Exactly. He's radioactive. Anybody other than a hostage who is anywhere near him will be just as dead as he. We already know he's a kidnapper. He'll most likely take a hostage if he can.
I would say temporary hostages would be most likely, and if he's willing to take them out as he goes, there could more dead bodies anywhere between Atlanta and Chattanooga by tomorrow morning, bodies that might not be found right away.
I guess what surprises me is that he did not shoot the news guy who was running away...was he saving bullets...or out of them? A different scenario from my jadded view - Mr. Reporter took off without incident and then made up the story that the guy wanted him in the trunk.
Regardless, this guy is deadly... it will be very hard to stay out of sight...