That's all fine and well, but I just have to ask how many veterinarian offices he passed on his way out of town to kill a cat that was still very much alive.
Who would it have harmed to have a vet look at the poor kittie? At least then the vet could have made the poor animals last few minutes on this planet a little more peaceful.
You don't know for a fact that the police officer killed the cat on the first shot. You ever tried to shoot a still mobile wounded animal before? It's not that easy.
All I am saying is that there were more HUMANE options available than driving the wounded animal out of town to shoot it.
Actually, I did put down a fox that was hit by a car once, it wasn't hard to him from five feet...He didn't suffer any longer.