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Originally Posted by accyman
i have no idea why the police didnt shoot to kill because now we have the expense of a trial and teh expense of keeping them fed in prison.
a head shot would have saved a lot of money and delivered justice for the victim.Now the victims familes have to live knowing the muderer will probbably get let out in a few years
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According to what's just been said on Jeremy Vine's show, they did shoot to kill, they just missed.
Police are trained to aim for centre body mass, i.e. the middle of the thorax. Headshots aren't attempted because there's too much risk of missing or the shot passing through. ("Be sure of your target and what's beyond it".)
Wounding is not an option simply because one of the original basic rules of firearm usage is that you never discharge your weapon unless you absolutely want your target destroyed.