[swain_forkbeard]

Nobody got hurt right? The way I look at it is, if my wife and kids were in that pizza parlor, I’d be glad the cop let the perps get out the door without firing a shot.

[TankerKC]

The way I look at it is, if my wife and kids were in that pizza parlor, I’d be glad the cop let the perps get out the door without firing a shot.

From the article:

One of the men fired several shots inside the restaurant and outside in the parking lot as they fled...

[Gilbo_3]

I’d be glad the cop let the perps get out the door without firing a shot.

thats great, Id prefer that if shots were being fired around my wire & kids, that they would be behind the weapon of the good guy, rather than downrange of 'randomly shooting' BGs...

[allmendream]

That would have been my take as well, until the yahoos started discharging their weapons; then I would have wanted ANY armed citizen or off duty police officer to deal with the perps as quickly and directly as possible.

But who knows the situation? Pizza parlors have lots of little ones running around. At any given time there could have been numerous children between or behind the OD police officer and the gunmen. So biding his time until he got a shot, they left without killing anyone, or they started shooting people would have; in that case, been the correct thing to do. IMHO.

[IYAS9YAS]

I’d be glad the cop let the perps get out the door without firing a shot.

The perps got several shots off, both inside the restaurant and outside.

Or are you talking about the cop not getting shots off?