So the hero in this story is on the equivalent of “administrative leave pending investigation”?
I can buy that as a good reason.
There’s probably some of the gunman’s friends that would seek some retribution for the “dissing” that the hero did to thier friend.
Actually he is not on “administrative leave pending investigation”. His situation is more like “unpaid suspension with a black mark on his record”. With the way government is this will most likely follow him for a long time.