[Rick Lee]

Jeff, fortunately, civilians have a little more room to take action than police do. I'm pretty sure a cop would not at all be legally justified (morally, yes) in shooting a fleeing rapist if the rapist were unarmed. In judging whether or not some action is justified, we should also ask ourselves how we'd feel if a cop had done the same thing. I know I'd have no problem with anyone running from the cops and/or a crime scene being shot. But I'm probably in the minority.

Tobra, that case is one where the shooter got very lucky. Even in the very rare instances where a shooter under stress can place his shots well, having a dead body behind the wheel of a moving vehicle does not always make for a happy ending.