Since they had his name, his car, and his buddy sitting in the passenger seat, they definitely had no reason to shoot at him. After thinking it over, he undoubtedly would have come in.
Since they had his name, his car,
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Well, technically it wasn’t his car. He had no registration, or insurance, but told Slager he was in the process of buying it. What was to stop him from carjacking another car?