Look at it this way: LEO arrives on the scene after a frantic 911 call, from some witness, that there were shots fired. Two civilians, one dead or dying, the other with a firearm, and only one explanation as to what transpired, the criminal is not going to spend his last breath saying that it was his own fault.
Sort it out at the station with your lawyer, forget about wherever you were going and never mind about the pint of ice cream that is melting on the front seat of your car. In their eyes you just shot a citizen and the safest place (for their sake) is to put you in the cruiser.
Just my $0.02
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