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You draw your gun and call to him to stop.
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You might be brandishing and your hand is full of gun instead of camera/phone.
Is there such a thing as citizen's arrest? How much force is allowed to detain the suspect in that case?
What about the hew and cry? Does yelling "stop that man" get us out of bounds? If we can get a group of people to gang up on the bad guy are we instigating mob violence?
The limit of my involvement in this kind of thing was helping a store security guy restrain and handcuff a shop lifter. It was even less impressive than it sounds. My main concern was not hurting the guy as we ground his face in the pavement and twisted his arms behind his back.
I'd be very hesitant about using force unless the bad guy was small and weak, unless there was more people to help.