The shooter was running away from a guy with a lit molotov cocktail. The guy throws the molotov cocktail. The guy shoots once and the guy keeps advancing.
Shooter continues shooting and stops the threat.
Well yes, they were trying to stop him as he was running away from his first shooting. Did you think thugs won’t use anything they can get their hands on to take down their target?
Adrenaline rush super high in this fight/flight mode by the dude and the chasers. Further grey matter isn’t in abundance at any of these riots.