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Shooting at the guy while he's running away is a No-Go, agreed.
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I am not sure why various folks here are hung up on this "running away" business. Nobody knows whether he was running away or simply trying to optimize his position. However, there are numerous cases in Texas where folks have been shot while "running away" or shot in the back that have been perfectly justified. There wasn't any proof that the third shot hit him and so even if there was a problem with the shot, the problem would not be murder.
ALSO, from the original THR thread concerning the third shot...
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The whole incident took place so fast that they didn't think he was intentionally doing anything beyond 'shooting to stop the threat'. That was one of the major premises of the case was that third shot.
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Just because a person is moving away from you does not mean that they are no longer a threat. Failing to recognize this is a failing of folks during some SD scenarios.