[holden]

If a cop has taken care to aim at shooting out tires, the resulting headline is a misrepresentation to say, "open fire", which not precisely, but nonetheless, conveys "fire-at-will" engagement.

HF

[driftdiver]

Or more likely the bullet could miss the van entirely and kill someone beyond the van.

It would be next to impossible to shoot out the tires in this circumstance.

[EEGator]

I agree, but it’s hard to tell what he did. “Open fire” will get more clicks than “Shoots at tires”.