Per the story 26 of those shots were from an AR-15 ... a .223 can penetrate pretty well and this was in an apartment complex ... There was another deputy involved ,, no count of his rounds fired. The perp was dangerous but once again this sounds like a bad choice of locations to confront him ,, maybe wait for him to drive off to the grocery and surround him ??
It would be interesting to know how many shots the other deputy fired, and how many of each actually hit the perp.