[Zhang Fei]

[I think it was is a good decision. These guardsmen are demonstrating that they’re well trained and disciplined. This doesn’t seem to be a ‘kill shot’ situation to me. ]

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Decision? People are trained to aim for center mass, because accounting for nerves, recoil and just lack of time to accurately draw a bead, they’re more likely to hit something. The guy missed what he was aiming for, but fortunately inflicted enough damage to prevent the shooter from reloading.

[ansel12]

Do we know what portions of him were available for the guardsmen to shoot, or what the conditions were?

People seem to know the details of the shooting exchange making them critical of where the target was hit.