[SarahW]

"Armed robbery is different than murder"


They knew he was going to use deadly force in commission of a crime. It doesn't matter if there weren't sure he was going in specifically to murder. They knew he had a deadly weapon, and that death was a forceable consequence of the perp using it to gain compliance from the clerk.

If a mere citizen had that knowlege, the citizen could be put in jail on accessory charges or even felony murder if the perp had decided to USE the weapon.

[marajade]

"They knew he had a deadly weapon, and that death was a forceable consequence of the perp using it to gain compliance from the clerk."

That's right, they did... And they also received a tip that he was planning on armed robbery, not murder...