It’s not a matter of training, it’s a matter of being smart. When you tell somebody to stop you can’t shoot them when they stop. He’s complying, he’s indicating he’s no longer a threat, shooting the cooperative is both morally wrong and illegal. He could easily have the guy move to someplace where he can keep an eye on him while he calls the cops, and then stay on the line WITH the cops, they really don’t like walking into a situation where somebody has a gun drawn even if it’s a good guy.
It’s really not that hard. There’s no such thing as shooting to wound, shooting somebody is trying to kill them, period. If you try to kill somebody that’s surrendered already you lose your right to be on the good guys list, period. It’s important to never point a gun at anything you’re not willing to kill, it’s just as important to know when it wouldn’t be a righteous kill, and after they surrendered is WAY off the list.
Unless you believe they pose a threat to your life.
He’s complying, he’s indicating he’s no longer a threatI'm supposed to believe whatever he indicates?
He could easily have the guy move
Without being attacked by the unrestrained criminal? How would he do that? By asking nicely? Should he order the criminal to accompany him back into his own house where his daughter lives so he can case the joint?
Who the hell are YOU to say what this man could have "easily" done or what was going on in his mind?
As far as I'm concerned he went easy on this punk.
The perp stopped cooperating when he got up to leave.
I’m not saying the homeowner isn’t in a world of hurt - he likely is, this not being Texas.
But the perp did stop cooperating. And the homeowner had no idea what he might do next.