[wayoverontheright]

Yeah but that ain't Silver Star material by any stretch of the imagination

Yes. I agree. That's the part of this incident which has value, not, as some seem to be saying, that this was equivalent to the murder of an innocent. If the kid was shooting at us, he was a combatant pure and simple, and should have been shot, running or not.

[R. Scott]

If the kid was shooting at us, he was a combatant pure and simple, and should have been shot, running or not.

The kid - already shot in the legs - would have been an intelligence source if captured.