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What are they supposed to do? Let him escape to a designated cabin where they have permission from the owner to burn it down in the ensuing firefight?

They knew he was injured. How you ask? They pried open the front door, looked in and saw blood spatter in the opposite corner.

At that point they could have safely let him bleed out.

At that point they decided that they needed to burn the cabin down RIGHT FRICKIN' NOW!

[AppyPappy]

So what difference did it make? Dead is dead. What if he set the fire instead hoping to draw the police/firedept into the dwelling so he could ambush them?

That’s the beauty of this whole thing. All our arguments are based on what we don’t know. But I’m glad I didn’t have to sit behind a piece of steel for a week waiting the guy out. Screw it, you can build another house.

[dirtboy]

At that point they could have safely let him bleed out.

Blood spatter does not automatically equal a fatal wound. He also could have applied a tourniquet to it if it was in his arm or leg.

And the longer the siege wore on, the greater the chance he could get one last shot off at an officer who was exposed for a moment.

I have no problem with the tactic of burning this creep out. He had killed enough already.