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And you think you could've done better?
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That's not the point. Even if nobody here could do better, shot placement issues still aren't going to be solved with a caliber change.
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Those cops weren't thinking proper shot placement. They were thinking survival.
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When survival is the uppermost issue in one's mind (as it likely is in any self-defense situation) it's probable that the defender is not thinking about much of anything else.
At that time, one had better have trained to the point of being able to make good hits in spite of not consciously thinking about shot placement.
Shot placement is what you think about in training. The skills you acquire from training are what help you survive when all you can think about is survival.
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Proper shot placement is lexicon of fools. Survival is the objective of professionals.
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Catchy but incorrect.
Survival is the objective of
anyone in a self-defense situation regardless of whether they're professionals or amateurs.
Shot placement is how you survive a gunfight against determined opponents. Not necessarily by "thinking" about it (although there are cases where survivors have recalled consciously focusing on their sight alignment) but because you have trained to perform even when you can't dedicate conscious thought to things like trigger press and sight alignment.
https://www.trainingindustry.com/wik...of-competence/
1. Unconscious Incompetence (Incompetent and unaware of the need for training)
2. Conscious Incompetence (Incompetent but aware of the need for skills development)
3. Conscious Competence (Able to perform competently when consciously concentrating at the task at hand)
4. Unconscious Competence (Able to perform competently even when severely distracted or heavily stressed.)