Hopefully, he’ll do the right thing and off himself.
Do you think this was some kind of boxing match gone wrong?
How do you rule out the likelihood of a serious physical attack when somebody throws popcorn at you, perhaps in an attempt to blind you temporarily to aid in their attack?
I use copious amounts of salt on my popcorn. How would you like it if I threw salt in your eyes under similar circumstances? How would you determine that the throwing of popcorn would be the end of the attack?
What would a rattle snake do if you approached it and threw popcorn on it? Would it instinctively fight back and possibly cause the death of the attacker? How much more thought is a person required to give to their reaction than a rattle snake?
Does the fact that the person attacking the rattle snake doesn't know that the snake is deadly in any way change the expected outcome?
If this retired cop had been on duty and had been attacked in such a way, what would the cop expect to have happen next? What action should the cop take?
I have grown to distrust the police perhaps as much as anybody I know. That doesn't mean that I expect cops to have to submit to an attack.
The bad guy has already been offed.
There’s more to this than meets the eye. Especially since the retired police captain had never shot someone during his career. If you’re interested check out the book that in a chapter explains how Target figured out how a girl was pregnant before her parents did.
It explains where habits reside in the brain and why they are not under conscious control. It may also explain why Reeves shot the guy after being attacked. Even Reeves was shocked by what he had done.