Pardon me sam
I never ever indicated someone was shot “in the back” hello. I said the coppers shot someone they were trying to arrest and they should have waited for another day to arrest him...
You didn’t SAY he was shot on the back but you certainly IMPLIED it. Read your own words again. Post#53 in this thread.
That option went out the window the moment the guy saw the cops were tailing him. If they didn't arrest him right there, he would have fled and gone to a safe-house. It especially went out the window when the cops saw he had a weapon. If they had permitted him to escape, and he later used the weapon to kill somebody, you would probably argue that the cops were negligent for letting him go.