I can’t help but wonder if the guy was there on a mission to save the kids from whatever danger his delusion convinced him was about to happen. That’s why it was all about pulling the fire alarm.
Which is why he didn’t pull the trigger, he wasn’t there to kill, but to save. Not all delusional crazies are homicidal and sometimes even the homicidal ones are convinced they are saving the world, destroying demons or aliens.
It’s totally real to them, while the rest of us are totally clueless to what they are perceiving.
First thing I learned in working with schizophrenics, what is perceived as real; will be real in it’s consequences. Do not dismiss their delusions.
He should have died between the doors.
It’s very difficult to kill another human being face to face and many people delay pulling the trigger as long as possible. That said, she may have figured there was a strong possibility she would lose the gunfight (at that range with guns already drawn and pointed at each other even training won’t make enough difference) and he would step over her body and start killing kids, but if she kept him talking he wasn’t shooting, and backup would eventually arrive and change the tactical equation to a definite dead bad guy outcome.
I saw this video long ago...It was like watching a comedy skit with the two pointing weapons at each other for a long time...Like a Mexican standoff...
Clearly this woman was not physically fit or trained well. If she had been, she would have opened up immediately upon seeing the gun, and this would have been over quickly.
She was just damn lucky he didn't' pull the trigger first.