“Armed with a Ruger .357” If anything like the 3” GP100, the muzzle blast and report from a full house .357 mag. were no doubt, ahem, “authoritative.” No wonder the perp immediately complied. His ears are probably still ringing.
If it was a .357 mag he’d have surely crapped his panties.
I shot a 681 with .357 one time w/o ear muffs outside once.
Oh god that hurt.
And had a big blue/black spot in his vision from the muzzle blast flash.