or why she didn’t shoot that guy as well in the heat of the moment. One armed assailant is reason enough to consider his partner to be armed as well. The shot would have been justified.