Apologies, meant to add this to prior post #2.
This is a gun stat that the anti-gun people NEVER acknowledge, use of a gun without firing. No one hurt in the encounter and crime prevented. When danger is immediate, law enforcement is minutes away!
It is a crap shoot if he would of run or started shooting.
It only takes one unlucky round to end your life.
Throwing the desired object as a distraction is a good tactic.