[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

He was on his way out of the diner. He was finished robbing people. He had succeeded in that part of his task - to threaten with a (fake) gun and rob them.

He wasn't shot until he had turned to leave the premises. He was shot multiple times in the back. On his way out. What the shooter did, was take the law into his own hands, and shot a man who had already committed his crime and had stopped committing it in order to leave.

In other words - he had ceased threatening anyone at the time he was shot. He was no longer threatening to kill anyone, shoot anyone, rob anyone, steal from anyone, hurt anyone. He had already done what he came to do, at that point, successfully, without anyone being physically harmed.

He should be alive, in prison, and charged with the crimes. He should not be dead by the hands of a civilian who had no authority to shoot someone who was no longer committing the crime for which "protecting" and "defending" would have been appropriate.

I would point out that what you said about the robber being finished with the robbery is factually inaccurate. When the first shot was fired, the robber was pointing the gun at the customer in the booth immediately to the left of the door. That customer had his hands raised, and the robber's gun was pointed directly at the customer. I would suggest that you watch the video link posted in Post No. 19.