[SampleMan]

Let me apply the same basic litmus that I always do, i.e.
What would happen if I shot and killed someone under similar circumstances as the cop?

If a kid breaks into my car, we struggle, and I shoot him in the back as he runs away, will I get prosecuted or not?

I believe the operative words concerning me would be, “Was the kid a threat at the time that I shot him?”

Now the police are generally allowed to use deadly force to keep dangerous criminals from fleeing (can shoot a rapist in the back, can’t shoot a shoplifter in the back). What was this kid’s initial crime?

Everything then hinges on the word of the cop. I used to instinctively go with the cop, but not so much anymore.

[Paradox]

If a kid breaks into my car, we struggle, and I shoot him in the back as he runs away, will I get prosecuted or not?

My whole problem with this is... I dont know what happened! I dont trust any of the eye witness or police accounts, to be honest, I am hoping someone somewhere has a video. In lieu of that, perhaps some forensic detail (shot in the back, etc) would help.