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The other is, "heck, no, he won't die, and what's he going to do, tell the police he was robbing you and you shot him? Just drive home and forget it."
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No, he'll tell the police you shot him for no reason, or that you shot him while you were trying to rob him. Or maybe the police will find out on their own that you fired the shots.
You will then be the suspect.
You have shot someone. That can happen accidentally, through negligence, or on purpose. If it was done on purpose, it is ordinarilly a crime, but if you fired in self defense, it is justified. Problem is, in order to mount a defense of justification,
you have to provide evidence showing that all of the elements of justification were present at the time of the shooting.
By not having reported the shooting, you have shown an intent to not provide such evidence--to not defend yourself against accusations that
you have committed a crime.
Bad idea.