Considering that the leader was known to go out and about on a regular basis, stopping him in his truck or possibly while he was jogging would have produced the same effects with a LOT LESS BLOODSHED.
This gets old -
"Hearsay and anecdotal" - NOT to mention it opens up the possibility of a 'gun fight' in public or on a public road.
Vernon Wayne Howell* armed - yuh think so?
* Full name: Vernon Wayne "No-way I'm going to jail AGAIN" Howell