[Little Ray]

Technically, the thief stopped being a threat when he exited the vehicle and ran away.
Cops and DAs can get pissy about that.
And shyster lawyers will try to try to exploit that sway the jury with arguments about ‘disproportionate force.’

[Steely Tom]

Technically, the thief stopped being a threat when he exited the vehicle and ran away.
Cops and DAs can get pissy about that.
And shyster lawyers will try to try to exploit that sway the jury with arguments about ‘disproportionate force.’

I see. Makes sense, I guess.

Although things can get pretty chaotic in a situation where someone behind the wheel is threatened with a gun.

[T-Bone Texan]

A thief stops being a threat when he’s too far away for his bullets to kill.

This thief was still in close proximity.