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It doesn't matter if they run or not so long as they still pose a deadly threat to people. That they are running does not negate that they are a threat.
It keeps the robbers from stopping to turn around to deal out some of their own frustration and shooting folks in the building as they leave.
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I think this may be one of those times when your idea of what is "right", "just" and "moral" doesn't agree with the law.
Historically, the law has taken a *very* dim view of shooting a fleeing suspect based on what they *might* do. Now, had they actually been shooting at other patrons while running away from the "good guy", then the good guy would still have a solid case for "defense of others". But shooting someone who's running scared just because they might shoot someone else on the way out would be a hard sell in court. This guy is lucky he didn't hit any bystanders while shooting at the fleeing suspects - that would have almost certainly bitten him in the ass in a civil case.