There is absolutely nothing as ‘shoot to wound’ , and neither is there a ‘shoot to kill’.
What there is, is ‘Stop the Threat’! This is not a John Wayne or Hopalong Cassidy movie.
Across the USA, cops do thousands welfare checks every day, and never have to shoot anyone. Wanna talk details? Did the cops and EMS arrive with their lights on? Did they clearly identify themselves? Did they call him by name: ‘Mr. Allen - are you OK? Your uncle Bob and cousin Doris are worried about you.’ Did they try a phone call? Did the cop say ‘Mr. Allen, I’m a police officer - drop the gun!’ And, for that matter, how far away was Mr. Allen’s ‘family’? If he had surgery, could they have called the neighbors? Or actually gone over themselves?
I suppose then that we homeowners will have to start turning out all our lights and wearing our NVG when the police come to our door to perform a “welfare check/”justified homicide”.
Use of Force Doctrine:
“Minimum Force Necessary to Compel Compliance”