Exactly, one man holding down 1,000 cops. What if it were 50 or 100 or one million?
I suspect if he wanted to kill more cops he could have easily done so already. If he has home field advantage as the cops and media claim I would expect him to egress out and change his appearance enough to just disappear into the masses.
announce the cops won’t be paid overtime for the search and they’ll nab him faster.