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Interesting that everyone on the board knows that the criminal is responsible for his own violent behavior and the death or injury of innocent people, but some still follow the decent person and the money--in some cases before they even know whose bullet struck who.
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In the scenario given by the OP, it's clearly stated that the "good guy" is the one that shot the innocent bystander, so the last part is irrelevant.
Also, I'm still of the belief that the shooter is responsible for every round that exits his gun. The bad guy's responsibility for the injured innocent in the OP's example is much less clear and direct than the responsibility of the guy that actually pulled the trigger.
Remember the story here a few weeks ago where the criminal tried to rob a drug store with an unloaded shotgun and was killed by a customer? It worked out well in that case, but what if the customer had injured or killed an innocent?
Think about it - in that case, the "good guy" was the
only one in the store with a loaded weapon, so it's almost a certainty that *no one* would have been shot that day if it weren't for the armed customer (although I guess someone could have been clubbed with the empty shotgun.) It would be pretty hard to argue that an injured innocent in that case is better off because of the actions of the "good guy".